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Planning commission removes recordation cap, keeps 6,000 building‑permit ceiling and raises annual permit limit to 50 with waiver
Summary
After presentations and public testimony Jan. 21, the Carroll County Planning & Zoning Commission voted to remove a 25‑lots‑per‑year recordation limit, leave the 6,000‑over‑six‑years building‑permit provision in place, and raise the per‑subdivision annual permit limit to 50 while adding a waiver process for exceptions.
The Carroll County Planning & Zoning Commission voted Jan. 21 on three code changes staff had proposed to align local controls with changing market conditions and pending state legislation.
On the first motion commissioners voted to remove a longstanding code provision that limited final lot recordation to 25 lots per fiscal year. Commissioner (speaker 6) moved to delete the recordation limit; after roll call the motion carried, recorded as five yeas and one abstention.
For a second code item the commission opted to retain a county‑level safeguard that…
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