County Matters
September 01, 2010
Judicial elections coming up on September 14, 2010
On September 14, when Maryland's primary election takes place, sitting judges in three judicial read the full story »
November 25, 2009
Anne Arundel County initiates Comprehensive Zoning process
The Anne Arundel County Office of Planning and Zoning (OPZ) has initiated the 2010 Comprehensive read the full story »
October 06, 2009
Amendments Approved for Legislation regarding 2009 General Development Plan for Anne Arundel County
The County Council further amended Bill No. 64-09, which legislation proposes the adoption of the read the full story »
September 09, 2009
Anne Arundel County plans to implement new state stormwater managment regulations
Beginning December 1, 2009, Anne Arundel County will implement the new state stormwater management read the full story »
August 12, 2009
Anne Arundel County releases proposed stormwater management regulations for review and comment
To comply with stormwater management ("SWM") requirements set by the State of Maryland, Anne read the full story »
July 28, 2009
Anne Arundel County adopts green requirements for certain government buildings
On July 20, 2009, the Anne Arundel County Council adopted Bill No. 53-09. The legislation requires read the full story »
July 22, 2009
Legislation introduced regarding 2009 General Development Plan for Anne Arundel County
Bill No. 64-09, which legislation proposes the adoption of the 2009 General Development Plan, was read the full story »
July 07, 2009
Anne Arundel County announces its policy on tolling development approvals
The Anne Arundel County Office of Planning and Zoning has provided information on how Senate Bill read the full story »
June 22, 2009
Amendments to the County Master Water and Sewer Plan
The County will be considering individual applications for changes to the Master Plan for Water read the full story »
June 03, 2009
State law tolling local development approvals under review by Anne Arundel County and Annapolis
Senate Bill 958/House Bill 921, "Construction Permits – Expiration Dates", recently became law. read the full story »
April 23, 2009
County Council amends legislation regarding APF for schools
Bill No. 8-09, for the purpose of adopting a new School Utilization Chart to be used in testing read the full story »
April 09, 2009
Public Hearings on School Adequacy Laws
The County Council recently held a second public hearing on amended Bill 8-09, which would adopt a read the full story »
January 30, 2009
Anne Arundel County adopts new legislation
Anne Arundel County adopted legislation that requires the installation of sprinklers in new homes, read the full story »
January 05, 2009
Anne Arundel County names new Administrative Hearing Officer
Anne Arundel County recently announced that Douglas Clark Hollmann will become the County's new read the full story »
December 29, 2008
Anne Arundel County releases draft General Development Plan
The first draft of the General Development Plan, dated December 2, 2008, has been released by the read the full story »
November 25, 2008
Anne Arundel County Office of Planning and Zoning has released proposed changes
The Anne Arundel County Office of Planning and Zoning has released proposed changes to the read the full story »
November 25, 2008
Impact Fees Legislation for 2009
Bill No. 71-08 will be in effect starting on January 1, 2009. Please note that between January 1, read the full story »
July 29, 2008
Legislation to propose increases in Anne Arundel County impact fees
A bill that would increase development impact fees is expected to be introduced on Monday, August read the full story »
July 22, 2008
Anne Arundel County Impact Fee legislation to be introduced in August
The Anne Arundel County Council will again be considering legislation to increase development read the full story »
June 10, 2008
County Council considering changes to mixed use zoning requirements
Legislation pending before the County Council, if adopted, will change when the percentages of read the full story »
January 30, 2008
Special Public Hearing- Impact Fees
The County Council will hold a special public hearing on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 7 p.m. on read the full story »
January 23, 2008
County Impact Fees Update
The County Council introduced Bill No. 6-08, which would dramatically increase impact fees for new read the full story »
January 16, 2008
Impact Fees Update
The County Council held a work session on January 15, 2008 where Dr. James Nicholas, the author of read the full story »
January 09, 2008
County Council to Discuss Proposed Impact Fees
The Anne Arundel County Council is expected to hold a work session on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at read the full story »
January 08, 2008
Proposed Legislation Significantly Increases Impact Fees
The County Administration recently unveiled draft legislation which would dramatically increase read the full story »
December 20, 2007
Planning Advisory Board seeks citizen participation in General Development Plan
Anne Arundel County's Planning Advisory Board (PAB) is accepting applications from residents read the full story »
December 19, 2007
Anne Arundel County changes school adequacy laws
On December 17, 2007, the County Council adopted Bill No. 91-07, an emergency ordinance that has read the full story »
December 13, 2007
Impact Fees Expected to Increase
The County is expected to introduce legislation in the next two months proposing new impact fee read the full story »
December 14, 2007
School Capacity Legislation
The County Council will conduct public hearings on two bills regarding school capacity issues on read the full story »