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WASHINGTON COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
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HonoaaMe Mart. n L. Snook, PneAident
Saan,Jd 06 County Comm.iAsionw
o j Wa6iu ngton County
Coukt Hoube Annex
stag en6 town, MaAytand
DecA Comm.izzionen Snook.
The W" ngton County PZanning Commitzion iz pteaued .to auhm.c t thi6
P..epoAt entitted The We od Land " a backgrround ,6tu,dy in ptepaxation bon the
devetopmerrt o j the wazhington County CompxeAensive Paan. Thi.6 aepo►ct zeAvu to
.inverLtoxy and anatyze a.0 aspects ob Viand utiti.zation in Wa6hi,ngton County and
to mon ton Land use change6 in the Za6t 6 i.ve to zeven yea& peAtod.
S.i.ncenety,.
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Donald R. FAas h, ChaiAman
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Thus Study w" pt epahed by the Washington County Ptanning Commission, 1975.
Washington Couvrty Board ob County Comm-ussione z
Maxon L. Snook, P&e.5.ident
W. KeUen Nigl , 111, Vice-Pnes.ident
Bunton R. Ho6jman
R. Lee Downey
G1,c U i,am J. Dw y ex
P.QanniM Commuss.c.on
Donatd R. Ettwsh, ChaiAman
W 2Ziam E. DoAzey, V. ChaiAman
John C. Hetcbst
Paut W. Ho6jman
W. Ketten Nigh, 111, Ex -D j 6.i,c,i.o
David W. Soweto,
BatcbaAa B. Whitcomb
Photo Ctcedtt's Conch ibutoAz
Thomas Van Dyke kf-an R. Mwssetman, Ptanning Di e.ctot, Rezeatcch 9 Text
Thomas Van Dyke, Azsi6tant PtanneA, PhotogAaphy
Robert B. GoAveh, k6sistav►t Pta.nneA, Text Assiztance
MaAi,on L. Snyder, OAganizat.ion, CZeAicae
Bonnie V. Lewin, Dtcabtswoman, Mapping, DtzaWng
Jeanette Kaufmann, Dkabtswoman, Mapping
The p,tepaxati,on o6 thin tcepotct was 6inanced .in pato thtwugh a Compt ehemive Ptanning
gtcant 6nom the U. S. Depatrtment of Houzing and Unba.n Devetopment as administered by the Matcytand
Depatc tment o6 State Ptanning.
C"ie woe a/ Yand
3 -axle Q/ wo"le"Id
Intoduct on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The 1968 Land Ube Sutcvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
The P.ea.n Fon The County, 1970 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Land Use ContAot.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Land Use Activity and Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Inventory and Anatyziz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Ptanwi.ng
S ectotc
1,
Hag eAz gown Me fto pot tan Anea . . . . . . . . . 78
Ptanning
Sector
II,
Aid -County Atex . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Pta.nn ing
S ectotc
III ,
PZe" ant V aZZe y - EZk Ridge . . . . . . . . . .
Ptanni,ng
Sector
IV,
Sm.ithzbung - Ringgotd . . . . . . . . . . .
P Panning
S ecton
V,
Cteatc S pn i.ng - Indian SpA ing . . . _ . . . . .
Pta.nn ng,
S ecton
V1,
Hancock Atcea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To be added
Summan.y . . . .
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The purpose of this .study is to provide baekg.cwund, data, injonmati.on and
anaty6i.6 on the ude of .land in Wa6hington County in pnepatation bon the devet-opment
ob the W"hi.ngton County Compheh.en,6ive Ptan. Much o6 the matefri.aP. heAein .us taken
6nom ta.nd uze data eottect on and anatysiz pen6onmed in. 1968, and i6 updated to 1975
to indicate .hand u6 e changers and trends .
The ztu.dy a 6o senvu a3 a checkpoint in the pQ.a.nni.ng pnocus . . . to
review the Esta tws o6 eompnehenzive pta.nn i.ng and Land use eontAoU .
