Publications
Models and Guidelines
The following in MDP's Models &Guidelines Series are available electronically:
1 - Procedures for Review of Local Construction Projects, January 1996
2 - Procedures for State Project Review Under the Planning Act of 1992, January 1993
3 - Preparing a Sensitive Areas Element, May 1993
4 - Regulatory Streamlining, February 1994
5 - Achieving Consistency Under the Planning Act, April 1994
6 - Interjurisdictional Coordination, June 1994
7 - Design Characteristics of Maryland's Traditional Settlements, August 1994
9 - Transferable Development Rights, January 1995
10 - Overlay Zones, March 1995
11 - Achieving Environmentally Sensitive Design, April 1995
12 - Urban Growth Boundaries, August 1995
13 - Preparing a Comprehensive Plan, January 1996
14 - Adequate Public Facilities, June, 1996
15 - Mineral Resource Planning, March 1997
16 - Smart Growth: Municipal Implementation, October 1997
17 - Smart Growth: Designating Priority Funding Areas, November 1997
18 - Sensitive Areas: Volume II, February 1998
19 - Sizing and Shaping Growth Areas, December 1998
20 - Revisiting the Comprehensive Plan: The Six Year Review, June 2000
21 - Smart Neighborhoods, September 2001
22 - Big Box Development, December 2001
23 - Infill and Redevelopment, October 2001
24 - Adequate Public Facilities Ordinances
25 - Writing the Municipal Growth Element to the Comprehensive Plan
26 - The Water Resources Element:Planning for Water Supply and Wastewater and Stormwater Management
26a - Water Resources Element Analytical Framework flowchart
26b - Water Resources Element Supplement
27 - Smart Growth, Community Planning and Public School Construction
This page was last updated: 2011-11-07
Reports
Where Do We Grow From Here? - A Report of the Task Force on the Future for Growth and Development
A Shore for Tomorrow - The Eastern Shore Report
Maryland Green Building Task Force Publishes Final Reports
Owings Mills Transit Oriented Development Planning Study
The Final Report of The Governor's Task Force on Workforce Housing
Coastal Bays Alternative Futures Report
Maryland Land Preservation , Parks & Recreation Plan 2009
Other Publications
Article 66B of the Maryland Annotated Code - Land Use
Making Maryland the National Leader in Planning and Smart Growth
Estimating Residential Development Capacity: A Guidebook for Analysis and Implementation in Maryland
Development Capacity Analysis Summary
Other
Natural Soil Groups of Maryland - This publication examines the varies soil groups and how they relate to land use planning in Maryland. It addition it covers the geomorphology of Maryland and evolution of natural soil groups. (Download The Natural Soil Group Maps by County:
| ALLE | ANNE | BALO CNTY |
| CLVT | CARO | CARR |
| CECIL | CHAR | DORC |
| FRED | GARR | HARF |
| HOWA | KENT | MONT |
| PRIN | QUEE | SOME |
| STMA | TALB | WASH |
| WICO | WORC |
Maryland Generalized Land Use Land Cover Statistics(MDP Classification)
2001 Infrastructure Needs Survey Report, (November 2002)
Public School Enrollment Projections, 2011 - 2020
Smart Growth Coloring Book, 2002
Maryland's Coastal Bays: Alternative Futures Project
Maryland National Road Corridor Partnership Plan, July 2001
Smart Growth and Neighborhood Conservation Initiatives
The Final Report of the Governor's Task Force on Workforce Housing
