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Council debates roads test: unit thresholds or trips-based study area?
Summary
Howard County Councilors and staff clashed over whether to measure development traffic impacts by dwelling units or by net peak‑hour trips; Public Works urged a trips‑based test and DPZ staff recommended limited discretion to include likely impacted intersections outside standard study areas.
Howard County councilors spent a major portion of a legislative work session debating how to update the roads impact portion of the Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (APFO).
Council proposals ranged from a two‑tier unit‑based test (a 100‑unit threshold distinguishing small and large projects) to an approach driven by traffic generation counts. Public Works staff recommended using net peak‑hour trips and established trip thresholds similar to those already used in Downtown Columbia rather than relying on a blunt unit…
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