[CPEO-BIF] Cecil County, Maryland zoning ordinance proposal

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Transforming brown into green

By Cheryl Mattix
Cecil Whig (MD)
July 28, 2011

Cecil County is working on creating a new zoning ordinance to give  
developers some incentives to take a chance on redeveloping the  
county's "Brownfield" sites, especially in the growth corridor.

Eric Sennstrom, the county's director of planning and zoning,  
unveiled a rough draft Tuesday to the county commissioners of a  
proposed ordinance that would create a floating zone called  
Brownfield Redevelopment.

"This is my first stab at this," Sennstrom said as he laid out the  
framework for a new ordinance prompted by a presentation, given six  
weeks ago to commissioners by Landmark Consulting Engineers, about  
the potential value of Brownfield incentives.

Sennstrom's draft included provisions to allow flexibility regarding  
setbacks, height, parking and loading requirements on Brownfield  
sites, but did not offer any direct economic incentives.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.cecilwhig.com/local_news/article_b5f671ce-b8a5-11e0- 
a926-001cc4c03286.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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