Zoning Ordinance Update

The County’s Comprehensive Plan was recently adopted in 2019 and amended in 2022. The project started in 2016, since the beginning of that project, County staff and the Comprehensive Plan consultant conducted a zoning analysis of existing conditions. Through the confirmation of the County’s vision through the Comprehensive Plan adoption – Calvert 2040, staff began working on developing zoning recommendations and a draft ordinance that would bring the Zoning Ordinance into compliance with the new Comprehensive Plan.

The goals for the Zoning Ordinance are to:

• Ensure uniformity with the Calvert 2040 newly adopted Comprehensive Plan
• Conduct a comprehensive review of zoning regulations regarding current land use practices
• Condense the document and remove unnecessary language
• Re-organize sections to make the document more intuitive for users
• Revise vague language to limit need for Zoning Interpretations
• Update outdated requirements to be in line with State standards and current best management practices
• Provide an ordinance that is user friendly for staff, citizens and businesses

Find more information online at www.calvertcountymd.gov/ZoningOrdinanceUpdate.