And Gina Zy, it puv-i.des an area by area dei cAi,pAi.ve ana.2y6.us ob ewusting
ta.nd use and ticenA which shah be used in deveeoping the Compnehe"ive Paan.
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Compnehe.n6tve PRa.n
- Hementb -
Comptehen4ive Paan
A kynop6i6 o6 Goa z and Objecti,vea,
Pubtema and OppoAta& tce6,
Paticiee, Action Ptax6 and
CompoLite: Pian Map&
'Plan. Etements
Land Uae Lsw=�
nd Tnandpontattion Houai,ng Community Faci�i ie.6 PanFth and Open Social W"te
Penn e Ran NMI and SeiLv,i.ce,6 Han Space Han NMI
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Deve.2opment Peupectfva Environment Baee cFac Uti.ea
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The eWLZy hi,6toxy ab ta.nd use in Washington County was shaped by a pi.oneeAing neti-
ante on natunat xesounces ab the vaUey - the A -ch soit and abundant sufftia oA
timbex and
watex. Thus, the pattexn Ob .hand use was s c.attexed and f-and-ut ant.
As agtu.cu,Ptunat pxa ducti.a n.
,i.ncxeased to pehm-it pxoduct expoxt obb the baxm, a demand box goods and senvdces deve?.oped and
town-, and v.cttages began to gnaw. Economic inteAdependence Wween banm and village cute .6ti U
C�eax Spn,i.ng . aU ob the County's small towns
opponent today .c.n. Sm.i-ilv5 6 ung , Ro hnehs v.i,e.2e, .
and v.ittages. The .Q.a,ck ab txayvspoxtati.on, duh.%.ng
the 19th centuxy kept the out2y-i.ng v.t.?,Eag"
xd-ati,veZy izoZated, with on.2y the most n.eces,6ahy ttZps by hone and wagon made to HageAstown,
the developing xegionaf- centex.
Hagelvstown was deveetoping as the center ob commexce .
. hafuseh cou,P.d be shod, a
hat ca
uQd be bought, baxxef. staves made and wheat made to bxead.
The banm mank.et in Hagex6town became an activity
centelc in the Town's square. fax-
mex6 made tJLi.ps xegu,P.aAty
to 6eU thevt pxoductis and buy the goods avai eabZe in Town.
The advent and conveAgence ob the xaiVwads and the C 8 D Canat sig,i,ni6cantty tin-
ALt.u.enced the gxowth ob the Hag�town area as the seat ob commeAce in the xeg-ion. Import and
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* o the County's gxowth and deveiopment � pxov.i,ded in a speatate ptan 1975.
A compk.ete h.v�toxy b Washington county V.�.annu-n9 Camm.v�stian,
background study en�tLaed H.i.stohicaZ R ewes, 9
expoht with otheA parte of the State and the teg.ion became jea6ibte on a taAge sc.ae.e. As the
Indu,6tkiai Revotuti.on approached, the hegionat centeA w" e�stabti6hed and the pattern of
Jcv M and vii aga wa3 weft eatabZizhed.
Indicative o6 the s etttement pattern near the turn o j the century .us the jac i that
thence existed 189 zchooE6 in Washington County . . . unconsoti.dated ane -room .schooth.owse s which
served everyone . . . within waeki.ng distance.
The automobile changed the isotati,on o6 the 6a�um and viU-agu, cont ibuted to the
comoti.dati.on o5 6chootz, and aided the Induisthisi Revotution Zocaeey.
Inen.e-osingZy the County',s poputati,on, it',s economy, it',s di&ecti.on, w" oriented to
.t ndurtry, newe,y ava,c &bZe goods and s eAvice�s, the automobite . . . utcbanizati.on.
