Finding Loopholes In Anti-Sprawl Laws
25 October 2004 - 7:00am
Maryland's anti-sprawl laws are being circumvented by innovative developers in rural communities through the annexation process.
"The state's 1997 Smart Growth law tries to curb suburban sprawl by targeting state spending on existing communities... But builders have discovered that they can purchase undeveloped land on the edge of a town and apply to have it annexed while offering municipalities various sweeteners. Once the municipality absorbs the land, it is treated, for the purposes of Smart Growth, as a developed area."
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Source:
The Baltimore Sun, October 24, 2004
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