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Commission asks city attorney and staff to study group‑housing definitions after Mount Zion veterans proposal raises zoning questions
Summary
After extended public comment and legal review, the Planning Commission voted to ask the city attorney and planning staff to reconcile local definitions of "community residential facility" with state group‑home rules before recommending code changes to allow larger group housing in the RO district.
The Havre de Grace Planning Commission voted on Feb. 20 to ask the Planning Department and the city attorney to re‑examine local code language about community residential facilities and to compare it with Maryland state group‑home definitions before advancing any proposed ordinance changes.
Commissioners and city counsel had spent more than an hour discussing whether a proposed use for Mount Zion property — described by proponents as transitional housing for veterans — could be allowed in the city’s RO (residential‑office) zone without broader changes to zoning. Planning…
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