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Planning director briefs commission on new state laws affecting solar siting and accessory dwelling units
Summary
Planning Director Amy Murdock updated the commission on two state bills: House Bill 1466 on accessory dwelling units and Senate Bill 931 on utility-scale solar, describing how amendments preserved limited local siting standards and a 5% cap in priority preservation areas.
Amy Murdock, director of the Queen Anne's County Department of Planning and Zoning, updated the Planning Commission on recent state legislation that will affect local land-use regulation.
Murdock told commissioners that House Bill 1466 requires jurisdictions to permit accessory dwelling units (ADUs) as a by-right use and establishes a waiver of impact fees for very small units; she said most ADUs in the county already are permitted by right and that the fee waiver applies to units under about 900 square feet and therefore is unlikely to change the county's current practice materially.
Murdock and members of the public also discussed Senate Bill 931, the state's utility-scale solar siting…
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