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Harford County, MD
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2023-10-11
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Part II General Legislation
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Chapter 267 Zoning
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Part 1 Standards
The Charter
Ch C
Charter
Administrative Legislation
Ch 1
General Provisions
Ch 4
Administration of Government
Ch 9
Boards, Commissions, Councils and Agencies
Ch 16
Departments
Ch 20
Elections
Ch 23
Ethics Code
Ch 28
Fire, Ambulance and Rescue Organizations
Ch 29
Harford County Sheriff's Office Pension
Ch 31
Fiscal Impact
Ch 38
Personnel
Ch 41
Procurement
Ch 50
Vehicles, County
General Legislation
Ch 58
Adult Entertainment
Ch 60
Agriculture
Ch 62
Alarm Systems
Ch 64
Animals
Ch 68
Assemblies, Mass Public
Ch 72
Auctions and Auctioneers
Ch 82
Building Construction
Ch 84
Buildings, General
Ch 95
Discriminatory Practices
Ch 100
Drug Paraphernalia
Ch 105
Electricity
Ch 109
Environmental Control
Ch 119
(Reserved)
Ch 123
Finance and Taxation
Ch 127
(Reserved)
Ch 131
Floodplain Management Program
Ch 142
Handicapped, Facilities for
Ch 146
Hazardous Materials
Ch 149
Health
Ch 157
Licenses and Permits
Ch 161
Littering
Ch 162
Livability Code
Ch 163
(Reserved)
Ch 166
Massage Establishments
Ch 169
Master Plan
Ch 173
Mobile Homes and Trailers
Ch 179
Nuisances, Public Health
Ch 185
Parks and Recreation
Ch 188
Pawnbrokers
Ch 193
Peace and Good Order
Ch 197
Peddling and Soliciting
Ch 199
(Reserved)
Ch 202
Plumbing
Ch 206
Real Estate
Ch 211
(Reserved)
Ch 214
Sediment Control and Stormwater Management
Ch 216
Sewage Disposal Systems, Private
Ch 218
Sheriff
Ch 219
(Reserved)
Ch 225
Streets, Sidewalks and Public Works
Ch 226
Swimming Pools
Ch 232
Taxicabs
Ch 235
Television
Ch 237
Towing Businesses
Ch 244
Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 247
Vehicles, Junk
Ch 256
Water and Sewers
Ch 260
Weapons
Ch 267
Zoning
Ch 267 Pt 1
Standards
Ch 267 Pt 1 Art I
General Provisions
§ 267-1
Title.
§ 267-2
Legislative authority.
§ 267-3
Purpose.
§ 267-4
Definitions.
§ 267-5
Applicability.
§ 267-6
Construal of provisions; word usage.
Ch 267 Pt 1 Art II
Administration and Enforcement
§ 267-7
Director of Planning.
§ 267-8
Zoning certificates.
§ 267-9
Board of Appeals.
§ 267-10
Interpretation of Zoning Map.
§ 267-11
Variances.
§ 267-12
Zoning reclassifications.
§ 267-13
Comprehensive zoning review.
§ 267-14
Violations and penalties.
Ch 267 Pt 1 Art III
Districts Established; Boundaries
§ 267-15
Establishment of zoning districts.
§ 267-16
Official Zoning Maps.
§ 267-17
Interpretation of boundaries.
Ch 267 Pt 1 Art IV
Nonconforming Lots, Buildings, Structures and Uses
§ 267-18
General provisions.
§ 267-19
Nonconforming lots.
§ 267-20
Nonconforming buildings, structures and uses.
§ 267-21
Enlargement or extension of nonconforming, nonresidential buildings, structures or uses.
Ch 267 Pt 1 Art V
Supplementary Regulations
§ 267-22
Lots.
§ 267-23
Yards.
§ 267-24
Exceptions and modifications to height requirements.
§ 267-25
Requirements for deck accesses.
§ 267-26
Off-street parking and loading.
§ 267-27
Accessory uses and structures.
§ 267-28
Temporary uses.
§ 267-29
Landscaping.
§ 267-30
Buffer yards.
§ 267-31
Open space.
§ 267-32
Starter home housing bonus.
§ 267-33
Signs.
Ch 267 Pt 1 Art VI
Forest and Tree Conservation
§ 267-34
Applicability.
§ 267-35
General requirements.
