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LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY ISSUES IMPACTING ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 

City of Annapolis Passes Bill to Push Water and Sewer Connection Charges to Use and Occupancy On August 25th, Alderman Brooks Schandelmeier introduced a bill to defer capital facilities charges for sewer and water installation until use and occupancy for projects constructing six or fewer dwelling units. Before introducing the bill, Alderman Schandelmeier attended our Anne Arundel County Chapter meeting to gather feedback from members on the benefits of delaying these charges from the building permit stage to use and occupancy. MBIA then submitted a letter of support to the Annapolis City Council before their hearings on the bill. The bill passed the council unanimously. June 4th, 2025

Anne Arundel County Council Withdraws Bill to Increase Water and Sewer Connection Fees On May 1st, the Anne Arundel County Council introduced Bill 45-25 at the request of the County Executive. The bill proposed increasing the capital facility recoupment charge from $4.00 to $4.40, and Water and Wastewater Capital Facility Connection Charges from $10,800 to $11,880 per equivalent dwelling unit. Our Anne Arundel County Chapter along with NAIOP Maryland wrote a letter to the County Council in opposition to this bill. The Council eventually withdrew Bill 45-25 a few weeks later, and there is no plan to reintroduce it at this time. April 9th, 2025

Draft MPDU Policies Now Available for Public Comment Anne Arundel County’s Housing Attainability Act, enacted in 2024 and effective July 1, 2025, creates the Moderately Priced Dwelling Unit (MPDU) Program which requires that all new development in the County with 10 or more units (with the exception of development in the RA-Rural Agricultural and RLD-Residential Low Density districts) contain a certain percentage of MPDUs. Rental developments are required to reserve 15% of total units as MPDUs for households earning 75% or below of the Area Median Income (AMI) adjusted for household size, for a period of 40 years. For-sale developments are required to reserve 10% of total units as MPDUs for households earning 100% or below of the AMI, adjusted for household size, for a period of 20 years. Arundel Community Development Services, Inc. (ACDS) will administer the MPDU program, and has released their initial draft of the program’s policies, procedures and documents. Our Anne Arundel County Chapter met with Erin Karpewicz, CEO of ACDS, to discuss our initial thoughts on the program and they have requested written comments from our membership. If you would like to contribute to our formal written comments, please reach out to Alex as soon as possible. The deadline to submit comments on the MPDU program is May 7th.