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CZMP
Now Is The Time For Action!
The Comprehensive Zoning Map Process (better known as
CZMP) is well underway. Issues for properties targeted for downzoning or
upzoning have been filed with the Baltimore County Planning Board.
Residents and community groups are lining up on both sides of the issues:
many in support of having large tracts of land preserved to protect
watersheds, agricultural areas, recreational attractions and historic sites;
some seeking to have their properties upzoned for development purposes.
Arguments pro and con are being refined. The hearings are now upon
us.
Pursuant to the goal of preserving the area’s rural character, SGCPC has
submitted petitions for downzoning large tracts of land that justify
protective zoning, either because they help protect the natural resources of
the area including farmland, forests, rivers and historic sites or because
they abut land that is already restrictively zoned and will encourage a more
harmonious countryside.
SGCPC urges all residents who are concerned about the issues to attend the
hearings. Residents can also contact Councilman T. Bryan McIntire, 400
Washington Ave, Towson, MD 21204 - a key participant in this project - to
affirm their positions on any of the issues. Becoming part of the process
gives you a voice! Please speak up to help us protect the rural character
of northern Baltimore County.
CZMP Key Dates
June 16, 2008
Planning Board recommendations
transmitted to County Council
June 24, 2008 7 pm
County Council hearing on Third District issues
Loch Raven Senior High School
September 16, 2008
Deadline for County Council decisions
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