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Anne Arundel County Code, 2005
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CODE, 2005
COUNTY OFFICIALS 2024
CHARTER
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 2. BRANCHES OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT
ARTICLE 3. BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND SIMILAR BODIES
ARTICLE 4. FINANCE, TAXATION, AND BUDGET
ARTICLE 5. PENSIONS
ARTICLE 6. PERSONNEL
ARTICLE 7. PUBLIC ETHICS
ARTICLE 8. PURCHASING
ARTICLE 9. CRIMES, CIVIL OFFENSES, AND FINES
ARTICLE 10. CABLE FRANCHISE ACT OF 2006
ARTICLE 11. LICENSES AND REGISTRATIONS
ARTICLE 12. PUBLIC SAFETY
ARTICLE 13. PUBLIC WORKS
ARTICLE 14. RECREATION AND PARKS
ARTICLE 15. CONSTRUCTION AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES
ARTICLE 16. FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT, EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL, AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
ARTICLE 17. SUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT
ARTICLE 18. ZONING
APPENDIX A. RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL
APPENDIX B. RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS
PARALLEL REFERENCE TABLES
§ 18-4-106. Permitted, conditional, and special exception uses.
   The permitted, conditional, and special exception uses allowed in each of the residential districts are listed in the chart in this section using the following key: P = permitted use; C = conditional use; SE = special exception use. A blank means that the use is not allowed in the district. Except as provided otherwise in this article, uses and structures customarily accessory to the listed uses also are allowed, except that guest houses as accessory structures are prohibited and outside storage as an accessory use is limited to the lesser of 10% of the allowed lot coverage or 500 square feet.
Permitted, Conditional, and Special Exception Uses
RA
RLD
R1
R2
R5
R10
R15
R22
Permitted, Conditional, and Special Exception Uses
RA
RLD
R1
R2
R5
R10
R15
R22
Agritourism
C
C
C
Airports and airfields
SE
SE
Alcoholic beverage uses as accessory to other uses
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Animal hospitals and veterinary clinics
SE
SE
SE
Assisted living facilities
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Assisted living facilities I, community-based
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Assisted living facilities II, community-based
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Bed and breakfast homes
C
C
C
C
Bed and breakfast inns
SE
SE
SE
SE
Bird sanctuaries
C
C
Business complexes
C
Camps, private, for seasonal residence only
P
P
Campgrounds, commercial recreational
SE
SE
SE
Carnivals, circuses, and fairs, temporary
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Cemeteries
SE
SE
SE
Child care centers other than as a home occupation
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Christmas tree sales
P
P
P
P
Clay and borrow pits or sand and gravel operations
SE
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 roller blade parks; and skating rinks
SE
SE
Commercial telecommunication facilities permanently located on the ground
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Commercial telecommunication facilities permanently located on the ground on land owned by a governmental entity or a volunteer fire company or located in a transmission right- of-way and not attached to a transmission line pole or tower or within 100 feet of a transmission line right-of-way
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
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, and does not support lights or signs unless required for safety reasons
P
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 is located at least 300 feet from any dwelling
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Composting facilities
C
Conference retreat facilities
SE
SE
SE
Construction or sales trailers, temporary, in an approved development actively under construction
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Conversion of existing single-family detached dwellings to duplex dwellings
SE
SE
Country clubs, private clubs, and service, nonprofit, charitable organizations with less than 125 onsite parking spaces
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Country clubs, private clubs, and service, nonprofit, and charitable organizations with 125 or more onsite parking spaces
SE
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Dwelling units, accessory
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Dwelling unit, abutting heavy industrial zone
P
P
Dwellings, duplex and semi-detached
SE
C
P
P
Dwellings, multifamily
P
P
P
Dwellings, single-family detached
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Dwellings, townhouses
C
C
C
C
Eating disorder treatment facility
SE
Farm alcohol production facility
C
C
C
Farm dual uses
C
C
Farm or agricultural heritage site special event, 9 to 15 annual events
C
C
C
Farm or agricultural heritage site special event, 16 to 30 annual events
SE
SE
SE
Farm or agricultural heritage site stay
C
C
C
Farm tenant houses
C
C
C
C
Farming
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Festival, renaissance
SE
Garden center
C
