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An
Ordinance to Amend
Title 17
Of the Code of Emmitsburg
Entitled
Zoning
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Be it Enacted and
Ordained by the Board of Commissioners of the Town
of Emmitsburg, Maryland that Chapters 17.30 of the
Emmitsburg Municipal Code be, and it hereby is, amended
as follows:
The amended section of
this regulation reads as follows with new language
designated by being in BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS, and
language being deleted designated by being
stricken through.
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Chapter 17.30 C-R
Conservation-Recreation District
17.30.010 Intent.
The
Conservation-Recreation district is intended to conserve
public and private land for the protection of natural
resources and stream corridors, recreation, and
agricultural or silvicultural use through minimal
development and low-impact uses. In general, uses
specified in this district do not require additional
water capacity, and/or lands in this district do not
currently have access to water and sewer infrastructure
required to undertake development of uses allowed in
other zoning districts.
THE C-R ZONING
DISTRICT IS NOT INTENDED TO HAVE PERMANENT PRESERVATION
AS ITS PURPOSE. IF, AT SOME FUTURE TIME, ADEQUATE
INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITIES ARE AVAILABLE, THE TOWN OF
EMMITSBURG MAY ELECT TO CHANGE THE ZONING TO ALLOW
ADDITIONAL LAND USES. SUCH A CHANGE MAY BE REQUESTED BY
THE LANDOWNER, AND CONSIDERED AS PROVIDED IN ARTICLE 66B
§4.04, OR MAY BE THE RESULT OF RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED
DURING A FUTURE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS.
17.30.020 Uses
permitted in the C-R district.
A. Parks, playgrounds, public and private recreational
uses, athletic fields, hiking or bicycle trails;
B. Forest management;
C. Tree nursery;
D. Educational programs;
E. Agriculture;
F. Game, wildlife, and nature study preserves;
G. Municipal public works, such as, but not limited to
flood control, water supply facilities, sewage treatment
facilities; and
H. Accessory structures.
17.30.030 Reserved
17.30.040 Required lot
area, lot width and yards in Conservation-Recreation
district
Required lot areas, lot width and yards in the C-R
district are as follows
A. Minimum area: none specified
B. Front yard: fifty (50) feet;
C. Rear yard: fifty (50) feet;
D. Side yard: twenty (20) feet
17.30.050 Accessory
uses.
In the C-R district, accessory uses are as follows:
A. General signs. See chapter 15.16
Be it Further
Resolved, Enacted and Ordained that this Ordinance
shall take effect on the date on which the Mayor
approves the Ordinance after passing by the Board of
Commissioners or on the date on which the Board of
Commissioners pass the Ordinance over the veto of the
Mayor.
Passed this
_____ day of _____________, 2011, by a vote of _____
for, _____against, _____ absent, and _____ abstain.
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