Background
Harford County has completed the 2008/2009 Comprehensive Zoning Review cycle. Details of the process can be found here on the County web site. As of October 15, 2008, persons interested in rezoning their property were able to pick up an information package at Planning & Zoning. All applications were due by December 15th, along with an $800 application fee. After an evaluation process led by Planning & Zoning, including public review hearings in April, a draft bill with proposed rezoning actions went to the County Council in mid-June. The Council held public hearings over ten days in July, introduced their ammendments on August 4th, and and voted for the ammended bill on August 11th.
Friends of Harford Perspective
Friends of Harford actively participated in the current Comprehensive Zoning Review process, as we did in 2005-2006. We congratulate our members for their involvement! We are still eveluating the effect of the zoning changes adopted by the Council and approved by the Executive.
Read the Friends of Harford Report on the Comprehensive Zoning Review. See our assessment of the over 300 rezoning requests presented to the County Council.
New!! Council meeting on August 4, 2009. The Council strictly followed In-district voting: the zoning amendments were only brought by the Council rep for his District; the Council votes were all unanimous in support of each amendment offerred by that Councilman. The entire bill was approved on August 11, 2009. There are victories and losses for each District.
Friends of Harford does not yet have an easy to understand format for the CZR Issues and Amendments list, but here is our current complete list for your review. The first column indicates where FOH disagreed with the Planning and Zoning position in the bill as submitted to the Council. The Council President seems to have everyone in line and orderly with their issues. This was a first.
Published Plans, Reports and links
- County information site for the Comprehensive Zoning Review . On this page look for links to
- CZR requests mapped onto Google Earth map: browse through the county and see the requested rezoning (shown in red). Zoom in on the properties of interest.(Instructions)
- CZR Issue maps
- Planning and Zoning Official Positions on Rezoning Requests
- Helpful tools!! CZR Quick Links Friends of Harford offers you this quick reference page of useful CZR links
- Harford County Master Plan and Land Use Element Plan, 2004 A critical guidline for rezoning decisions. Included are Community Plans for every area of Harford County, e.g. Joppa-Joppatowne, Dublin-Darlington. Each Community Plan provides a vision for the future of that region.
- Priority Preservation Area Plan, October 2008
- Harford County Zoning Code (effective Dec 22, 2008)
- Harford County Zoning Designations (effective Dec 22, 2008): AG, RR, R1, MO, B1, ...
- Managing Maryland's Growth, Models and Guidelines, Revisiting the Comprehensive Plan: The Six Year Review, June 2000 A Maryland Department of Planning resource