§ 267-36
Forest stand delineation.
§ 267-37
Forest conservation plan.
§ 267-38
Abbreviated process.
§ 267-39
Retention and afforestation.
§ 267-40
Reforestation.
§ 267-41
Priorities and time requirements for afforestation and reforestation.
§ 267-42
(Reserved)
§ 267-43
Individual tree plantings.
§ 267-44
Required tree species.
§ 267-45
Surety for forest conservation.
§ 267-46
Standards for protecting trees from construction activities.
§ 267-47
Variances.
§ 267-48
Violations and penalties.
Ch 267 Pt 1 Art VII
District Regulations
§ 267-49
General provisions.
§ 267-50
Principal permitted uses by district.
§ 267-51
Requirements for specific districts.
§ 267-52
Materially similar uses.
§ 267-53
AG Agricultural District.
§ 267-54
RR Rural Residential District.
§ 267-55
R1, R2, R3 and R4 Urban Residential Districts.
§ 267-56
RO Residential/Office District.
§ 267-57
VR Village Residential District.
§ 267-58
VB Village Business District.
§ 267-59
B1, B2 and B3 Business Districts.
§ 267-60
CI, LI and GI Industrial Districts.
§ 267-61
MO Mixed Office District.
§ 267-62
NRD Natural Resource District.
§ 267-63
Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Program.
§ 267-63.1
Implementation.
§ 267-63.2
Administrative enforcement.
§ 267-63.3
Critical Area development requirements.
§ 267-63.4
Intensely developed areas.
§ 267-63.5
Limited development areas.
§ 267-63.6
Resource conservation areas.
§ 267-63.7
The Critical Area buffer.
§ 267-63.8
Modified buffer areas.
§ 267-63.9
Habitat protection areas.
§ 267-63.10
Grandfathering.
§ 267-63.11
Lot consolidation and reconfiguration.
§ 267-63.12
Variances.
§ 267-63.13
Local development projects.
§ 267-63.14
Program changes.
§ 267-63.15
Water-dependent facilities and activities.
§ 267-63.16
Water-dependent structures.
§ 267-63.17
Shore erosion protection.
§ 267-63.18
Forest and woodland protection.
§ 267-63.19
Timber harvesting.
§ 267-63.20
Agriculture.
§ 267-63.21
Surface mining.
§ 267-64
Chesapeake Science and Security Corridor.
§ 267-65
Edgewood Neighborhood Overlay District.
§ 267-65.1
Magnolia Neighborhood Overlay District.
§ 267-66
Water Source Protection Districts.
Ch 267 Pt 1 Art VIII
Design Standards for Special Developments
§ 267-67
Purpose.
§ 267-68
Approval.
§ 267-69
General design standards.
§ 267-70
Conventional with open space (COS).
§ 267-71
Planned residential development (PRD).
§ 267-72
Conservation development standards (CDS).
§ 267-73
Agricultural/commercial.
§ 267-74
Garden and mid-rise apartment dwellings (GMA).
§ 267-75
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
§ 267-76
Mixed use center.
§ 267-77
Planned employment centers.
§ 267-78
Traditional neighborhood developments.
§ 267-79
Integrated community shopping center (ICSC).
§ 267-80
Mobile home park (MHP).
§ 267-81
Mobile home subdivision (MHS).
§ 267-82
Housing for the elderly.
§ 267-83
Continuing care retirement community (CCRC).
§ 267-84
Corporate office park (COP).
§ 267-85
Retail/service/office uses in the RO District.
§ 267-85.1
Animal shelters.
Ch 267 Pt 1 Art IX
Special Exceptions
§ 267-86
Purpose.
§ 267-87
General regulations.
§ 267-88
Specific standards.
Ch 267 Pt 1 Art X
Landfills
§ 267-89
Sanitary landfills.
§ 267-90
Rubble landfills.
§ 267-91
Solid waste transfer stations.
§ 267-92
Other County solid waste processing facilities.
Ch 267 Pt 1 Art XI
Telecommunications Facilities
§ 267-93
Purpose.
§ 267-94
Accessory uses.
§ 267-95
Communications towers.
§ 267-96
Provisions applicable to all communications towers.
§ 267-97
Additional special exception requirements.
§ 267-98
Additional provisions applicable to proposed sitings in RR, R1, R2, R3, R4, RO, VR, VB, B1 and B2 Districts.
