OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS
Uses | OTC-C | OTC-T | OTC-I | OTC-E | OTC-FM | OTC-H | Historic Village Mix Block |
Uses | OTC-C | OTC-T | OTC-I | OTC-E | OTC-FM | OTC-H | Historic Village Mix Block |
Residential | |||||||
Assisted living facilities | C | C | C | C | |||
Assisted living facilities I, community-based | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Assisted living facilities II, community-based | C | C | C | C | C | ||
Dwelling units, accessory | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Dwellings, duplex | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Dwellings, fourplex | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Dwellings, multifamily | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Dwellings, multiplex | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Dwellings, single-family detached | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Dwellings, townhouse and stacked townhouse | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Dwellings, triplex | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Group homes I | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Group homes II | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
Home occupations | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
Housing for the elderly of moderate means | C | C | C | C | C | C | |
Nursing homes | C | C | C | C | |||
Rooming houses | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Workforce housing | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
Retail and Service | |||||||
Adult day care centers | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Alcoholic beverage uses as accessory to other uses | C | C | C | C | C | C | |
Arcades | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Artisans and craft work | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Automobile and truck detailing shops | P | P | P | P | |||
Automobile and truck parts, supply stores, and tire stores | P | P | P | P | |||
Automobile and truck rental establishments | P | P | P | P | |||
Automobile gasoline stations | C | C | C | C | |||
Automobile repair facilities and painting facilities | P | P | P | P | |||
Automobile service facilities providing oil change, lubrication, and related services | P | P | P | P | |||
Automobile towing facilities in conjunction with automobile gasoline service stations | SE | SE | SE | SE | |||
Bakery or donut shops | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Banks | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Banquet halls | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Barbershops | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Bed and breakfast homes | C | C | |||||
Bed and breakfast inns | SE | SE | |||||
Bicycle, motor scooter, and moped sales and service | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Billiard and pool halls | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Bowling alleys | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Business complexes | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Business complexes with auxiliary use | C | C | C | C | C | C | |
Carnivals, circuses, and fairs, temporary | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Carpet and vinyl flooring stores | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Carwashes | P | P | P | P | |||
Carwashes accessory to automobile gasoline stations | P | P | P | P | |||
Catering establishments | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Child care centers | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Commercial parking lots or garages | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Commercial recreational facilities, including miniature golf, driving ranges, tennis, racquet, and handball barns or courts, artificial ski slopes, indoor soccer; bowling alleys, BMX bike, skateboard or rollerblade parks, electric go-carting, and skating rinks | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Computer goods, sales and services | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Convenience stores, gift shops, and newsstands | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Country clubs, private clubs, and service organizations or institutions | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Country clubs, private clubs, service organizations, and nonprofit charitable or philanthropic organizations or institutions in existence on or before December 31, 2015 | P | ||||||
Cultural centers and exhibits | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Delicatessens and snack bars | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Department stores | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Dog day care facilities | P | P | P | P | |||
Dog grooming parlors | P | P | P | P | |||
Dry cleaning operations and laundry establishments, including pickup stations, package plants, and coin- operated facilities | P | P | P | ||||
Dry cleaning operations and laundry establishments, including pickup stations, package plants, and coin- operated facilities, limited to establishments with less than 4,000 square feet of floor area | P | P | |||||
Entertainment complexes, including multi-screen complexes | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Funeral establishments | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Furniture, appliance, and carpet stores and showrooms | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Greenhouses and garden centers | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Grocery stores | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Hair, cosmetic facial hair, and nail salons | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Hardware stores | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Health clubs, spas, gymnasiums | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Heliports | SE | SE | SE | SE | |||
