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Carroll commissioners pause residential above planned commercial centers, send changes to Planning Commission
Summary
After a staff presentation and split views among commissioners, the Board of Carroll County Commissioners voted to ask the Planning Commission to consider removing residential uses as an accessory in planned commercial centers while the master‑plan process defines mixed‑use design guidelines.
The Board of Carroll County Commissioners voted Feb. 5 to ask the Planning Commission to consider removing language that permits residential units above planned commercial centers until the county defines what it wants from mixed‑use development.
Planning staff told the board that the county’s current code — written into subdivision regulations in 2007 and carried forward in later updates — allows second‑story residential units of roughly 600 to…
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