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Caroline County planning commission backs amendment to bar permits for properties with unresolved zoning violations
Summary
At its February meeting the Caroline County Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend a text amendment to Chapter 175 (new §194) that would codify the existing practice of withholding building permits or zoning certificates for properties with unresolved violations until those violations are remedied.
The Caroline County Planning and Zoning Commission at its February meeting voted to send a favorable report to the county commissioners on a proposed text amendment to Chapter 175 (new section 194) that would deny building permits or zoning certificates for a property while a zoning code violation on that same property remains unresolved.
Commissioners said the amendment primarily formalizes a longstanding departmental practice. A staff member explained the change is intended to make clear in the county code that a permit for a property with an existing violation 'would not be granted until such time you have remedied that violation.'
The amendment would also include clarifying language…
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