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Caroline County delays vote on family‑division rules after lengthy debate over access, holding periods and enforcement
Summary
Planning staff presented a comprehensive update to county subdivision rules to align with State code changes and to add a new family‑division (family subdivision) section with eligibility, holding‑period and private‑road provisions; the board opened the public hearing, asked for more review and deferred final action to its first March meeting for additional work and maps.
County planning staff presented amendments to the Caroline County subdivision ordinance that implement state law changes effective July 1, 2025, and add a new Section 8 to regulate family subdivisions.
The proposal: Planner Mister Hughes told the board the draft adds a utility‑lot definition, creates minor/major/infrastructure/site‑plan subtypes and updates submission and bond language to match state code. For family divisions, the planning commission recommended eligibility safeguards: the property owner must have owned the parcel at least five years to create a family‑division lot, the grantee may not have previously received a family‑division…
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