But yet, the Lura,- viUage/s maintained the )L identity, urbanization ways .substan-
tiaUy con4.ined to Hageutown and agAicuttocat puuuits weAe 6tiU the primary way ob ti4e .in
out2yc.ng areas of the County.
The two woftd Waajus were A ignijicant .in. advancing .industry and thus, the ge.nvwt
economy through de6enze contract and theit spin-o6j.
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The thtcee .eaxgest emptoyeeu, a t manu6actut ing 6iAw . . . Mach Ttut.cks, Fai chi ed
and Pangbotcn, have tatcgety .in�tuenced gnowth, .the poputation, occupati.onat matte -up, genenae
economy and . . . the .eand use patteAn..in the County.
In the .gate 1940'z and the 1950'z subukbanization began to become apparent .in the
HageAztown area. The naddae highwayts extending 4&om the City inb.euenced the Zocati,on o4 new
-subutcbs sought both by peop.ee et6caping the city envi onment and the .cmm-igAation bt ought on by
indurttciat empZoyment. Unplanned tineatc subu b.6 emehged, o4ten without adequate water, zeweta.ge,
and s tteet z yzterm because o4 tca p id growth and .each o6 .6ystemat,ic ptann.ing .
The County's .6choot syhtem had contsotidated ea}iy in the centu&y and with .cmptcoved
toads and ttcan,6poAtation, .6chooZ seAved teatcge attab. In Hageutown, during the 1950',s and 60',6,
NoAth and South HageAstown High Schootz wehe bu.i.Pt and contAibuted to a gtow.ing t6oc c.ae schism
befteeen "the noAA end" and "the south end" zubw bz, a situation which pnevaie.ed thtwugh the '60z.
The t tae atceas ob the County and munic i.paL tieJs duty i.ng th z peAiod did not expeA fence
,s i.gni�icant gtwwth on change. In6tu.enceu6 o6 Hageutown atcea gtcowth te6ueted .in modeAate popu-
Zation .incAeases in mot6t o6 the County't6 tow".
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In the 196014, the con4tAucti,on of Intetu t to 70 and 81 and theit convergence, as
major
north.-,6outh and east -west co&Ai.dotus near HagvL6town, hays
had a Zt ong
inituence on
growth
and devePtopment, the rut t tandscape, and the economy of
Washington
County. The
.immedi.ate ra ,i6icationz o4 the new h.ightaayz way a v"tty ,improved accusibiZi ty to and bnom
the Baft more and W"h,ington meth.opot tan anecLs, ,improved acca-6ib.i.P,i ty to tu&at ,land, an
expamion o4 the tcu.cking, whoZesaP,ing and waAehou ing secto&6 o4 the economy, and generatZy,
a reutab.ii6hment o6 the "Hub City", a tc tee borne .in the ra tAoad eta.
Recentey, signijicant .in6tuenca on .hand use .in Wa6h.ington County ,include:
- Continuing growth of the manu jactuAing sector of the economy
with z g n 6icant enco u tag ement through the ens tabt ins hm ent and
devetopment o6 weir designed Indu ttiaE PaLks in the HageAztown
met topoUtAn area-
- The nationa.Q recession and .ctrl, impact on the bui ding indurtry.
- The unavaieabiLity o{ water and zewetage 6ystems nece/sswLy dor
.in tense Za.nd deveeopment.
- A decUne .in agric.utturat emptoyment, the numbek o6 �avn6, and at
the same time, rapid .instea,5e,5 in the pec i.ces o6 6aAnns and agA i.c.ut-
tutcai Za.nd and incAeased productivity.
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- A moderate .in6Zux o6 metrwpo.P.c an arsea popuPtation, apect..atZy .in
the Autcat env vwnment.
- Intense commerscca e competition with Hag efus town as the rsegionae
centers by the Valley Matt, a new teg.ionat commersci..ae center, and
others subutcban shopping centerus.
- Revitalization o6 Downtown Hagetustown.