C
C
C
Golf courses
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Golf course facilities, private
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Government reuse facilities (see Title 12)
C
Group homes I
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Group homes II
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Heliports
SE
SE
SE
Home occupations
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Hospice facilities
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Housing for the elderly of moderate means
C
C
C
C
C
Kennels, commercial
SE
SE
SE
Landscaping and tree contracting
SE
SE
Landscaping and tree contracting with accessory recycling of logs into firewood
SE
Libraries, museums, parks, and similar uses of a noncommercial nature that are located on a lot with an historic structure or activity
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Licensed grower of cannabis, as defined in State law and regulation
C
Licensed processor of cannabis, as defined in State law and regulation
C
Mobile home outside of a mobile home park on a contiguous lot of at least 60 acres
P
Mobile home parks
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Nurseries with landscaping and plant sales
C
C
C
C
Nursing homes
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Piers and launching ramps, community
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Piers, recreational
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Piers, private residential, if accessory to a dwelling unit
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Planned unit developments (see Title 12)
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Produce markets
C
C
C
C
Public utility essential services
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Public utility uses
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Recovery residences
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Religious facilities on a lot of at least two acres with less than 300 onsite parking spaces
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Religious facilities on a lot of at least two acres with 300 or more onsite parking spaces
SE
P
P
P
P
P
P
Religious facilities on a lot of at least 5 acres if the coverage for all buildings, including onsite parking, is not more than 30% of the lot
P
Religious facilities, existing, with less than 300 onsite parking spaces that abut and have direct access to a collector or higher classification road
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Restaurants, taverns, retail sales, and consumer services in a multifamily structure
C
C
Rifle, pistol, skeet, or archery ranges
SE
SE
Roadside stands consisting of temporary seasonal structures that sell produce and other agricultural goods
P
P
P
P
Rooming houses
C
C
P
Schools, private academic, in existence on or before May 12, 2005
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Schools, public charter and private academic, with less than 125 onsite parking spaces
C
C
C
C
C
C
P
P
Schools, public charter and private academic, with 125 or more onsite parking spaces
SE
C
C
C
C
C
P
P
Small cell system
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Small wind energy systems or meteorological towers on a lot of at least three acres
C
C
C
C
C
One small wind energy system or meteorological tower on a lot less than three acres
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Solar energy generating facility – accessory
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Solar energy generating facility – community
SE
Solar energy generating facility – utility scale
SE
Stables, commercial or community, and riding clubs
C
C
C
Staging areas for County capital projects
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Storage, bulk for agricultural products
SE
Swimming pools and recreational facilities, community, if located at least 50 feet from each residential lot line or dwelling unit
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Swimming pools, private
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Taxidermists, excluding butchering, rendering, or tanning
P
Theaters, live performances, temporary outdoor
P
P
P
Volunteer fire stations
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Waterman's commercial use in existence as of January 1, 1990
P
P
P
P
p
Waterman's home commercial use
C
C
C
C
C
Wildlife and game preserves
P
P
Workforce housing
C
C
C
 
(Bill No. 4-05; Bill No. 54-05; Bill No. 55-05; Bill No. 78-05; Bill No. 69-07; Bill No. 77-07; Bill No. 79-07; Bill. No. 97-08; Bill No. 2-09; Bill No. 45-09; Bill No. 39-10; Bill No. 10-11; Bill No. 13-11; Bill No. 14-11; Bill No. 56-11; Bill No. 73-11; Bill No. 68-13; Bill No. 21-14; Bill No. 82-14; Bill No. 8-15; Bill No. 23-15; Bill No. 72-15; Bill No. 96-15; Bill No. 28-16; Bill No. 30-16; Bill No. 75-16; Bill No. 83-16; Bill No. 96-16; Bill No. 67-17; Bill No. 67-18; Bill No. 89-18; Bill No. 14-19; Bill No. 54-19; Bill No. 76-19; Bill No. 97-19; Bill No. 6-20; Bill No. 16-20; Bill No. 57-20; Bill No. 68-20; Bill No. 69-20; Bill No. 2-21; Bill No. 21-21; Bill No. 33-22; Bill No. 15-23; Bill No. 56-23; Bill No. 61-23; Bill No. 62-23; Bill No. 77-23; Bill No. 17-24; Bill No. 63-24)

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