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Planning Commission recommends carrying forward St. Mary's County annual growth policy into FY2016
Summary
The St. Mary's County Planning Commission voted to accept a staff report and recommend that the Board of County Commissioners carry forward the county's Annual Growth Policy, continuing the policy's dwelling‑approval caps and growth‑area priorities for fiscal year 2016.
The St. Mary's County Planning Commission voted April 27 to accept the Department of Land Use and Growth Management's report and recommend that the Board of County Commissioners carry forward the county's Annual Growth Policy, as adopted Aug. 19, 2008 and continued through fiscal years 2010–2015, into fiscal year 2016.
The policy caps the number of new subdivision lots and site‑plan approvals that can be authorized each year, directs residential development toward designated growth areas and away from rural preservation areas, and limits the types of residential development allowed, County staff said. "It's not a policy that applies to building permits," said Dave Chapman, Capital Facilities Planner, Department of Land Use and Growth Management. "It applies to the approval of new subdivision lots or new multi‑family dwelling unit site plan approval." Chapman added…
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