- New co ncersn and co ncent4a ,%o n on co ns envat io n .usz ues and act i,vit.Zers
by both the prui.vate and pub.ei.c zectorus (.i.e. Estabti�shment o6 C S U
Canat Nat io n.ae H.us torr i,cat PaAk, acq u,i zit i.o n o6 South Mountain NaWcae
Envusonment Arsea, acquisition and development o6 tocat pa&U and open
,spaces, etc.) .
- I ncAeas e .in His to kic Prses eAvat i o n act i.vities .
- Continued z akbutsban growth and deveP..opment.
- RxuAban grsowth, now, hors the 6usat time, being prwpozed .in the JoAm
o� .e &ge-scaee rses.identi.a.2 devetopment .in spite o6 energy shotrtages
and costs.
- Continuing and heightened concersn with enviuwwnentat prcotecti.on,
especia -y as it rsetates to the potent%aZ impact ob concentrated
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aseptic zyszerms on hydnoZog.icaUy sensitive tanda o f the
Hagmtown t mestone vaUey.
Pnam The P.ea.n Pon The County adopted in 1970 . . .
"Washington County -ins este today, pA matity agA cuLtwLa - .in chanac terc. HoweveA,
pnes.durces bot uAban development wd.0 continue to in.cAease .in pnopoAtion to expanding metto-
pOLEtan negionz. South. Mountain is no tongeA a phy,6.ccae. baAAieA to the east. It may natheA,
be viewed ad a tookout Jon Waah.ington. Counti;ans 6nom which they can view the encxoach in.g
spt =Z o6 megapotiz and it's inhabitants who seek to escape a ptessune-cookex way of ti. e.
The natuAat baAAi.eAz to Washington County have been oveAcome by the inteAstate %oads system.
The County'.6 phy6.ica2 beauty and economic potentii may now have been discovehed."
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wanni"Y "qn 94e Regian
The pZa.nning pt oce6z, both on tke tocat and tceg.ionat Zevets, is tcefativety new to
Wutetcn MoAy&nd, aouthenn PennsyZvania and West V,itiginia.
Potuna,2 ptanning pnocesse6 otiginated in the region pkincipatty at the tatcge munici-
pat my and county Zeveb o6 govehnment. In MatLytand, ptanning began in the metAopotitan an.eas
in t uponse to xapid subutcbanization and change in the cities. Ass t ad tionaUy tcu,%aZ, static
aAea6 began to expeAience gxowth and change, pZanning became a necazaky nespome. Mid-McAytand
countie6 and &)geA muncccpati ,i.ez e.6tabZished pZann.ing pxocessu and .in some in.6tance,6, Land
uze cont oLs in the 1950',s and '60'.6. We6tetcn Matcytand fwwsdicti.onz weAe Stow ,in e6tabti�sh.ing
active ptanning pt ogtcam6 and it wa6 not un it the m.iddZe 1960'.s that ptanning began ass an active
and e66ective means o6 guiding growth and deveeopment.
Ptann.ing and land use contAot in MoAyZa.nd have traditionaU-y been a ptcov.ince o� tocat
govehnment. The need 6or inteAgoveAnmentat cootcdination and ptanning in the mid 60'.6 spa ked
the move toward regionae,itm. 3y the eatriy 1970'6, Matcytand, Vitg,inia and West Vi g.inia had .5y,5-
tcem,5 o6 mutti- jutwsdict%onat ptanning otcganizati.ons with v=ying %eve.L o6 ptanning and
coordinative repspons ibiti tiez and jutri sdiction.
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The Mongetst negionat bodies exist in the metAopoZita.n aneas - Reg-i.onat Ptanning Councit in the
Battimone area and Washington Me Aopotitan Anea Councit ob Govetnments.
The Ptanning 1J, ztAi.ct Commission negionat .system is ob .incAea�sing -importance in
nunat V.vcgin,i.a wheAe &uuV. counties oAe ne&ti.vety weak.
