Planning & Zoning Commission Work Session March 4, 2026

Carroll County Planning Commission · March 5, 2026

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Proposal to remove residential as an accessory use in planned commercial centers

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Staff member (S1) introduced a proposal to remove residential accessory uses from Chapter 155 and to modify Chapter 158 to permit only dwellings in planned commercial centers that existed as of a specified cutoff date, allowing existing units to be grandfathered while preventing new rooftop/second-floor residences atop strip centers. The objective is to pause ad-hoc residential additions and use the master‑plan process to define high-quality mixed-use.

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Carroll County planning staff proposed removing residential accessory uses in planned commercial centers and recommended drafting code changes to grandfather the two existing mixed-use properties; commissioners then moved to a master-plan work session that reviewed housing, ag-preservation and growth-tier recommendations, including a debate over revisiting the seven-lot cap and where to prioritize preservation versus development.

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