Home centers and building supply stores | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Hospitals | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Hotels, motels, and hostels | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Interior decorating establishments | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Janitorial supply stores | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Kennels, commercial | C | P | C | C | |||
Licensed dispensary of cannabis, as defined in State law and regulations | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | |
Licensed grower of cannabis, as defined in State law and regulations, indoor cultivation only | C | C | C | C | |||
Licensed processor of cannabis, as defined in State law and regulations | C | C | C | C | |||
Linen supply establishments | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Locksmiths | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Mailing and shipping services | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Meat, seafood, and poultry markets | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Motorcycle repair facilities | P | P | P | P | |||
Moving or storage establishments | C | P | P | P | |||
Nightclubs and comedy clubs | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Outside storage, accessory to permitted uses, located in a side or rear yard, limited to 50% of the allowed lot coverage | P | P | P | ||||
Package good stores | C | C | C | C | C | C | |
Parking lots or garages | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Parks, private | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Personal fitness studios | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Pharmacies | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Picture-framing establishments | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Produce markets | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Religious facilities | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Restaurants | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Restaurants, taverns, retail sales, and consumer services in a multifamily dwelling | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Retail specialty stores or shops for retail sales of antiques, art supplies, books, candies, cards, clocks, clothing, consignments, electronics, fabrics, flowers, gifts, hobbies, housewares, ice cream parlors, jewelry, luggage, musical instruments, news publications, office supplies, optical goods, pets, photographic supplies, sewing machines, shoes and shoe repair, sporting goods, stamps and coins, stationery, tobacco, toys, video tapes, wallpapers and paints, window coverings, and works of art | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Roadside stands consisting of temporary seasonal structures for selling produce and other agricultural goods | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Roadside vendors | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Schools, public charter, and schools, private: academic, arts, business, technical or trade | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Self-service storage facilities | C | C | P | P | P | ||
Showrooms and sales of specialty building products | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Small engine repair if all work is performed inside a building without outside storage | P | P | P | P | |||
Swimming pools, community and semi-public | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Tailor shops | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Tanning salons | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Tattoo parlors and body- piercing salons | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Taverns | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Taxicab stands and services | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Television studios, radio broadcasting stations, and recording studios, excluding freestanding towers | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Theaters, live performance | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Theaters, movie | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Trade expositions | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Travel agencies | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Upholstering shops and sailmaking shops | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Variety stores | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Veterinary clinics, if over- night stays are limited to those necessary for medical treatment, without outside runs or pens | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Volunteer fire stations | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Office | |||||||
Office, professional and general | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Office, professional and general in existence on or before December 31, 2015 | P | ||||||
State-licensed medical clinics | C | C | C | C | C | C | |
Telecommuting centers | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Light Industrial | |||||||
Bakeries, wholesale | P | ||||||
Brewery, craft | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Building material storage, including sales and yards | P | ||||||
Building material storage and sales, not including yards | C | ||||||
Cabinetry and special lumber mill working and sales | C | P | |||||
Coffee roasters | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Contractor and construction shops and yards | P | ||||||
Contractor and construction shops, not including yards | C | ||||||
Data storage centers | P | ||||||
Equipment sales, repair, and storage, commercial | P | P | |||||
Food product manufacturing | P | ||||||
Laboratories, research and development or testing | C | P | |||||
Manufacturing and processing, general, including assembly of component parts, creation of products, and blending of materials | C | P | |||||
Outside storage as a principal use | P | ||||||
Printing and publishing establishments | C | P | |||||
Rental establishments | C | P | |||||
Retail display rooms for sales at industrial establishments | P | P | |||||
Shipping or cargo containers, trailers, truck compartments or similar portable storage containers for onsite storage | P | ||||||