In Westehn Matr.y.eand the Tiri-County Councit bon Wutecn MoAytand is d thAee-county
nepxe,senta ive body bon p.eanning coondi.nation and a cteaxinghou.se ob Appaea.chian Reg.i.onat Com-
mit,.sion bunds.
FnedeAich County .us the only 6ingte-county region .in the State and the Fnede)Li.ck
County Councit ob Governments has coordinative and c-eaAinghout6e notes.
The West Vitg.in ia. Region 9 P.Qanw%ng Councit i,6 becoming .inctrea6ingty active with
,s-im, LoA totes bon a three county )Legion, consisting ob Jebbeuson, BeAketey and Mongan Counties.
RegionaUzm in south, centtat PenrvsyZvawia is not stung. Ob ne.%ghboking Penwsytvani..a
Counties, onty Futton County pa4ti,cipates in the SoutheAn AUeghen.i.es Pennsytvani.a Ptanning and
Development Commizz ion.
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In Matytand, the Depa4tment o6 State P.?,a.nndng is tepte s ented in each o b the tegiows
and in accord with recent tegiztative mandate ,us pZaying a mote active tote in the ptanning
process through development ob the Matytand Comptehensive Ptan, the estabWhment of Areas o6
Cxiticat State ConceAn and the development of ptoceduna bot "advizoty" inteAvention into tocat
tand use decusion6 o6 tegionaP. -impact.
P&nndng, tand use conttot and gtowth management ate today the pesovince of tocat
govetnment pttinc%pa2ty with negionat and State bodies ptovidi_ng cootdinati.on of ejjo t. In the
Legion, ah wett as in Washington County, the ptanning ptocesz continum to expand and .improve
at the tocat Zevet o6 government.
The 6ottowing chant puvides the .statua o� ptanvu.ng otganiza#,i.on-s in the Legion:
�lannina qia Jae Re ion
PROFESSIONAL I
LAW USc
JURISDICTION
AGENCV
FUNCTION
MEMBERS
STAFF
PLAN
CONTROLS
Alarytatd
Department o6 State
State-wide Ptanning
9 Appointed
10
Comprehensive Land
Pfanning
and Coordination
Ude Devetopment
1176
Attegaiy, Garrett,
Tri -County Courieit boa
Regicnat Economic
21 Appointed
5
CompreJteuive
and Washington
Weatcrut ALntytand, Inc.
Devetopmcnt Ptanning
Devetopment Plan
Countica
and Cocadination
Allegany County
ALCcgaty Plaining and
CompreJtensive Ptaruning
8 Membe/s
3
Comprehensive Pian Zoning 04dintnce, Subdi
Zoning ComniAsioll
vi646n Qrdinalce
Washington County
W!lslnintgton County
Comprehensive Planning
7 .Members
6
Comprehensive Plan Zoning Cndinn,tce, Suhdi-
Ptanrcing Commission
"ion Ordintance
FaedeA.ick County
F.redenick County
Regionnt Representation
12 Members
I
Com}vicehensive Plan
Counci.t 06 GovennmentA
Coordination
FredcAick County
Faedex4ck County
Comprehensive Pianni.ng
7 Members
8
Comprehen6ive Plan
lwnq Ordinance, Subdi-
Planning Commission
Wok: Ordinance
Pe rns uCvantia
Franklin County
Franktin County Planning
Compaehen6ive Ptanning
9 Member6
3
Comprehensive Plan
^.r,bdiui6i+n Oadinanee
Commission
Under Devetopment
Antn.im Township
Ant'um Township Ptann(ng Comprehensive Planning
5 Membeu
Comprehensive Ptah
Zoning Ondintance
Commission
Subdi ,is:or. Ordinance
Greencastte
Borough o6 Gaeencastte
Compaehen6ive Community
5 Memben6
-
Land Use Ptan
Zon.iaig Ordinance.
