County schedules April hearing on growth allocation changes in Chesapeake Bay Critical Area

Mar 24, 2026

The Board scheduled a public hearing for April 14, 2026 on Ordinance 25-12, which would allow limited growth allocation within Resource Conservation Areas for qualifying nonprofit secondary-education and youth-camp uses, capped at 150 acres.

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County Ordinance No. 25-12, proposed to amend growth allocation standards within the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area, was placed on the calendar for a public hearing on April 14, 2026. The ordinance would allow growth allocation in Resource Conservation Areas for expansion of qualifying nonprofit secondary-education institutions or youth camps lawfully existing as of June 29, 1988, with a limit of no more than 150 acres.

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