§ 267-99
Public safety uses.
Ch 267 Pt 1 Art XII
Applicability of Provisions
§ 267-100
Approved or pending zoning certificates or building permits.
§ 267-101
Board of Appeals approvals.
§ 267-102
Approved preliminary and site plans.
§ 267-103
Effect of declaration of invalidity.
Ch 268
Subdivision Regulations
Appendix
Ch A271
Comparative Table
Ch A272
(Reserved)
Ch A273
Executive Orders
Ch A274
Zoning Board of Appeals Rules of Procedure
Ch A275
Capital Improvements
Disposition List
Ch DL
Disposition List
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Part 1
Standards
Article I
General Provisions
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§ 267-1
Title.
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§ 267-2
Legislative authority.
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§ 267-3
Purpose.
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§ 267-4
Definitions.
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§ 267-5
Applicability.
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§ 267-6
Construal of provisions; word usage.
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Article II
Administration and Enforcement
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§ 267-7
Director of Planning.
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§ 267-8
Zoning certificates.
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§ 267-9
Board of Appeals.
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§ 267-10
Interpretation of Zoning Map.
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§ 267-11
Variances.
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§ 267-12
Zoning reclassifications.
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§ 267-13
Comprehensive zoning review.
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§ 267-14
Violations and penalties.
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Article III
Districts Established; Boundaries
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§ 267-15
Establishment of zoning districts.
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§ 267-16
Official Zoning Maps.
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§ 267-17
Interpretation of boundaries.
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Article IV
Nonconforming Lots, Buildings, Structures and Uses
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§ 267-18
General provisions.
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§ 267-19
Nonconforming lots.
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§ 267-20
Nonconforming buildings, structures and uses.
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§ 267-21
Enlargement or extension of nonconforming, nonresidential buildings, structures or uses.
chevron_right
Article V
Supplementary Regulations
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§ 267-22
Lots.
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§ 267-23
Yards.
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§ 267-24
Exceptions and modifications to height requirements.
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§ 267-25
Requirements for deck accesses.
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§ 267-26
Off-street parking and loading.
chevron_right
§ 267-27
Accessory uses and structures.
chevron_right
§ 267-28
Temporary uses.
chevron_right
§ 267-29
Landscaping.
chevron_right
§ 267-30
Buffer yards.
chevron_right
§ 267-31
Open space.
chevron_right
§ 267-32
Starter home housing bonus.
chevron_right
§ 267-33
Signs.
chevron_right
Article VI
Forest and Tree Conservation
chevron_right
§ 267-34
Applicability.
chevron_right
§ 267-35
General requirements.
chevron_right
§ 267-36
Forest stand delineation.
chevron_right
§ 267-37
Forest conservation plan.
chevron_right
§ 267-38
Abbreviated process.
chevron_right
§ 267-39
Retention and afforestation.
chevron_right
§ 267-40
Reforestation.
chevron_right
§ 267-41
Priorities and time requirements for afforestation and reforestation.
chevron_right
§ 267-42
(Reserved)
chevron_right
§ 267-43
Individual tree plantings.
chevron_right
§ 267-44
Required tree species.
chevron_right
§ 267-45
Surety for forest conservation.
chevron_right
§ 267-46
Standards for protecting trees from construction activities.
chevron_right
§ 267-47
Variances.
chevron_right
§ 267-48
Violations and penalties.
chevron_right
Article VII
District Regulations
chevron_right
§ 267-49
General provisions.
chevron_right
§ 267-50
Principal permitted uses by district.
chevron_right
§ 267-51
Requirements for specific districts.
chevron_right
§ 267-52
Materially similar uses.
chevron_right
§ 267-53
AG Agricultural District.
chevron_right
§ 267-54
RR Rural Residential District.
chevron_right
§ 267-55
R1, R2, R3 and R4 Urban Residential Districts.
chevron_right
§ 267-56
RO Residential/Office District.
chevron_right
§ 267-57
VR Village Residential District.
chevron_right
§ 267-58
VB Village Business District.
chevron_right
§ 267-59
B1, B2 and B3 Business Districts.
chevron_right
§ 267-60
CI, LI and GI Industrial Districts.
chevron_right
§ 267-61
MO Mixed Office District.
chevron_right
§ 267-62
NRD Natural Resource District.
