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Calvert County planning staff seek direction to reopen agricultural preservation program, update TDR rules
Summary
Planning staff requested authority to begin public-adoption steps for updated agricultural preservation and TDR rules, including integration of the 2021 TDR reserve and clarifications on APD permanence and density.
Calvert County planning staff told the Board of County Commissioners at a work session on April 8 that they are ready to move forward with revisions to the county’s agricultural land preservation rules and the Transferable Development Rights (TDR) program and asked the board to direct staff to begin the public-adoption process.
Director Jason Brinkley and rural planner Jennifer David summarized the draft changes, which staff said consolidate prior policies into one rules-and-regulations document, update eligibility requirements for Agricultural Preservation Districts (APDs), and incorporate the county’s 2021 TDR reserve (a county-run TDR bank). The changes also clarify when an APD becomes permanently preserved, revise how residential density is applied (by APD rather than by parcel), and…
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