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County delays vote on proposed reduction of open-space requirement from 50% to 30% in growth-area residential zones
Summary
County planners introduced a text amendment to reduce required undeveloped open space in RL, RH and RMX zones from 50% to 30% to encourage denser development in growth areas. Commissioners declined to waive additional review and directed staff to return with more background for a second reading within 30 days.
St. Mary’s County Department of Land Use and Growth Management introduced a proposed zoning text amendment on May 1 that would reduce the required undeveloped open space from 50 percent to 30 percent in three residential zone categories — RL, RH and RMX — in an effort to allow denser development in the county’s designated growth areas.
Phil Shire, a county planning official, told commissioners that the current 50 percent open-space requirement in development districts effectively removes half the parcel area from development and makes it difficult to…
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