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Bel Air board receives ordinance reinstating density limits in gateway districts after public comment on exemption for approved projects
Summary
Commissioners voted to receive Ordinance 8-40-25 to apply density limits to the B-2A and B-3A gateway districts and reorder accessory-unit rules; developers and planning advisers urged caution and asked that projects with prior approvals be exempted.
The Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners on Feb. 3 voted to receive Ordinance No. 8-40-25, a proposed amendment to Chapter 165 that would apply density limitations to the B-2A Central Business Gateway District and the B-3A General Business Gateway District and move accessory-unit lot requirements into Article 10.
Director Small described the history: the B-2A and B-3A districts were implemented as form-based code in 2010, which prioritized building form (massing, façades, relationship to streets) rather than numerical density caps. The revised ordinance reinstates density limits that mirror those in the B-3 district and consolidates accessory-structure setback requirements into Article 10 so they apply consistently across districts. Staff recommended the…
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