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Commissioners approve waiver for concept review fees on two Taneytown-area subdivisions after split vote
Summary
After a debate about asynchronous municipal and county plan reviews, the board voted 3–2 to waive the county concept-review fee for two projects (Garnet Ridge and Mountain Brook) that submitted 65% plans to Taneytown and the county.
The Carroll County Board of Commissioners voted 3–2 to reduce development review fees for two specific projects by effectively waiving the county concept-review fee for those filings.
Commissioners debated how Taneytown’s review schedule — which requires earlier municipal concept signoff — interacts with the county’s three-phase development-review process (concept, preliminary, final). County staff described the standard process (roughly 35%, 65% and 100% plan stages) and said the city of Taneytown…
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