At a May 24 Planning Directors Roundtable Meeting, the Maryland Department of Planning (MDP) provided guidance to local governments on implementing the 2012 septic system legislation (SB 236), including grandfathering. The draft guidance document (V1.0) is now available online.
A May 25 MarylandReporter.com article summarized the meeting and interviewed Secretary of Planning Richard Hall.
How to interpret the grandfathering provisions was one of dozens of questions Hall and his staff handled at a roundtable discussion the department held Thursday that brought out scores of local planners from across Maryland trying to figure out how to implement the new law. …
Hall said the grandfathering was intended to “accommodate folks in this process.” …
Leslie Knapp, associate director of the Maryland Association of Counties, said, “If you’re going to start from scratch (on a new development), you’re not going to get this done in time.” …
Both Hall and Knapp said it was the largest turnout they had ever seen at the quarterly meeting with planning directors. County officials came from as far away as far-western Garrett County for the meeting at the Housing Department headquarters in Crownsville.
MDP Presentation to Planning Directors’ Roundtable
SB 236 Initial Implementation Guidance (V1.0)
MACo and MDP Joint Presentation on Septic System Legislation for Maryland State Bar Association
MDP will revise the initial implementation guidance and is seeking public comments on V1.0 by June 7. Please send any comments to:
Jason Dubow, Director of Environmental Planning Maryland Department of Planning PlanningServices 11th Floor 301 W. Preston Street Baltimore, MD 21201 410.767.3370 jdubow@mdp.state.md.us