Subdiviskon Ordinance
Plaluting Commission
Planning
Montgonety
Alon.tgomeAy Township
Comprehensive Ptanning
3 Membe&6
Conrrprehensive Ptan
Subdivision Ordinance
Township
Planning Comrnis6ion
WaAAen Tolvnhip
Warren Township
Comprekensive Planning
5 Members
-
Subdivision Ovtinance
PGUtning Commi,66ion
Washington
Washington Township
Comprehensive Ptannin3
5 Members
-
Comprehemive Ptan
Zo)ib-,g Ordinate¢
Subdivision O dinance
Township
V£alinlUlg Commizaion
WayneAboro
Borough e6 Waynesboro
Compkehen6ive Community
5 Members
Land We Plan
Zoning O•tiina.tce
11tatning COrml LSSion
Mt#o:Gtg
9nbdCVt-0tan Ondtinanct
Fatty/t County
Futton County
Ongoing PtanUning and
9 MembeA6
-
-
Subdivision Ordinance
Water and Sewell. Ptan
P£annting Commission
Subdivision Review
1
West Virnintia
Bcrketey, Je66eh-
Eastcvn Panhandle
Regiorat Economic and
23 Members Inctuding
3
Devetopment Ptan
Being Devetoped
'
eon 6 nio. an
Re,licnnt P£avu:ng and
Devetopment Ptanning
7 Member. Executive
Counties
D�Ivcf_cpncnct -
Councit
Countci.t Region 9
Be�nketci y County
Bcrketcu County
Comprehensive Ptanning
13 Member. - 1
f
Compteheneive Ptan
Subdivision Ordinance
Ptanninng Cormiasinn
Rearesentativ¢
From County Count
-
a
Zoning Ordinance
_ -
Martinsburg Martirsbutg Ptannting En6once�mentt 06 14 MembeAA
-
f,Zonung ConrtWion
Zoning Ordinance
Je.66enson
Ja66cason County
ComprcJtcnt6ive Ptanni.ng
10 Member - 1
1
Comp-teltensive Ptan
Subdivisior. Oviinance
Zoning Ordinance
Cowtty
Pt�Uuting Commis4ion
Repaesentative
Foam Cotuay Court
Being De.vetaped
S!nepev�lsfacn
ShC;nardst n
ConnnnLty Planning
7 Members
-
Lttenim Ptan
7mung Ordinance
Being Revised
1'tnnninng Cv;rrnissian
Alorgat Cvurty
r
MarJui Coulity 1
Compiehens M.
11 Mem", CA - 1
Repn.esenntitUve
I Po6i.tion
Attocated
Cont�nchrtsive Ptan
Being Vivetoped
i'la;ninjl Couunia6ion
Planning
From County COWd
THE REGION
In compa i6on with most ofiheA s.imitaftty popuZated jutcizd.ictiom .in MaAye.a.nd, the
Comptcehensive planning puce3-6 ani a pubti.c 6uncti.on in Wa6kingfion County is tcetafiivety new.
The Washington County Planning and Zonik-.g Commizs.ion wa6 e6fiabLi6hed in 1957 in accotul
with Atiti.cte 668 of the Annotated Code o6 Matcy.tand. The e.aAiy yeaAz of the P.tanni.ng Commizsion'.6
ex 6tence wetce chanactex zed by the .tong teAm devetopmenfi o6 backgt ound stud u by a consultant
and unsucca sjut attempt6 at etsfiabt i thing .land use contAoa . Between 1957 and 1962, backgtcound
,studies tcelati.ve to the Count ',s economy, poputati.on and land use weAe ptcepatced but were not
Jottowed by the ptcepatux tion o6 a .land u6 e plan.
The County zoning oA-d nance ptcepatced .in the tate 6i6t u wa6 zfitc.enuouz ty objected to
by the pub.t-i.c. With no adopted plan, a zoning otcd.inance wats adopted and wa6 e�6ec ive Jots only
ten days; the Boated o� Country Commi6zioneu tcepea,ted the ottdinance.
