This Plan focuses on the preservation of farmland but it also tries to establish a policy framework that will contribute to the continuation of farming in the County. Local government can control the quantity of land designated for farmland preservation, given its policy power and overall growth policies.
Read MoreIn the late 1950s, agricultural and open space preservation arose as a social and economic issue. The loss of agricultural and open space land, as a metropolitan planning issue, was expressed in terms of metropolitan needs and problems — the need to preserve open space and the diseconomy in building the costly infrastructure to serve scattered suburban development.
Read MoreThe Montgomery County 2020-2029 Ten Year Solid Waste Management Plan was prepared according to Title 9, Subtitle 5, Environment Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, and the Regulations under COMAR 26.03.03.03(A). An Executive Summary, along with the Resolution of the Montgomery County Council, which adopted this Plan and the MDE approval letter will appear immediately following the Table of Contents.
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