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Howard County Council tables transit-oriented development housing bill after extensive amendments and debate
Summary
Councilmember Christiana Rigbys bill on transit-oriented development (CB18-2025) was tabled after lengthy debate over school capacity (APFO) exemptions, affordable and disability housing requirements, reporting deadlines and a multi-amendment drafting process.
Councilmember Christiana Rigbys transit-oriented development bill (CB 18-20-25) was tabled by the Howard County Council after more than two hours of debate and multiple, interlocking amendments intended to set affordable- and disability-housing floors, reporting dates and a sunset for the policy.
The bill would have allowed certain density and regulatory incentives for developments in designated transit-oriented districts, but the council spent the session arguing about whether those developments should be exempted from the Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (APFO) school-capacity test and what mix of affordable, moderate-income and disability-income housing units must be included to qualify for benefits such as APFO relief and payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) pilot agreements.…
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