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COUNTY COUNCIL OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MARYLAND
AGENDA
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 – 9:00 A.M.
County Council Chambers
44 Calvert Street
Annapolis, Maryland
A. Call to Order
B. Discussions on Pending Legislation
BILL NO. 65-25 (As Amended) – AN ORDINANCE concerning: Finance, Taxation, and
Budget – Real Property Taxes – Homeowners Property Tax Credit Program – Total Real
Property Tax – Calculation of Local Supplement – FOR the purpose of modifying the
definition of “Total real property tax” with respect to the Homeowners Property Tax Credit
Program; modifying the calculation of the local supplement to the Homeowners Property
Tax Credit Program; providing for the application of this Ordinance; and generally relating
to finance, taxation, and budget.
Introduced by Ms. Hummer, Chair
(by request of the County Executive)
BILL NO. 67-25 – AN ORDINANCE concerning: Floodplain Management, Erosion and
Sediment Control, and Stormwater Management – Clearing and Pruning– FOR the purpose
of defining “pruning” and “woody vegetation”; modifying the definitions of “clearing” and
“standard grading plan”; requiring certain approved permits or plans to clear or grade
property on certain steep slopes in the critical area; adding a habitat enhancement plan to
those plans required for approval to clear or grade in certain circumstances; requiring
certain approved permits or plans to prune on property outside of the critical area, outside
of a forest conservation easement, or not on steep slopes inside the critical area in certain
circumstances; requiring certain approved permits or plans to prune on property inside the
critical area buffer, inside a forest conservation easement, or on steep slopes in the critical
area in certain circumstances; providing for the use of and establishing the requirements
for a standard grading plan in lieu of a grading permit that proposes pruning or clearing
under certain circumstances; adding certain fees; providing for the use, criteria, and
requirements of a habitat enhancement plan and a vegetation management plan; making
the effective date of this Ordinance contingent on the approval of the Maryland Critical
Area Commission; and generally relating to floodplain management, erosion and sediment
control, and stormwater management.
Introduced by Ms. Hummer, Chair
(by request of the County Executive)

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BILL NO. 68-25 – AN ORDINANCE concerning: Zoning – Animal Rescue– FOR the
purpose of defining “animal rescue”; adding an animal rescue as a conditional use and
providing for the conditions in certain districts; adding an animal rescue as a home
occupation in certain circumstances; and generally relating to zoning.
Introduced by Ms. Hummer, Chair
(by request of the County Executive)
BILL NO. 70-25 – AN ORDINANCE concerning: Equity and Human Rights – Reasonable
Accommodation – FOR the purpose of defining “reasonable accommodation”; requiring
structural changes or modifications or the provision of special equipment to accommodate
a person with a disability to be a reasonable accommodation; and generally related to equity
and human rights.
Introduced by Ms. Fiedler
BILL NO. 71-25 – AN ORDINANCE concerning: Public Campaign Financing –
Disbursement of Public Contribution – Funding for Public Campaign Financing Fund –
FOR the purpose of determining the deadline to file a notice of intent to participate in the
public campaign financing fund; aligning the ratio of amount and number of contributions
among County Executive and Council candidates; determining the threshold for the
Controller to certify sufficient fund balance; providing for a second review of fund balance
by the Controller during the election cycle; requiring the County Executive to appropriate
sufficient funds pursuant to the Charter; providing for minimum appropriations beginning
in Fiscal Year 2028; providing for staffing for the Commission; requiring the designation
of a public liaison for the public campaign financing system; requiring an audit of the
public campaign financing system after a general election; and generally relating to public
campaign financing.
Introduced by Ms. Hummer
BILL NO. 72-25 – AN ORDINANCE concerning: Zoning – Requirements for Conditional
Uses – Workforce Housing – FOR the purpose of reducing the density of housing in R5
for workforce housing under certain circumstances; and generally relating to zoning.
Introduced by Mr. Volke
BILL NO. 74-25 – AN ORDINANCE concerning: Zoning – BWI Mixed Use Overlay
Area – Carwashes – FOR the purpose of allowing carwashes as a permitted use in the BWI
Mixed Use Overlay Area; and generally relating to zoning.
Introduced by Mr. Smith
BILL NO. 75-25 – AN ORDINANCE concerning: Zoning – Youth Nature Immersion
Program – FOR the purpose of defining “Youth Nature Immersion Program”; adding youth
nature immersion programs as a conditional use and providing for the conditions in certain
districts; and generally relating to zoning.
Introduced by Ms. Leadbetter

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BILL NO. 76-25 – AN ORDINANCE concerning: Public Safety – Sidewalks – Removal
of Snow and Ice – FOR the purpose of modifying the requirements for removal of snow
and ice from sidewalks; making failure to remove snow and ice from sidewalks as required
a civil offense and not a criminal offense; providing for exemptions from requirement to
remove snow and ice; and generally relating to crimes, civil offenses, and fines, and public
safety.
Introduced by Ms. Hummer, Chair
(by request of the County Executive)
BILL NO. 77-25 – AN ORDINANCE concerning: Personnel – Pay Plan – Positions in the
Classified Service – Police Department – Public Ethics – Financial Disclosure – FOR the
purpose of approving an addition to the Personnel Officer’s pay plan for the classified
service for the current fiscal year; requiring a certain job classification in the Police
Department to file a financial disclosure statement with the Ethics Commission; decreasing
certain positions in the classified service and increasing certain positions in the classified
service within the Police Department; and generally relating to personnel, public ethics,
and the Personnel Officer’s Classification and Pay Plans.
Introduced by Ms. Hummer, Chair
(by request of the County Executive)
RESOLUTION NO. 22-25 – RESOLUTION confirming the adoption of the Anne Arundel
County Hazard Mitigation Plan – 2025 Update
Introduced by Ms. Hummer, Chair
(by request of the County Executive)
C. Other Items
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