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Commission backs changes to TDR ordinance and lowers TIA thresholds to allow MDP review before rights transfer
Summary
Frederick County planners recommended amendments to the Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) ordinance to clarify receiving-area criteria, permit master development plans (MDP) to be processed before TDR transfers (contingent on transfer), and revise Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) thresholds to apply to by-right residential projects; the commission forwarded the package to the Board of Supervisors.
The Planning Commission on Sept. 3 recommended approval of an amendment to Chapter 165 of the county zoning ordinance to clarify and modernize the Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) program.
Staff summarized program mechanics, noting about 780 rights have been severed to date and that the program has helped preserve roughly 6,000 acres. The proposed ordinance changes would explicitly tie receiving-area eligibility to specific residential zoning districts (RA, RP, R4), allow master development plans (MDP) to be submitted and processed before rights are transferred (with approval contingent on the transfer), and require receiving developments…
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