Wholesale trade, warehousing, and storage establishments | C | P | |||||
Civic/Institutional | |||||||
Civic facilities, community centers, libraries, museums, parks, and similar noncommercial uses | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Other | |||||||
Bus terminals | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Commercial telecommunication facilities for testing purposes or emergency services for a period not exceeding 30 days if the facility is a monopole not exceeding 100 feet in height and located at least 300 feet from any dwelling | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Commercial telecommunication facilities permanently located on the ground | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
Commercial telecommunication facilities that are antennas attached to a structure if the antenna does not exceed 15 feet in height above the structure, does not project more than two feet beyond the facade, does not support lights or signs unless required for safety reasons, and accessory structures meet the requirements of § 18-10-118(7) | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Construction or sales trailers, temporary, in an approved development actively under construction | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Public utility, essential services | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Public utility uses | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE |
Small wind energy systems or meteorological towers on a lot less than three acres | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | |
Small wind energy systems or meteorological towers on a lot of at least three acres | C | C | C | C | C | C | |
Solar energy generating facility–accessory | P | P | P | P | P | C | C |
Solar energy generating facility–canopies over parking lots or garages | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Solar energy generating facility–community, rooftop-mounted only | C | C | C | C | C | ||
Staging areas for County capital projects | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Transportation, multimodal stations | P | ||||||
Bulk Regulations | OTC-C | OTC-T | OTC-I | OTC-E | OTC-F M | OTC-H | Historic Village Mix Block |
Bulk Regulations | OTC-C | OTC-T | OTC-I | OTC-E | OTC-F M | OTC-H | Historic Village Mix Block |
Maximum floor area ratio, excluding structured parking | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Maximum density (dwelling units per acre) | 3 | ||||||
Minimum height for properties less than two acres for principal structure (feet) | 25 | 25 | |||||
Maximum height for principal structure (feet) | 100 | 100 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 35 | 45 |
Maximum height for accessory structure, or the height of the principal structure, whichever is less (feet) | 100 | 100 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 25 | 45 |
Front setback (minimum- maximum) (feet) | 0-20; or 0-45 for minor and principal arterial roads | 0–45 | 0–50 | 0–45 | 0–45 | 30–45 | 0–45 |
Side setback (feet) | 7 | ||||||
Setback from Maryland Route 32 (minimum–maximum) (feet) | 35-45 | ||||||
Minimum corner side setback (feet) | 15 | ||||||
Minimum front setback for accessory structure (feet) | 50 | ||||||
Minimum lot size (square feet) | 14,000 | ||||||
Maximum lot coverage by structures (percentage of gross area) | 20% | ||||||
Minimum lot width (feet) | 70 | ||||||
Permitted, Conditional, and Special Exception Uses
| OS | OS-C |
Permitted, Conditional, and Special Exception Uses
| OS | OS-C |
Alcoholic beverage uses as accessory to other uses | C | |
Barns, stables, and kennels for the sheltering, breeding, boarding, hiring, or selling of an animal and for storage of crops raised on the premises | P | |
Camps, nonprofit, including dormitories, cabins, and structures for administrative, maintenance, and custodial activities | P | P |
Commercial telecommunication facilities permanently located on the ground | SE | |
Commercial telecommunication facilities that are antennas attached to a nonresidential structure if the antenna does not exceed 15 feet in height above the structure, does not project more than two feet beyond the facade, does not support lights or signs unless required for safety reasons, and accessory structures meet the requirements of § 18-10-118(7) of this Code | P | |
Commercial telecommunication facilities for testing purposes or emergency services for a period not exceeding 30 days if the facility is a monopole not exceeding 100 feet in height and is located at least 300 feet from any dwelling | P | |
Conservation uses, practices, and structures for the maintenance of the natural environment | P | P |
Farming, if the use does not change the stability of the land | P | P |
Golf courses | P | |
Golf course facilities, private | C | |
Home occupations | C | C |
Launching ramps | P | P |
Nurseries with landscaping and plant sales | C | C |
Pets, livestock, or fowl as permitted by § 18-4-104 | P | P |
Piers, private | P | P |
Piers, recreational | C | C |
Public utility essential services | P | |
Public utility uses | SE | |
Recreational uses, active | C | |
Recreational uses, passive | P | P |
Residential uses, existing | P | P |
Solar energy generating facility – accessory | P | P |
Staging areas for County capital projects | P | |
Structures for administrative and custodial uses of the principal use of the site if building coverage, including parking, does not exceed 20% of the site and the structures are not located in the natural drainage system | P | |
Structures, permanent, accessory to active recreational uses, including concession stands, shower and locker rooms, athletic and maintenance equipment storage, bleachers or stands with a seating capacity for no more than 100 people, non- illuminated scoreboards, playground equipment, and stables | C | |
Structures, permanent, accessory to active recreational uses including bleachers or stands with a seating capacity not to exceed 250 people, outdoor lighting other than for public safety, illuminated scoreboards, and public address or amplified sound systems | SE | |
