Allows for sustainable growth by assisting local communities in moving septic growth away from areas where it will contribute to wasteful land development practices and pollution. Creates four tiers for inclusion in local comprehensive plans to guide growth on central sewer and septic systems. This legislation was crafted with the recognition that outdated wastewater technologies Read the Rest…
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Sustainable Growth and Preservation Act of 2012, March 1st, 2012
Maryland Invests: Part III, December 21st, 2011
By Secretary Richard Hall, Department of Planning Smart Investments in Smart Growth Earlier this week, Governor O’Malley accepted “PlanMaryland,” our State’s first long-range plan for sustainable growth and a vision that will allow us to invest in a smarter, greener, more prosperous future. We need smart growth for a number of reasons. But it really Read the Rest…
Governor Martin O’Malley, Lt. Governor Anthony Brown Convene “Maryland Forward” Forum on Smart Growth, April 8th, 2011
ANNAPOLIS, MD (April 8, 2011)–Governor Martin O’Malley joined Lt. Governor Anthony Brown and Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker today at the “Maryland Forward” policy forum on smart growth. Today’s forum served to solicit input from local residents, developers, advocates, and community officials on how best to further smarter, more sustainable growth in Maryland. Discussions focused on Read the Rest…
Governor Martin O’Malley Convenes Forum on Sustainability, January 7th, 2011
Third of five Maryland Forward forums designed to shape O’Malley-Brown second term, preparing for Smarter, Greener future ANNAPOLIS, MD (January 7, 2011)–Governor Martin O’Malley convened the third of five forums today, designed to elicit feedback and ideas from stakeholders in preparation for a second term as Maryland’s governor. Today’s forum focused on laying the groundwork Read the Rest…
Smart, Green, and Growing – Maryland’s Sustainable Growth Commission (2010), March 1st, 2010
Establishes a Sustainable Growth Commission comprised of individuals with knowledge of smart growth and planning issues in order to continue to promote a smart and sustainable growth agenda. http://mlis.state.md.us/2010rs/chapters_noln/Ch_489_sb0278T.pdf
Tax Increment Financing and Special Taxing Districts – Transit Oriented Development (2009), March 1st, 2009
Provides localities with new tools to implement public infrastructure projects through tax increment financing and special taxing districts. Transit-Oriented Development represents a sustainable form of development that benefits the environment, public health, citizens’ access to transportation, and economic development, and enables the State to maximize its return on the large investment it has made in Read the Rest…
Local Government Planning – Planning Visions (2009), March 1st, 2009
Carries out a key recommendation of the Task Force on the Future for Growth and Development by modernizing core planning visions to include public participation, economic development, housing, sustainability, and multi-modal transportation as well as broader resource conservation and environmental protection goals. http://mlis.state.md.us/2009rs/chapters_noln/Ch_177_hb0294E.pdf
Smart Growth Measures and Markers (2009), March 1st, 2009
Directs the Maryland Department of Planning to develop measures or markers for Smart and Sustainable Growth in conjunction with local governments and the Task Force on the Future for Growth and Development. Advancement and achievement of public policy objectives like Smart and Sustainable Growth are helped by the application and analysis of broadly accepted and Read the Rest…
Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program – Administrative and Enforcement Provisions (2008), March 1st, 2008
Alters the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program to provide greater authority to the Critical Area Commission; update the basic components of the program, including the Critical Area boundary; enhance buffer and water quality protection; coordinate new development more closely with growth management policies and other environmental protection/planning processes; and strengthen enforcement and Read the Rest…
Maryland Transit Administration – Transit-Oriented Development (2008), March 1st, 2008
Establishes Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) as a transportation purpose in order to strengthen coordination between land use and transportation planning. Investments are targeted towards enhanced transit access, bicycle and pedestrian amenities, and the promotion of transit-oriented development. By clustering development around transit sites, TOD seeks to maximize the State’s investment in transit, ease congestion on our roadways, Read the Rest…
