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Caroline County seeks authority to deny permits for properties with unresolved zoning violations
Summary
Commissioners introduced a bill to allow the zoning administrator to withhold new permits for parcels that have existing, unabated code violations, codifying current departmental practice and including an exception where the new permit would resolve the violation.
Caroline County commissioners on March 11 introduced an ordinance, legislative bill 2025-002, that would add a new section (proposed section 194) to chapter 175 (zoning) authorizing the zoning administrator to deny permits for a particular parcel when that parcel has an existing, unabated violation of state law or county code.
Staff described the measure as codifying a long-standing Department of Planning and Codes practice intended to encourage abatement of…
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