Structures, temporary, for boating, swimming, fishing, hunting, golf courses, ice skating, nature study, picnic areas, play areas, stables, and stands for the sale of products raised on the premises
| P
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Volunteer fire stations
| P
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Permitted and Special Exception Uses | |
Any use allowed in a C3 District in accordance with the requirements of this subtitle and those requirements of Title 5 that are consistent with this title | P |
Any multifamily use allowed in an R15 or R22 District in accordance with the requirements of this subtitle and those requirements of Title 4 that are consistent with this title | P |
Hospice facilities | P |
Nursing homes | P |
Solar energy generating facility – accessory | P |
Minimum lot size | None |
Minimum width at front building restriction line | 50 feet |
Maximum height limitations | 60 feet except that all setbacks are increased by one foot for every foot of height in excess of 45 feet |
Floor area ratio excluding onsite parking | 2.0 |
Distance between structures: | |
Residential or hotel uses | 50 feet |
Commercial | 30 feet |
Minimum coverage by open area for multifamily residential uses, excluding any grade level parking | 20% of gross area |
Permitted, Conditional, and Special Exception Uses
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Permitted, Conditional, and Special Exception Uses
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Adult day care centers | P |
Alcoholic beverage uses as accessory to other uses | C |
Antique shops | P |
Art galleries | P |
Bakeries if all goods are prepared and offered for sale on the premises | P |
Barbershops | P |
Bed and breakfast homes | P |
Bed and breakfast inns | P |
Bicycle, skateboard, and roller blade sales and service | P |
Bookstores, except adult bookstores | P |
Business complexes | P |
Child care centers | P |
Civic facilities, community centers, libraries, and museums | P |
Clock sales and repair | P |
Clothing stores | P |
Coffee shops | P |
Commercial telecommunication facilities for testing purposes or emergency services for a period not exceeding 30 days if the facility is a monopole not exceeding 100 feet in height and is located at least 300 feet from any dwelling | P |
Computer goods, sales, and services | P |
Construction or sales trailers, temporary, in an approved development actively under construction | P |
Convenience stores, gift shops, and newsstands | P |
Delicatessens and snack bars | P |
Dog day care facilities, without outside runs or pens | P |
Dog grooming parlors, without outside runs or pens | P |
Dwelling unit, apartment, as an accessory use provided the entrance is separate from the commercial use | P |
Dwellings, single-family detached | P |
Farming | P |
Florist shops | P |
Gift shops | P |
Group homes | P |
Hair, cosmetic facial hair, and nail salons | P |
Hardware stores | P |
Hobby shops | P |
Home occupations | C |
Hospice facilities | P |
Ice cream stores | P |
Interior decorating and designer showrooms | P |
Jewelry stores | P |
Locksmiths | P |
Mailing and shipping services | P |
Offices, professional and general | P |
Opticians and optometric establishments | P |
Outside storage, accessory to permitted uses, limited to 10% of the allowed lot coverage | P |
Personal fitness studios | P |
Pets, livestock, or fowl as permitted by § 18-4-104 | P |
Pharmacies | P |
Photographic studios and camera shops | P |
Picture framing shops | P |
Produce markets | P |
Public utility essential services | P |
Public utility uses | SE |
Religious facilities | P |
Restaurants | P |
Retail specialty stores or shops for retail sales, including antique stores, art supplies, bookstores, candy, cards, clocks, clothing, consignments, electronics, fabrics, flowers, gifts, hobbies, housewares, ice cream parlors, jewelry, luggage, musical instruments, news publications, office supply, optical goods, pets, photographic supplies, sewing machines, shoes and shoe repair, sporting goods, stamps and coins, stationery, tobacco, toys, video tapes, wallpaper and paint, window coverings, works of art | P |
Saddlery and tack shops | P |
Schools, public charter, and schools, private: academic, arts, business, technical, or trade | P |
Shoe repair shops | P |
Solar energy generating facility – accessory | P |
Staging areas for County capital projects | P |
Tailor shops | P |
Tanning salons | P |
Telecommuting centers | P |
Travel agencies | P |
Upholstering shops, including sailmaking shops | P |
Veterinary clinics if overnight stays are limited to those necessary for medical treatment, without outside runs or pens | P |
Volunteer fire stations | P |
Minimum lot size: | |
If not served by public sewer | 20,000 square feet |
If served by public sewer | 11,000 square feet |
Maximum coverage by all structures | 50% of gross area |
Minimum setbacks for principal structures: | |
Front lot line | 20 feet |
Side lot line | 7 feet |
Corner side lot line | 15 feet |
Rear lot line | 20 feet |
Principal arterial or higher classification road | 40 feet |
Front and side setbacks on properties adjacent to developed lots | The lesser of the setback required by this section or a setback equal to the average of the setbacks of existing principal structures on abutting lots, except that if only one abutting lot is improved, the required setback shall be determined by averaging the setback on the improved lot and the setback required under this section. |
Minimum setbacks for accessory structures: | |
Front lot line | 30 feet |
Side lot line, rear lot line | 7 feet |
Corner side lot line | 15 feet |
Maximum height limitations: | |
Principal structure | 40 feet |
Accessory structure | 30 feet |
Maximum floor area for structures on properties with frontage on a minor arterial road or higher: | |
Principal structures | 10,000 square feet |
Principal structures – religious facilities | 15,000 square feet |
Accessory structures | 3,000 square feet |
Maximum floor area for all other structures: | |
Principal structures | 5,000 square feet |
Accessory structures | 2,000 square feet |
OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS
Uses | OTC-C | OTC-T | OTC-I | OTC-E | OTC-FM | OTC-H | Historic Village Mix Block |
Uses | OTC-C | OTC-T | OTC-I | OTC-E | OTC-FM | OTC-H | Historic Village Mix Block |
Residential | |||||||
Assisted living facilities | C | C | C | C | |||
Assisted living facilities I, community-based | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Assisted living facilities II, community-based | C | C | C | C | C | ||
Dwelling units, accessory | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Dwellings, duplex | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Dwellings, fourplex | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Dwellings, multifamily | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Dwellings, multiplex | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Dwellings, single-family detached | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Dwellings, townhouse and stacked townhouse | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Dwellings, triplex | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Group homes I | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Group homes II | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
Home occupations | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
Housing for the elderly of moderate means | C | C | C | C | C | C | |
Nursing homes | C | C | C | C | |||
Rooming houses | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Workforce housing | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
Retail and Service | |||||||
Adult day care centers | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Alcoholic beverage uses as accessory to other uses | C | C | C | C | C | C | |
Arcades | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Artisans and craft work | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Automobile and truck detailing shops | P | P | P | P | |||
Automobile and truck parts, supply stores, and tire stores | P | P | P | P | |||
Automobile and truck rental establishments | P | P | P | P | |||
Automobile gasoline stations | C | C | C | C | |||
Automobile repair facilities and painting facilities | P | P | P | P | |||
Automobile service facilities providing oil change, lubrication, and related services | P | P | P | P | |||
Automobile towing facilities in conjunction with automobile gasoline service stations | SE | SE | SE | SE | |||
Bakery or donut shops | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Banks | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Banquet halls | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Barbershops | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Bed and breakfast homes | C | C | |||||
Bed and breakfast inns | SE | SE | |||||
Bicycle, motor scooter, and moped sales and service | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Billiard and pool halls | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Bowling alleys | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Business complexes | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Business complexes with auxiliary use | C | C | C | C | C | C | |
Carnivals, circuses, and fairs, temporary | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Carpet and vinyl flooring stores | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Carwashes | P | P | P | P | |||
Carwashes accessory to automobile gasoline stations | P | P | P | P | |||
Catering establishments | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Child care centers | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Commercial parking lots or garages | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Commercial recreational facilities, including miniature golf, driving ranges, tennis, racquet, and handball barns or courts, artificial ski slopes, indoor soccer; bowling alleys, BMX bike, skateboard or rollerblade parks, electric go-carting, and skating rinks | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Computer goods, sales and services | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Convenience stores, gift shops, and newsstands | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Country clubs, private clubs, and service organizations or institutions | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Country clubs, private clubs, service organizations, and nonprofit charitable or philanthropic organizations or institutions in existence on or before December 31, 2015 | P | ||||||
Cultural centers and exhibits | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Delicatessens and snack bars | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Department stores | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Dog day care facilities | P | P | P | P | |||
Dog grooming parlors | P | P | P | P | |||
Dry cleaning operations and laundry establishments, including pickup stations, package plants, and coin- operated facilities | P | P | P | ||||
Dry cleaning operations and laundry establishments, including pickup stations, package plants, and coin- operated facilities, limited to establishments with less than 4,000 square feet of floor area | P | P | |||||
Entertainment complexes, including multi-screen complexes | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Funeral establishments | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Furniture, appliance, and carpet stores and showrooms | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Greenhouses and garden centers | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Grocery stores | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Hair, cosmetic facial hair, and nail salons | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Hardware stores | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Health clubs, spas, gymnasiums | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Heliports | SE | SE | SE | SE | |||
