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Planning commission recommends changes to Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance to speed approvals tied to water, sewer and roads
Summary
The Carroll County Planning and Zoning Commission on Sept. 16 voted to recommend code revisions to chapters 155/156 that would limit project holds to inadequacies in roads, water and sewer (rather than all facility tests) and allow recordation and construction once planning approval and required mitigations or CIP commitments are in place.
The Carroll County Planning and Zoning Commission voted on Sept. 16 to forward a proposed code amendment to the Board of County Commissioners that would change how the Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (APFO) is applied when public services are found inadequate.
Under the proposed revisions discussed at the meeting, the planning commission would continue to test projects against standard facility adequacy criteria (water, sewer, roads, schools, police and fire/EMS). However, if a service is inadequate, the draft code change would restrict the statutory hold on recordation and construction to inadequacies tied to roads, water and sewer only. For deficiencies in roads or utility capacity, the proposal preserves the current exceptions under county code: a capital…
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