The Carroll County Board of Zoning Appeals has given Christopher E. Richardson, of the 3900 block of Hawks Hill Road in New Windsor, permission to open a kennel.

The board imposed five restrictions on the operation, which is on the west side of Hawks Hill Road about a quarter-mile west of Hoke Road. Mr. Richardson has lived on the property for eight years. He raises rabbit beagles.

He must adhere to these restrictions:

* No more than six adult beagles may be housed at the kennel.

* No breeding is allowed.

* No grooming or field training is allowed.

* An existing wooden fence and shrubbery that screen the pens and dog houses must be maintained.

* No business sign may be erected.

FIRE

* Taneytown: Taneytown, Harney, Union Bridge, Westminster, and Littlestown and Kingsdale of Adams County, Pa., investigated a report of smoke in a townhouse in the 400 block of Clover Court at 9:26 p.m. Saturday. Units were out for 29 minutes.