Ad in Corridor Inc. magazine, about the opportunity for rezoning for extranormal profits, December 2009

Ad in Corridor Inc. magazine, about the opportunity for rezoning for extranormal profits, December 2009
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I wasn't able to scan perfectly this ad, so a couple words are cut off slightly. In Anne Arundel County, Maryland, the big land development casino there is the ability to rezone lone every ten years. It's the reverse of how most other communities do it, revising their comprehensive or master plan every ten years, and then changing zoning to conform to the plan's intentions.

(Similarly, I've learned that in some Maryland counties, "planned unit developments" are fully a political process, they go to the County Council first, and then only after most everything has been negotiated, to the planning office and/or planning board for review.)

... the ride of the growth machine.

Casino like elements in the land development biz... (Photo: AFP/Getty Images/File/Francisco Leong)