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Planning commission adopts 'attainable housing' language in draft comp plan; commissioners debate bonus density
Summary
At a May work session, St. Mary's County Planning Commission reviewed a red‑line comprehensive plan draft that replaces multiple housing labels with an overarching 'attainable housing' definition; commissioners pressed staff to retain 'affordable' in places and said incentives such as bonus density should be decided in the zoning update.
The St. Mary's County Planning Commission on May 18 reviewed a red‑line draft of the county comprehensive plan that inserts a new, umbrella definition of "attainable housing" and clarifies how the plan will feed later zoning and implementation work.
The presenter leading the draft review said the proposed glossary defines attainable housing as "a wide variety of housing options, and in particular, we're talking about both owner occupied and rental, that reflect the needs of county residents, including those that struggle to afford market rate housing without the use of subsidies." The presenter told commissioners that workforce, missing‑middle and…
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