Zoning Regulation Amendments Case Chart

To allow additional square footage for detached accessory structures in RC and RR zoning districts.

To clarify the types of light manufacturing uses that can be conducted on a POR zoned parcel that is within 1800 feet by road of an interstate highway ramp by specifying and, thereby, excluding other light manufacturing uses.

To amend the definitions of "Parking Area, Parking Facility or Parking Use" and "Solar Collector, Rooftop" to ensure
that solar canopies are permitted by right uses on parking structures.

To to amend Section 131.0.N.27 to make certain that historic venue uses are permitted under the Conditional Use for Historic Building Uses.

To amend Section 131.0.N.27 to make certain that historic venue uses are permitted under the Conditional Use for Historic Building Uses.

To amend the Howard County Zoning Regulations to add "Electric Vehicle Repair and Maintenance" as a new conditional use in the CE (Corridor Employment) District.

To amend the Howard County Zoning Regulations to allow Age-Restricted Adult Housing in the B-1 (Business: Local) Zoning District as a Conditional Use (Section 131.0), under certain conditions.

To amend the Howard County Zoning Regulations to amend the Planned Golf Course Community (PGCC) zoning district regulations (sections 126.0) to require that 15 percent of all residential units be Moderate Income Housing Units.  

To Amend Secion 131.0.N.1.a pertaining to a conditional use age-restricted adult houseing (ARAH) to: 1. Reduce the maximum number of dwelling units allowed per net acre in R-ED and R-20 districtcs by 1. 2. Require at least 25% of dwelling units to have 1,600 sq. ft. maximum of living space above grade to meet the needs of empty nesters who want to downsize from large homes to smaller, more affordable homes. 3. Increase the size of community buildings to 30 sq. ft. of net floor area per dwelling unit for the first 99 units.

To update current solar definitions in Section 103.0

To add Country Inn, Personal Service Establishments and Specialty Stores to uses allowed by right in the HO (Historic Office) zoning district.

To amend Section 128.K of the Howard County Zoning Regulations to: 1) Extend eligibility of sending parcels to all parcels which might contain an historic structure; 2) extend increased sending density rates for these properties; and 3) allow sending density to be received as bonus density.