From Friends of Harford:
The draft of HarfordNEXT, the county’s Master Plan for development, is now available and open for public comment. It may be read online at http://www.harfordcountymd.gov/1831/HarfordNEXT-Draft
To whet your interest, here are a few items from HarfordNEXT’s Chapter 2 Grow with Purpose:
Expands the Development Envelope in Fallston (40.8 acres at the SW intersection of MD 152 and MD 147), Forest Hill (25.75 acres at the NW intersection of MD 23 and MD 24), and Creswell (77.6 acres at the West side of MD 136,
South of Cedar Lane).
Calls for a study of the area east of the Development Envelope between U.S. 1 and I-95 to evaluate current and future growth and determine the community facilities needed to serve this area, including schools, police, fire/EMS, water and sewerage, transportation, parks and recreation, and libraries.
HarfordNEXT does not mention a plan or study for the development of the thousand-plus acres of rural land between Aberdeen and Havre de Grace that was added to the Development Envelope a few years ago.
Citizens are encouraged to view and provide comments on the draft plan utilizing the Open Comment online forum (http://www.harfordcountymd.gov/opencomment). For a tutorial on how to use Open Comment click here. Hard copies of the draft are available for review at all 11 library locations, the Department of Planning and Zoning and the Permits Center. The Department will also continue to accept comments via email, US mail or phone.
The “At-A-Glance” document was created to give readers an abridged version of the key ideas found within the six themes explored in HarfordNEXT. Click here to view the “At-A-Glance” document.
Get Involved
Community Input Meeting
6 p.m. Thursday February 18, 2016
Harford Community College (HCC), Chesapeake Center Dining Rooms North and South
In addition to Open Comment you may provide input on HarfordNEXT by:
Email HarfordNEXT
Phone: 410-638-3103
U.S. Postal Service: Harford County Planning and Zoning
220 S Main Street
Bel Air, MD 21014
Attn: HarfordNEXT
The Fallston carve out designed for the Euler. He wants a bigger shopping center and he wants to build more apartments behind there and he wants you to pay for the infrastructure expansion. Let’s test just how corrupt this government is – no ducks for the folks with 1.98 acres, .02 acres short of required acreage and yet we’ll carve out an increase to the development envelope just so Euler gets what he wants.
No new development should happen on 152 west of Harford Road except single family homes on 2+ acre lots with well water and septic systems. No townhomes, condos, or apartments whatsoever.
The Euler carve out in Fallston means you the taxpayer will pay to expand infrastructure because Euler bought land outside the envelope and designated ag. He knew this corrupt local government to would eventually get him his way so he can expand his shopping center and build more apartments behind that shopping center. Euler once quoted as actually saying he thought Fallston needs a MacDonalds – no you cant make this stuff up. Disgusting.
Moneytree move to Alaska already, we are not going to remain in the 1800 when your family owned 100 acres of mud and you’re pissed someone made a dollar off of it that grandpa was to stupid to realize.
Whatever….don’t know who you are or your real motivation. I’m calling BS on this inside deal. Let’s just test how different Glassman is from Craig? So far – not seeing a big difference. Special favors for developers – begs the question, why?
Disregard my post. I formallly apologize to you and I am wrong.
What is wrong with the McDonald’s in Fallston? The MoneyTree this is the 21st Century development happens. It is certainly better than the plan to stack all of the development along 95 and 24.
Fallston needs a MacDonalds? Nobody needs another unhealthy crap food mart – don’t so much object to junk food it’s the mindset of a developer to think any stupid thing is OK. It’s about the money so let’s not pretend we need more apartments or a MacDonalds.
Phil:
Moneytree thinks her opinion on what should and shouldn’t be allowed preempts the law and every other citizens rights. She is probably well known at the county offices as I sure she is on the phone complaining about her neighbors and any little thing she thinks is wrong. She spends her busybody days judging the world. What a sad life it must be.
Thanks a bunch, a shitmart, a Waffle House, and a McDonald’s. What’s next, a hip hop chicken, a pawn shop, and a dollar tree. More crap business for your rental tenants to walk to.
Throw in a few more liquor stores and a chinese restaurant and all will be just fine.
We all knew this would be a handout for developers.
To the person who says “…this is the 21st Century development happens.”
No, actually, it doesn’t have to happen. You can have a community that doesn’t whore itself out to greedy politicians and developers. There is nothing wrong with leaving rural area.
If you have a f*cking farm, it’s a f*cking farm. You can’t do what you want with it. That is why we have zoning law.
If Jeff Euler has any sense of irony he will pull a skywalker ranch George Lucas payback and open a 20 acre trailer park, next door to the biggest pig farm Harford county has seen.
Edgewood North is running out of room. I’d like to see many affordable FHA/HUD/the works multi family dwellings, and economic suited commercial development to follow suit.
What for? Why? To bring more Progressive Liberal Democratic votes into North Harford.
You conservative bible thumpers will be a hard gerry mander, but nothing says red won’t turn into purple, followed by ALL BLUE.