In the eatrty 1960',s, the Commission',s acti.vdt%a t.nctuded the .ussum o6 ptcovdding tan-
,%tatty sewetcage 6aciiitiu 'otz Fountainhead and HaZ6way, coopeAati.ve p&nn.ing with the State
Pbac% Comm-itt,.ton .in determining a tcegionaety bene6ici a,Ugnment o6 Inteutatets 70 and 81,
ptcepanati.on o6 the Count ',s 6iA6t; p.tan of-ement (Highway Paan) and the ptcepatcatton o6 .6ubdidivision
tceguZati.om in tLesponse to an .incAeasing tce/sidenfiia.t gtcowfih. )cote in unincoxpoxated potti.o" o6 the County.
IN
The Board o� County Comm-izzione z adopted a Subdivision Ondi.nance in 1964. Pon 6eveAa.P.
yeau 6o.Zeow.i.ng its adoption, subdivision teview was the pXinctpaZ activity ob the Commission.
No ju,ZP. time ptobju,sionae ptanneAz were avai abZe to the Comm.i66.i.on; an Executive SecAetaty and
the County Engineet ptov.ided administtation o6 the ptocess.
In 1966, the Potomac Basin Ptanning Commis6.ion was .insttumentat .in ptov.iding d Rection
to the 6 utuhe o6 County p.eann i.ng .
The Potomac Basin Planning RepoAt to the Board ob County Commizsioneu which consisted
of suggested otgan%zationaZ, ptocedmat, 6undi.ng and opeAzti.onaQ, te6otm o6 the County pea.nni.rrg
process, was adopted and initiated many o6 the Ptann,ing Commis.ion's 6ubsequent actions.
In 1967, the County hired its 6iAzt pto6ess.ionat ptannen and sought Department of
Housing and Urban Devetopment "701" funds bot comptehens.ive ptanni.ng ass.tstance. P.inaZ-y, compte-
hens.ive p.ea.nning was under. way in the County. A consuetant was retained to ptepate The Ptan Pon
The County .in cooperation with the County PtanneA. The membeukip of the Comm.usstion was expanded
6tom Give to seven memben6 .in otdelc to be mote teptesentat.ive o6 the broad specttum o� .inte)Luts.
P&n ptepatation continued bot sevetae yeah6 and in 1970 The P,ean Pot The County and new subdi-
vi,sion tegu&t.Lons weAe adopted by the Board oS County Commiz.6ioneh6. The P.Qan's etement6 include
Land use and h,ighwa.ys .
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At the tame time, a thi&d etement o6 the p.ea.n had been ptcepated . . . the 6ZUt County -
wade wateA and SeweAa.ge Ptan, deveeoped by a con6uPtant ion the Washington County Sanitaty
Diztt ict Comm,usz ion, and 6ub,6equent2y adopted.
Wo,tk began on Zand use contAoa and in Aphit, 1973, the Washington County Zoning Ox-
dinance was adopted and is tstiU in e44ect.
The Zeve.L of activity ob the Ptan.n.ing Commission dwLing the 1970'ts has inctteased dtca-
maticaUy with the admin,Ustt ation o j .land use co nttcotz , pttepatcation o6 wateA and s ewetcag e and
bo.P,i.d waste plan annuat teviz ons, the new 6unction o6 a cteattinghoutse bon 6edeAa.Uy funded
pno 1 ec tts , paxk pZann i.ng, s peciat studies , ttepoA tts , ptco f ect nevisio n and the annuae pttepahat.io n
o' a Capitae Impt ovementz Ptwgtam. Pnepat ati.on 6otc the development o� mafotc ttevizionz to The
Plan Pot The County ate undeAway ass a tcesuit o6 its extttemeZy conceptuae nature, and in many
tapectz, its imptementatc:on impxacticatity.
