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Residents urge council to preserve Parcel 357; amendment to keep it rural defeated
Summary
Residents urged the Anne Arundel County Council to retain rural (RLD) zoning for Parcel 357 at 679 Maryland Route 3 North, citing traffic safety, watershed protection and septic/water concerns; two council amendments to restore RLD were defeated and the council passed Region 6 planning and zoning bills as amended.
The Anne Arundel County Council on March 19 heard more than a dozen residents urging that Parcel 357 (679 Maryland Route 3 North) remain residential low density (RLD) rather than be upzoned for commercial use.
Speakers including Deborah Bresnack, John Bresnack, Deborah Weller, Marybeth Love and others said commercial development at the Millersville/Route 3 intersection would worsen an already failing intersection, threaten well‑and‑septic dependent households, and endanger the Jabez Branch watershed. Weller, representing the Old Milligan Neighborhood Association, said a proposed entrance farther south would not reduce local…
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