Home centers and building supply stores | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Hospitals | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Hotels, motels, and hostels | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Interior decorating establishments | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Janitorial supply stores | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Kennels, commercial | C | P | C | C | |||
Licensed dispensary of cannabis, as defined in State law and regulations | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | |
Licensed grower of cannabis, as defined in State law and regulations, indoor cultivation only | C | C | C | C | |||
Licensed processor of cannabis, as defined in State law and regulations | C | C | C | C | |||
Linen supply establishments | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Locksmiths | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Mailing and shipping services | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Meat, seafood, and poultry markets | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Motorcycle repair facilities | P | P | P | P | |||
Moving or storage establishments | C | P | P | P | |||
Nightclubs and comedy clubs | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Outside storage, accessory to permitted uses, located in a side or rear yard, limited to 50% of the allowed lot coverage | P | P | P | ||||
Package good stores | C | C | C | C | C | C | |
Parking lots or garages | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Parks, private | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Personal fitness studios | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Pharmacies | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Picture-framing establishments | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Produce markets | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Religious facilities | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Restaurants | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Restaurants, taverns, retail sales, and consumer services in a multifamily dwelling | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Retail specialty stores or shops for retail sales of antiques, art supplies, books, candies, cards, clocks, clothing, consignments, electronics, fabrics, flowers, gifts, hobbies, housewares, ice cream parlors, jewelry, luggage, musical instruments, news publications, office supplies, optical goods, pets, photographic supplies, sewing machines, shoes and shoe repair, sporting goods, stamps and coins, stationery, tobacco, toys, video tapes, wallpapers and paints, window coverings, and works of art | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Roadside stands consisting of temporary seasonal structures for selling produce and other agricultural goods | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Roadside vendors | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Schools, public charter, and schools, private: academic, arts, business, technical or trade | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Self-service storage facilities | C | C | P | P | P | ||
Showrooms and sales of specialty building products | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Small engine repair if all work is performed inside a building without outside storage | P | P | P | P | |||
Swimming pools, community and semi-public | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Tailor shops | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Tanning salons | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Tattoo parlors and body- piercing salons | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Taverns | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Taxicab stands and services | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Television studios, radio broadcasting stations, and recording studios, excluding freestanding towers | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Theaters, live performance | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Theaters, movie | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Trade expositions | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Travel agencies | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Upholstering shops and sailmaking shops | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Variety stores | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Veterinary clinics, if over- night stays are limited to those necessary for medical treatment, without outside runs or pens | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Volunteer fire stations | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Office | |||||||
Office, professional and general | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Office, professional and general in existence on or before December 31, 2015 | P | ||||||
State-licensed medical clinics | C | C | C | C | C | C | |
Telecommuting centers | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Light Industrial | |||||||
Bakeries, wholesale | P | ||||||
Brewery, craft | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Building material storage, including sales and yards | P | ||||||
Building material storage and sales, not including yards | C | ||||||
Cabinetry and special lumber mill working and sales | C | P | |||||
Coffee roasters | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Contractor and construction shops and yards | P | ||||||
Contractor and construction shops, not including yards | C | ||||||
Data storage centers | P | ||||||
Equipment sales, repair, and storage, commercial | P | P | |||||
Food product manufacturing | P | ||||||
Laboratories, research and development or testing | C | P | |||||
Manufacturing and processing, general, including assembly of component parts, creation of products, and blending of materials | C | P | |||||
Outside storage as a principal use | P | ||||||
Printing and publishing establishments | C | P | |||||
Rental establishments | C | P | |||||
Retail display rooms for sales at industrial establishments | P | P | |||||
Shipping or cargo containers, trailers, truck compartments or similar portable storage containers for onsite storage | P | ||||||
