I just learned about a hearing that's going on right now before Anne Arundel County Council in Annapolis. Even if these bills don't affect you directly, they do affect you indirectly if you own property here.
Bill 66-08 chips away at private property ownership rights in this county, and your property could be next! It takes 50 feet off EVERY property that backs to a park or trail - without any compensation.
Bill 71-08 is a HUGE increase in Impact Fees - those are the fees that builders, developers, (their buyers... maybe you...) and homeowners building an addition to their home pay for County infrastructure improvements. In a down market, when home sellers and owners, plus the entire construction industry in this county, are suffering financially, this is no time to impose new fees.
County residents should contact the office of their council member:
Cathleen M. Vitale - District 5 (Chairman)
Assistant - Diane Jennings
44 Calvert Street, 1st Floor
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 222-1401
Email: cvitale@aacounty.org
Email: d.jennings@aacounty.orgEdward R. Reilly - District 7 (Vice Chairman)
Assistant - Joyce Maloney
44 Calvert Street, 1st Floor
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 222-1401
Email: ereilly@aacounty.org
Email: jmaloney@aacounty.orgDaryl Jones - District 1
Assistant - Linda Harris
44 Calvert Street, 1st Floor
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 222-1401
Email: daryl.jones@aacounty.org
Email: linda.harris@aacounty.orgC. Edward Middlebrooks - District 2
Assistant - Rose Brooks
44 Calvert Street, 1st Floor
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 222-1401
Email: emiddlebrooks@aacounty.org
Email: rbrooks@aacounty.orgRonald C. Dillon - District 3
Assistant - Beth Jones
44 Calvert Street, 1st Floor
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 222-1401
Email: rdillon@aacounty.org
Email: beth.jones@aacounty.orgJames Benoit - District 4
Assistant - Veronica Jagoe
44 Calvert Street, 1st Floor
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 222-1401
Email: james.benoit@aacounty.org
Email: veronica.jagoe@aacounty.orgJoshua J. Cohen - District 6
Assistant - Gail Smith
44 Calvert Street, 1st Floor
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 222-1401
Email: joshua.cohen@aacounty.org
Email: gail.smith@aacounty.org
Please do this tonight or tomorrow. Let your council member know you oppose both of these bills which negatively impact Anne Arundel County private property rights and property values. It's important!
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50 feet is pretty significant - a standard city size lot is often only 50x130 - so a standard lot that backs to woods could lose nearly 40% of it's total size!
wow that could be a huge issue - certainly would want to know the outcome of this one
Oh man! I don't live anywhere near by, but that is kinda crazy stuff. That is LOT of property. Good luck with that! GBU!
Without any compensation!?! This is ridiculous and the residents must fight for their rights!
It's amazing what our elected leaders will try and pull if you don't keep a close eye on them! We are having the issue with impact fees here as well....
Great information Margaret -
I know one of those council members and have questioned the reasoning for these impact fees.....
Absolutely right, no time to impose additional fees. 50 feet is a huge chunk. Keep us posted on how it goes. This could happen to all of us.
Margaret - unfortunately our property rights are slowly being eroded and few people seem to care ... it is almost to the point were we have no property rights.