Rural Planning and Zoning – The Lagasse Report

Agritourism, housing relief, tax credit bills included in commissioners’ 2021 legislative package

On October 4, 2020July 10, 2022 By TLREditor

Ten proposals for state legislation that would address a variety of planning and economic development issues in Charles County cleared their first hurdle Tuesday as the board of county commissioners voted on the proposals that would be forwarded to the state delegation. Nearly half of the 23 proposed pieces of

Categories : Agritourism Board of Charles County Commissioners Charles County Charles County Code Charles County State Delegation Maryland General Assembly Planning and Growth Management Rural Planning and ZoningTags : Del. C.T. Wilson (D-Charles)Del. Debra Davis (D-Charles)Del. Edith Patterson (D-Charles)Sen. Arthur Ellis (D-Charles)

Agritourism bill being reconsidered for county’s 2021 legislative package

On September 20, 2020July 10, 2022 By TLREditor

Over six months after Charles County’s agritourism bill was mysteriously withdrawn at the last minute by members of the county’s own delegation to the State House, the reasoning behind the surprise legislative prolicide may have finally come to light. As previously reported by TLR, the day before its first committee

Categories : 2016 Comprehensive Plan 2017 Land Preservation, Parks, and Recreation Plan Charles County Charles County Planning Commission Nanjemoy-Mattawoman Rural Legacy Area Planning and Growth Management Rural Planning and Zoning Watershed Conservation District Zekiah Watershed Rural Legacy Area

Nanjemoy-Mattawoman Rural Legacy Area plans unveiled to county commissioners

On June 20, 2020July 10, 2022 By TLREditor

The Board of Charles County Commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve a proposal to establish a land conservation region in western Charles County that would allow the county government to leverage state grants for preserving privately owned properties. The establishment of a Nanjemoy-Mattawoman Rural Legacy Area, which would encompass

Sen. Arthur Ellis (D-Charles) (Maryland General Assembly)

Categories : Agritourism Charles County Charles County State Delegation Rural Planning and ZoningTags : Sen. Arthur Ellis (D-Charles)Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan (D-Montgomery)

Agritourism bill clears Senate, but clock is running down

On March 15, 2020July 10, 2022 By TLREditor

UPDATE #2: It sounds like the agritourism bill may be dead this year after all due to the early adjournment. Sen. Arthur Ellis (D-Charles), the bill’s lead sponsor in the Senate, provided a statement to TLR on the bill’s status. “Unfortunately, because [the General Assembly will] shut down this Wednesday,

Del. Edith Patterson (D-Charles), left, and Del. Debra Davis (D-Charles) (Maryland General Assembly photos)

Categories : Agritourism Board of Charles County Commissioners Charles County Charles County State Delegation Maryland General Assembly Rural Planning and ZoningTags : agritourism Bill Smith Charles County Maryland Charles County Volunteer Fire and EMS Association Delegate Debra Davis Delegate Edith Patterson

What happened to the agritourism bills? Two weeks later, we still don’t know for sure

On March 5, 2020July 10, 2022 By TLREditor

Two weeks after a seemingly noncontroversial bill was suddenly withdrawn from the Maryland House of Delegates by its own sponsors, no clear explanation is available for why the decision, which could jeopardize a companion bill in the Senate, was made.