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Planning Commission adopts 2007 annual report and will send it to county commissioners
Summary
The Planning Commission accepted and authorized transmittal of its 2007 annual report to the Board of County Commissioners. The report catalogs 2007 activity (text amendments, site plans, subdivisions and water/sewer amendments), summarizes building- and permit-count trends and recommends further tracking of development patterns.
The St. Mary's County Planning Commission on May 12 accepted its 2007 annual report and authorized the chair to forward the document to the Board of County Commissioners.
Why it matters: State law (Article 66B) requires planning commissions to prepare and file an annual report documenting plan changes, zoning map amendments, subdivision filings and other land-use activity; the report provides an annual snapshot of development activity and planning issues for county policymakers.
Report highlights: Staff summarized calendar-year 2007 activity. The report records that the commission held 23 regular meetings and four work sessions; planning staff enumerated the year's notable items, including concept and preliminary site-plan reviews, comprehensive-water-and-sewer-plan amendments, APF task-force work, text amendments (including accessory-apartment and TDR changes), and major subdivision and site-plan reviews.
Key metrics: Building- and permit-data tables in the report show 1,080 building permits in 2007 (including 851 residential permits in growth areas and 229 in rural areas) and 861 residential certificates of occupancy; staff noted that 73% of new certificates of occupancy were in growth areas and 27% in the Rural Preservation District, closely matching the 70/30 allocation the county has been discussing for an annual growth policy.
Recommendations and next steps: Staff suggested minor edits to ensure the report explicitly documents the items required by Article 66B and offered to adjust a narrative paragraph to clarify how recent plan and map changes align with the comprehensive plan and state guidance. The commission accepted the staff's draft with those corrections and authorized the chair to sign and forward the report to the Board of County Commissioners.
Ending: The report will be transmitted to the county commissioners and will accompany forthcoming planning-commission recommendations on APF, CWSP and other matters.