Wholesale trade, warehousing, and storage establishments | C | P | |||||
Civic/Institutional | |||||||
Civic facilities, community centers, libraries, museums, parks, and similar noncommercial uses | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
Other | |||||||
Bus terminals | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Commercial telecommunication facilities for testing purposes or emergency services for a period not exceeding 30 days if the facility is a monopole not exceeding 100 feet in height and located at least 300 feet from any dwelling | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Commercial telecommunication facilities permanently located on the ground | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
Commercial telecommunication facilities that are antennas attached to a structure if the antenna does not exceed 15 feet in height above the structure, does not project more than two feet beyond the facade, does not support lights or signs unless required for safety reasons, and accessory structures meet the requirements of § 18-10-118(7) | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Construction or sales trailers, temporary, in an approved development actively under construction | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Public utility, essential services | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Public utility uses | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE |
Small wind energy systems or meteorological towers on a lot less than three acres | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | |
Small wind energy systems or meteorological towers on a lot of at least three acres | C | C | C | C | C | C | |
Solar energy generating facility–accessory | P | P | P | P | P | C | C |
Solar energy generating facility–canopies over parking lots or garages | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Solar energy generating facility–community, rooftop-mounted only | C | C | C | C | C | ||
Staging areas for County capital projects | P | P | P | P | P | ||
Transportation, multimodal stations | P | ||||||
Bulk Regulations | OTC-C | OTC-T | OTC-I | OTC-E | OTC-F M | OTC-H | Historic Village Mix Block |
Bulk Regulations | OTC-C | OTC-T | OTC-I | OTC-E | OTC-F M | OTC-H | Historic Village Mix Block |
Maximum floor area ratio, excluding structured parking | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Maximum density (dwelling units per acre) | 3 | ||||||
Minimum height for properties less than two acres for principal structure (feet) | 25 | 25 | |||||
Maximum height for principal structure (feet) | 100 | 100 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 35 | 45 |
Maximum height for accessory structure, or the height of the principal structure, whichever is less (feet) | 100 | 100 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 25 | 45 |
Front setback (minimum- maximum) (feet) | 0-20; or 0-45 for minor and principal arterial roads | 0–45 | 0–50 | 0–45 | 0–45 | 30–45 | 0–45 |
Side setback (feet) | 7 | ||||||
Setback from Maryland Route 32 (minimum–maximum) (feet) | 35-45 | ||||||
Minimum corner side setback (feet) | 15 | ||||||
Minimum front setback for accessory structure (feet) | 50 | ||||||
Minimum lot size (square feet) | 14,000 | ||||||
Maximum lot coverage by structures (percentage of gross area) | 20% | ||||||
Minimum lot width (feet) | 70 | ||||||
Permitted, Conditional, and Special Exception Uses
| OS | OS-C |
Permitted, Conditional, and Special Exception Uses
| OS | OS-C |
Alcoholic beverage uses as accessory to other uses | C | |
Barns, stables, and kennels for the sheltering, breeding, boarding, hiring, or selling of an animal and for storage of crops raised on the premises | P | |
Camps, nonprofit, including dormitories, cabins, and structures for administrative, maintenance, and custodial activities | P | P |
Commercial telecommunication facilities permanently located on the ground | SE | |
Commercial telecommunication facilities that are antennas attached to a nonresidential structure if the antenna does not exceed 15 feet in height above the structure, does not project more than two feet beyond the facade, does not support lights or signs unless required for safety reasons, and accessory structures meet the requirements of § 18-10-118(7) of this Code | P | |
Commercial telecommunication facilities for testing purposes or emergency services for a period not exceeding 30 days if the facility is a monopole not exceeding 100 feet in height and is located at least 300 feet from any dwelling | P | |
Conservation uses, practices, and structures for the maintenance of the natural environment | P | P |
Farming, if the use does not change the stability of the land | P | P |
Golf courses | P | |
Golf course facilities, private | C | |
Home occupations | C | C |
Launching ramps | P | P |
Nurseries with landscaping and plant sales | C | C |
Pets, livestock, or fowl as permitted by § 18-4-104 | P | P |
Piers, private | P | P |
Piers, recreational | C | C |
Public utility essential services | P | |
Public utility uses | SE | |
Recreational uses, active | C | |
Recreational uses, passive | P | P |
Residential uses, existing | P | P |
Solar energy generating facility – accessory | P | P |
Staging areas for County capital projects | P | |
Structures for administrative and custodial uses of the principal use of the site if building coverage, including parking, does not exceed 20% of the site and the structures are not located in the natural drainage system | P | |
Structures, permanent, accessory to active recreational uses, including concession stands, shower and locker rooms, athletic and maintenance equipment storage, bleachers or stands with a seating capacity for no more than 100 people, non- illuminated scoreboards, playground equipment, and stables | C | |
Structures, permanent, accessory to active recreational uses including bleachers or stands with a seating capacity not to exceed 250 people, outdoor lighting other than for public safety, illuminated scoreboards, and public address or amplified sound systems | SE | |
