k How Baltimore County
BALTIMORE, Md
I Today Baltimore county, ' two-and-a-half times, from
I Maryland could be 270,000 m 1950 to 686,000 m
I characterized as a land of 1177 Continued steady
i suburbs and steel plants, growth is predicted for the
\ shopping centers and in- remainder of the century.
[ dustnal parks There are still 850 farm
\ Once upon a time, this operators in Baltimore
[ county adjoining the city of County, but just about all the
f Baltimore was mostly arm supply dealers and
; farmland. food processors are gone.
[ In the last three decades The citizens of Baltimore
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County, like citizens in many
other parts of the nation,
have decided to try to hold on
to their remaining farmland
an irreplaceable natural
resource Their new and still
evolving plan for farmland
preservation shows real
promise, says Gerald F
Vaughn, Delaware extension
community and resource
development coordinator,
and may be worth looking
'nto for our own future needs
in Delaware
It relies on restictive
zoning plus compensation to
farm-owners for losses in
land value caused by the
zoning.
According to a report by
the Farmland Preservation
Institute, Inc. of Bethesda,
Md., Baltimore County
Council has adopted the
master plan formulated over
the past three years.
The Council has also
established new regulations
for an agricultural zone and
three other resource con
servation zones; has passed
enabling legislation to
permit the county to par
ticipate in the state far
mland preservation
program; and has com
mitted itself to use a growth
management system to
carry out the master plan.
Growth will be encouraged
in the areas with adequate
roads, sewers, and other
public services, but
discdUraged in the
agricultural zone and some
of the resource conservation
zones To enforce the con-
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•eason Discount is Discontinued
plans to save its
trolled growth philosophy,
no building permits will be
issued anywhere in the
county lacking adequate
facilities such as water,
sewerage, and tran
sportation.
While all of the techniques
in the Baltimore county
approach to farmland
preservation have been used
elsewhere, the combination
of agricultural zoning,
voluntary agricultural
districts, and purchase of
development rights is
unique.
According to Vaughn, one
of the most promising
aspects of the approach is
that agricultural preser
vation is treated as part of a
larger framework involving
a master plan and a growth
management system
Most of the county’s
farmland and forest acreage
has been placed within the
agricultural zone, in which
no lot smaller than two acres
may be subdivided; a lot of
two to 100 acres may be
subdivided into no more than
two lots; and lots of more
than 100 acres may be
subdivided into no more than
one lot for every 50 acres
Pemutted use within the
agricultural zone include
homes for farmers and their
tenants, roadside stands,
and, by special exception,
such agricultural support
uses as farm machinery
sales and service, farm
supply companies and food
processing plants
This provision was m
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eluded at the behest of
farmers in the hopes that it
may provide the opportunity
for agribusiness to re
establish itself in the county.
Under the terms of
Maryland’s farmland
preservation plan, the
county is setting up volun
tary agricultural districts
and instituting a program
for purchase of development
rights.
The particulars of this
aspect of the county plan are
still under discussion, but
farmer acceptance of
restrictive zoning was
conditioned on having a
development easement
program in place quickly.
The state provides 60-40
matching funds to counties
E-town Pig
Club elects officers
MARIETTA
Elizabethtown Pig and
Rabbit Club held its
reorgamzational meeting at
the home of Warren Heisey,
the club leader
Officers elected were;
Stanley Heisey, president;
Kirby Umholtz, vice
president; Bruce Siplmg,
secretary-treasurer; Wayne
Gish and Steven Heisey,
song leaders; Jeff Wagner
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farms
that wish to purchase
development rights.
Baltimore County’s
Agricultural Advisory Board
has recommended the
purchase of development
rights on roughly 85,000
acres, or about half the total
farmland acreage in the
county, over the next 20
years. The county plans to
buy development rights to
4200 acres each year, at an
average cost of $lBOO per
acre.
This averages out to an
annual cost of over $7.5
million and a total cost of
$l5O million certainly a
major item in the county
budget.
But Baltimore County is
relatively affluent and
anxious to preserve its
remaining farmland.
and Rabbit
and Randy Watts, game
leaders; and Scott Siplmg,
news reporter. *
Kirby Umholtz and Bruce
Siplmg were also appointed
County Council represen
tatives.
The
Nancy Meyers gave a brief
rundown on future 4-H ac
tivites.
The club’s next meeting is
set for May 2 at Jean
Wagner’s home.
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