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Board sends proposed transfer-of-development-rights ordinance changes, traffic-analysis updates to committee and public hearings
Summary
Staff proposed clarifications to the county’s TDR program and revisions to traffic-impact thresholds; the board voted to send the ordinance amendment to committee for further drafting and to authorize public hearings with the planning commission and board.
Frederick County staff presented proposed amendments July 8 to Chapter 165 of the county zoning ordinance intended to clarify how the Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) program works and to update the county’s Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) standards. The Board of Supervisors voted to send the proposal to the Development Review and Regulations Committee for further work and to authorize public hearings with the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors.
Planning staff explained the proposal would clarify receiving-property criteria for TDRs, allow contingent master-development-plan review prior to an applicant purchasing TDR credits, and tie TDR projects more explicitly to adopted area-plan standards that could require…
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