Structures, temporary, for boating, swimming, fishing, hunting, golf courses, ice skating, nature study, picnic areas, play areas, stables, and stands for the sale of products raised on the premises
| P
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Volunteer fire stations
| P
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Permitted and Special Exception Uses | |
Any use allowed in a C3 District in accordance with the requirements of this subtitle and those requirements of Title 5 that are consistent with this title | P |
Any multifamily use allowed in an R15 or R22 District in accordance with the requirements of this subtitle and those requirements of Title 4 that are consistent with this title | P |
Hospice facilities | P |
Nursing homes | P |
Solar energy generating facility – accessory | P |
Minimum lot size | None |
Minimum width at front building restriction line | 50 feet |
Maximum height limitations | 60 feet except that all setbacks are increased by one foot for every foot of height in excess of 45 feet |
Floor area ratio excluding onsite parking | 2.0 |
Distance between structures: | |
Residential or hotel uses | 50 feet |
Commercial | 30 feet |
Minimum coverage by open area for multifamily residential uses, excluding any grade level parking | 20% of gross area |
Permitted, Conditional, and Special Exception Uses
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Permitted, Conditional, and Special Exception Uses
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Adult day care centers | P |
Alcoholic beverage uses as accessory to other uses | C |
Antique shops | P |
Art galleries | P |
Bakeries if all goods are prepared and offered for sale on the premises | P |
Barbershops | P |
Bed and breakfast homes | P |
Bed and breakfast inns | P |
Bicycle, skateboard, and roller blade sales and service | P |
Bookstores, except adult bookstores | P |
Business complexes | P |
Child care centers | P |
Civic facilities, community centers, libraries, and museums | P |
Clock sales and repair | P |
Clothing stores | P |
Coffee shops | P |
Commercial telecommunication facilities for testing purposes or emergency services for a period not exceeding 30 days if the facility is a monopole not exceeding 100 feet in height and is located at least 300 feet from any dwelling | P |
Computer goods, sales, and services | P |
Construction or sales trailers, temporary, in an approved development actively under construction | P |
Convenience stores, gift shops, and newsstands | P |
Delicatessens and snack bars | P |
Dog day care facilities, without outside runs or pens | P |
Dog grooming parlors, without outside runs or pens | P |
Dwelling unit, apartment, as an accessory use provided the entrance is separate from the commercial use | P |
Dwellings, single-family detached | P |
Farming | P |
Florist shops | P |
Gift shops | P |
Group homes | P |
Hair, cosmetic facial hair, and nail salons | P |
Hardware stores | P |
Hobby shops | P |
Home occupations | C |
Hospice facilities | P |
Ice cream stores | P |
Interior decorating and designer showrooms | P |
Jewelry stores | P |
Locksmiths | P |
Mailing and shipping services | P |
Offices, professional and general | P |
Opticians and optometric establishments | P |
Outside storage, accessory to permitted uses, limited to 10% of the allowed lot coverage | P |
Personal fitness studios | P |
Pets, livestock, or fowl as permitted by § 18-4-104 | P |
Pharmacies | P |
Photographic studios and camera shops | P |
Picture framing shops | P |
Produce markets | P |
Public utility essential services | P |
Public utility uses | SE |
Religious facilities | P |
Restaurants | P |
Retail specialty stores or shops for retail sales, including antique stores, art supplies, bookstores, candy, cards, clocks, clothing, consignments, electronics, fabrics, flowers, gifts, hobbies, housewares, ice cream parlors, jewelry, luggage, musical instruments, news publications, office supply, optical goods, pets, photographic supplies, sewing machines, shoes and shoe repair, sporting goods, stamps and coins, stationery, tobacco, toys, video tapes, wallpaper and paint, window coverings, works of art | P |
Saddlery and tack shops | P |
Schools, public charter, and schools, private: academic, arts, business, technical, or trade | P |
Shoe repair shops | P |
Solar energy generating facility – accessory | P |
Staging areas for County capital projects | P |
Tailor shops | P |
Tanning salons | P |
Telecommuting centers | P |
Travel agencies | P |
Upholstering shops, including sailmaking shops | P |
Veterinary clinics if overnight stays are limited to those necessary for medical treatment, without outside runs or pens | P |
Volunteer fire stations | P |
Minimum lot size: | |
If not served by public sewer | 20,000 square feet |
If served by public sewer | 11,000 square feet |
Maximum coverage by all structures | 50% of gross area |
Minimum setbacks for principal structures: | |
Front lot line | 20 feet |
Side lot line | 7 feet |
Corner side lot line | 15 feet |
Rear lot line | 20 feet |
Principal arterial or higher classification road | 40 feet |
Front and side setbacks on properties adjacent to developed lots | The lesser of the setback required by this section or a setback equal to the average of the setbacks of existing principal structures on abutting lots, except that if only one abutting lot is improved, the required setback shall be determined by averaging the setback on the improved lot and the setback required under this section. |
Minimum setbacks for accessory structures: | |
Front lot line | 30 feet |
Side lot line, rear lot line | 7 feet |
Corner side lot line | 15 feet |
Maximum height limitations: | |
Principal structure | 40 feet |
Accessory structure | 30 feet |
Maximum floor area for structures on properties with frontage on a minor arterial road or higher: | |
Principal structures | 10,000 square feet |
Principal structures – religious facilities | 15,000 square feet |
Accessory structures | 3,000 square feet |
Maximum floor area for all other structures: | |
Principal structures | 5,000 square feet |
Accessory structures | 2,000 square feet |