chevron_right
§ 267-63
Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Program.
chevron_right
§ 267-63.1
Implementation.
chevron_right
§ 267-63.2
Administrative enforcement.
chevron_right
§ 267-63.3
Critical Area development requirements.
chevron_right
§ 267-63.4
Intensely developed areas.
chevron_right
§ 267-63.5
Limited development areas.
chevron_right
§ 267-63.6
Resource conservation areas.
chevron_right
§ 267-63.7
The Critical Area buffer.
chevron_right
§ 267-63.8
Modified buffer areas.
chevron_right
§ 267-63.9
Habitat protection areas.
chevron_right
§ 267-63.10
Grandfathering.
chevron_right
§ 267-63.11
Lot consolidation and reconfiguration.
chevron_right
§ 267-63.12
Variances.
chevron_right
§ 267-63.13
Local development projects.
chevron_right
§ 267-63.14
Program changes.
chevron_right
§ 267-63.15
Water-dependent facilities and activities.
chevron_right
§ 267-63.16
Water-dependent structures.
chevron_right
§ 267-63.17
Shore erosion protection.
chevron_right
§ 267-63.18
Forest and woodland protection.
chevron_right
§ 267-63.19
Timber harvesting.
chevron_right
§ 267-63.20
Agriculture.
chevron_right
§ 267-63.21
Surface mining.
chevron_right
§ 267-64
Chesapeake Science and Security Corridor.
chevron_right
§ 267-65
Edgewood Neighborhood Overlay District.
chevron_right
§ 267-65.1
Magnolia Neighborhood Overlay District.
chevron_right
§ 267-66
Water Source Protection Districts.
chevron_right
Article VIII
Design Standards for Special Developments
chevron_right
§ 267-67
Purpose.
chevron_right
§ 267-68
Approval.
chevron_right
§ 267-69
General design standards.
chevron_right
§ 267-70
Conventional with open space (COS).
chevron_right
§ 267-71
Planned residential development (PRD).
chevron_right
§ 267-72
Conservation development standards (CDS).
chevron_right
§ 267-73
Agricultural/commercial.
chevron_right
§ 267-74
Garden and mid-rise apartment dwellings (GMA).
chevron_right
§ 267-75
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
chevron_right
§ 267-76
Mixed use center.
chevron_right
§ 267-77
Planned employment centers.
chevron_right
§ 267-78
Traditional neighborhood developments.
chevron_right
§ 267-79
Integrated community shopping center (ICSC).
chevron_right
§ 267-80
Mobile home park (MHP).
chevron_right
§ 267-81
Mobile home subdivision (MHS).
chevron_right
§ 267-82
Housing for the elderly.
chevron_right
§ 267-83
Continuing care retirement community (CCRC).
chevron_right
§ 267-84
Corporate office park (COP).
chevron_right
§ 267-85
Retail/service/office uses in the RO District.
chevron_right
§ 267-85.1
Animal shelters.
chevron_right
Article IX
Special Exceptions
chevron_right
§ 267-86
Purpose.
chevron_right
§ 267-87
General regulations.
chevron_right
§ 267-88
Specific standards.
chevron_right
Article X
Landfills
chevron_right
§ 267-89
Sanitary landfills.
chevron_right
§ 267-90
Rubble landfills.
chevron_right
§ 267-91
Solid waste transfer stations.
chevron_right
§ 267-92
Other County solid waste processing facilities.
chevron_right
Article XI
Telecommunications Facilities
chevron_right
§ 267-93
Purpose.
chevron_right
§ 267-94
Accessory uses.
chevron_right
§ 267-95
Communications towers.
chevron_right
§ 267-96
Provisions applicable to all communications towers.
chevron_right
§ 267-97
Additional special exception requirements.
chevron_right
§ 267-98
Additional provisions applicable to proposed sitings in RR, R1, R2, R3, R4, RO, VR, VB, B1 and B2 Districts.
chevron_right
§ 267-99
Public safety uses.
chevron_right
Article XII
Applicability of Provisions
chevron_right
§ 267-100
Approved or pending zoning certificates or building permits.
chevron_right
§ 267-101
Board of Appeals approvals.
chevron_right
§ 267-102
Approved preliminary and site plans.
chevron_right
§ 267-103
Effect of declaration of invalidity.
chevron_right