General
Introduced by: Chairperson at the request of the County Executive
AN ACT amending the definition tobacco product to be consistent with State law; related to the distribution of tobacco products, prohibiting the distribution of tobacco products, including electronic smoking devices, to individuals under the age of 21 years; amending the enforcement provisions for unlawful distribution of tobacco products to an individual under the age of 21 years; providing for certain exceptions for individuals in the active military in accordance with State law; amending what constitutes acceptable proof of age; and generally related to the placement and distribution of tobacco products in Howard County.
Introduced by: Chairperson at the request of the County Executive
AN ACT amending the Classification Plan for Howard County to add a description for the position of Office of Emergency Management Administrator; and generally relating to amendments to the Howard County Classification Plan.
Introduced by: Chairperson at the request of the County Executive
AN ACT amending the Pay Plan for Howard County to add certain positions into the list of Executive Exempt positions; and generally relating to the Pay Plan for Howard County.
Introduced by: Chairperson at the request of the County Executive
AN ACT specifying the appointing authority for the Administrator of the Office of Emergency Management; and generally relating to executive exempt provisions in the Howard County Code.
Introduced by: Chairperson at the request of the County Executive
AN ACT amending the criteria for granting waivers from the requirements of the Howard County Subdivision and Land Development Regulations; requiring survey bearings and distances on plans to delineate wetlands and required wetland and stream buffers; prohibiting the impact on certain steep slopes established by the prior development of the property; requiring that the Office of Community Sustainability and the Department of Public Works review certain requests for necessary disturbances; establishing criteria for alternative compliance from the provisions of the Subdivision and Land Development Regulations; providing that the Office of Transportation will also review requests to eliminate sidewalk requirements; and generally relating to alternative compliance, waiver and variances of the Subdivision and Land Development Regulations.
Introduced by: Chairperson at the request of the County Executive
Co-sponsored by: Opel Jones, Deb Jung, Christiana Mercer Rigby, and Liz Walsh
AN ACT repealing and reenacting the Forest Conservation Act of Howard County; providing the purpose of the Act; defining certain terms to be used throughout the Act; requiring a Forest Conservation Plan for any person, or unit of local government, developing land 40,000 square feet or greater, subject to certain exceptions; requiring a Declaration of Intent for certain exemptions; setting forth the requirements of a Forest Conservation Plan; providing for the review process of a Forest Conservation Plan; requiring a Forest Conservation Manual to be prepared and adopted; requiring that the Manual include specific standards and guidelines; setting forth certain Forest Retention Priorities; requiring certain reforestation requirements and providing that reforestation shall be based on certain calculations; requiring certain afforestation and providing that afforestation shall be based on certain calculations; setting forth certain afforestation and reforestation location priorities and preferred methods; requiring certain site design; requiring certain financial security for afforestation and reforestation; authorizing a fee-in-lieu of afforestation and reforestation under certain conditions; providing for Forest Conservation Fund to keep the fee-in-lieu of afforestation and reforestation and providing for the use of monies contained in the fund; providing for certain enforcement and penalties; requiring mitigation by the County when land is developed in violation of the Act; providing for certain appeals; allowing for the grant of variances of the provisions of the Act, under certain circumstances; allowing the abandonment of Forest Conservation Easements under certain conditions; providing for the opportunity to create a Forest Mitigation Bank under certain conditions; and generally related to forest conservation in Howard County.
Introduced by: Liz Walsh, Deb Jung, and Christiana Mercer Rigby
AN ACT amending the Howard County Code by altering the requirements for a certain buffer between a road and a new major subdivision that is located along a Scenic Road; altering a certain approval process for a major subdivision that abuts or adjoins a scenic road; and generally relating to Scenic Roads.
Introduced by: Opel Jones and Christiana Mercer Rigby
AN ACT to require a specified fee on certain disposable bags; providing for the collection of the fee and the administration of the subtitle; specifying the duties of certain stores; creating a Disposable Plastics Reduction Fund; providing for the administration and uses of the Fund; providing for penalties for certain violations; requiring certain studies and reports; and generally relating to disposable bags in the County.
Introduced by: David Yungmann
AN ACT amending the Howard County Zoning Regulations to authorize the hearing authority to reduce the setback for buildings and parking uses associated with Commercial Athletic Facilities to no less than 25 feet if the petition includes detailed plans for screening that presents an attractive and effective visual barrier for neighboring properties; and generally relating to Commercial Athletic Facilities Conditional Uses.
Introduced by: The Chairperson
AN ACT to legalize the 2019 Edition of the Howard County Code, as approved by Gary W. Kuc, County Solicitor, and published by Municipal Code Corporation; to provide for the Code's periodic supplement; and to declare that the Code shall be the evidence of the public local laws of Howard County; and to make technical, non-substantive corrections to the Code.
Introduced by: Chairperson at the request of the County Executive
A RESOLUTION approving the 2019 Interim Amendment to the Howard County Master Plan for Water and Sewerage, consisting of text, tables, and maps incorporating various revisions based on and including: 1. Changes to capital projects related to the capital budget, the ten-year capital improvement program, or completed engineering studies; 2. The entry of properties into the County’s Metropolitan District; 3. Changes in service area priorities for individual property parcels, subdivisions and developer projects based upon the review of capital and developer project progress; and 4. Changes to the water and sewer Planned Service Area.
Introduced by: Chairperson at the request of the County Executive
A RESOLUTION pursuant to Section 4.201 of the Howard County Code declaring that portions of parcels of land owned by Howard County totaling approximately 2.63 acres are no longer needed by the County for public purposes; authorizing the County Executive to convey fee simple title to such portions of the parcels to the adjacent property owner, the State of Maryland as part of the widening of Maryland Route 32 from Linden Church Road to Interstate-70; waiving the advertising and bidding requirements of Section 4.201 of the Howard County Code; and providing that the County Executive is not bound to convey such property if he finds that the land may have a further public use.
Introduced by: Chairperson at the request of the County Executive at the request of the Board of Education of Howard County
A RESOLUTION pursuant to Sections 16.301 of the Howard County Code, granting variances for government uses from the use setbacks and height requirements for the 13th high school and ancillary roads, parking, sports fields, fences, and bleachers to be constructed on Property located along Mission Road in Jessup, Howard County, Maryland.
