Rural Preservation District Task Force

Meetings are help on the 1^st Monday of each month at 9:30 a.m. at the Department of Land Use and Growth Management Conference Room located in the Patuxent Building at 23150 Leonard Hall Drive, Leonardtown, MD

 

Purpose: The Rural Preservation District Task Force was created by the Board of County Commissioners for St. Mary's County in March 2007 to make recommendations regarding effectively protecting land in the Rural Preservation District (RPD) that is of great agricultural and/or environmental value.  One tool the task force is studying is development of an agriculture overlay (zone). The task force is also looking at alternative permissible land uses in rural areas by which land owners may supplement agricultural income.

   

Composition:  5 members