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Sponsor seeks narrow fix to ADU historic-property exemption to protect small historic towns
Economic Matters Committee · March 14, 2026
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Summary
House Bill 12-36 would add language to the 2025 ADU law to ensure properties within locally designated historic districts (per section 8-105 of the Land Use Article) remain eligible for a historic-property exemption; sponsor framed the change as enabling local historic towns to preserve character.
At the committee hearing, Delegate Bridal presented House Bill 12-36, a technical amendment to the accessory dwelling unit provisions passed in the 2025 session. The bill adds a second paragraph to the law’s historic-property…
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