Maryland SB389 modifies land use regulations to promote transit-oriented development, exempts certain developments from fees, and alters local.

Maryland SB389, the Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act, modifies land use regulations to encourage transit-oriented development. It automatically designates certain transit-oriented developments as enterprise zones, exempts them from certain fees, and restricts local jurisdictions from imposing certain land use restrictions on state-owned land near transit stations. The bill also alters local jurisdiction authority, prohibits minimum off-street parking requirements for developments near transit stations, and allows new manufactured homes and modular dwellings in certain zones.

Maryland SB389 modifies land use regulations to promote transit-oriented development, exempts certain developments from fees, and alters local.

Maryland SB389, the Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act, modifies land use regulations to encourage transit-oriented development. It automatically designates certain transit-oriented developments as enterprise zones, exempts them from certain fees, and restricts local jurisdictions from imposing certain land use restrictions on state-owned land near transit stations. The bill also alters local jurisdiction authority, prohibits minimum off-street parking requirements for developments near transit stations, and allows new manufactured homes and modular dwellings in certain zones.