DuAing 1975, back.gtound studies weAe com'pzeted entitled: Histotcicak Pex6pective.6,
PopuZati,on, The NatutaP. Envi)Lonment, Housing, Economic Base Study, Commuiy'ty 1=ac,teitiez and
Sehvices, Open Space, Pat k,5 and Rectceati.on, Env.ctc.onmentai A ziz : HiUside Devef-opment, and
this study, The Use of Land.
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Development of the Washington County Compttehenzive Han witt be accomp&6hed on a
geogttaphic (P.2ann,ing Sectott) basis dutci.ng 1976.
The Ptanning pttocas in the City o6 Hagetvstown began, not with ptanni.ng, but with the
adoption o6 a Zoning Ottdinance in 1950. A nein ordinance wars adopted .in 1951 and, without 6ig-
wi.6.icant ttevizion, is stc eZ .in e66ec i today. Ptann i.ng in the 19 50'.5 and '60 "s .in Hagetustown wars
potiticaUy unpopueatt and theAeby .i.ne6jecti.ve. A p.P_a.n wars developed, recommended and adopted by
the Hagetztown Ptan.ning Commi.6z.ion in 1965 - '66. Ptann,ing continued only as a 6u.nction o6
otcdinance adm.iniztkation and .intettdepatttmentai coottdination e6AoAt.
Beginning .in the eaAty 1970'ts, City p.eanning pont cvs changed, the P.Qanwing Commizd.ion
wars teactivated., aitizen',s adv.usory gttoups were appointed, pta.nn-ing tsta66 hi ted, a planning con-
tsueatnt retained . . . the p.eanni.ng pxocu,6 wars undeAway .in deve.Eoping the Hageutown Compttehensive
Deve.bopment Ptan. The pt2an was adopted by the Mayon and Counait .in 1975. It's e.Eement6 .include
.land ude, tAanzportation, community 6acLeities, houz.ing, eentnae attea plan and gu,idetinu Gott
continuing ptanwing. The ta.nd u6e and transportation etementts of the pta.n ttetate to u.nincottport-
ated areas adjacent to the mu►tii.c,i.pa,P.ity. The pian sfitceszes the need Cott a .6tttong cenfitcat attea -
a tteg.ionat hub.
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The Washington County muni.ci.paUties o6 Boon�sbotco, Wi.Zi.amtpoxt, Hancock, Fu.nUtown,
Smith6butcg, Ueatc Sptri.ng, Keedysvitte and ShcApt5butcg, ati have adopted Town Comptcehen/sive PZans
duping 1974 - '75 with the a,6t6,Lstant o6 a pea.nn,ing co►vsuZtant tcetain.ed by the County Ptanni.ng
Commi-sts.ion. Two o6 the eight muwicipatitia have adopted Zand use conttoa and othetus ate
co ns.idetring ado pti.o n .
By 1977 it i -s expected that aU Wa6h,ington County jutcisdicti.on.6 wiU have adopted
Comptcehen,6 ive Pta.nts and Za.nd utse contAotz Zu.6 than th) ee yeatus oZd.
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d'Ae 1968 -Wand OWie 9,(udv
The jotPtowing map is the geneAaei,zed nedutt of
the 1968 Land Ude SuAvey. The survey is neconde.d
at a d cage o i I" = 600' ( much greaten detai t than
,shown) and wad accomp.e id hed thhough the review
o$ vaxiou,6 Jonmd ob Washington County mapping,
aeA aL photography, and ji.e,ed dunvey.
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MApYt.AN4
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GENERAL LAND USE
LEGEND AND INDEX _-•u t ! t .'� 1,`��.r ,st,�...-7-�r '� __.,G.. o
s?xr r s
Induslrlal Area pSlole Lands/fly
MReeidential Area S-I Sideling Hill Wildlife Management Area � '
1 qy tti�}p,
Woodlands S-2 Tonoloway State Park ` N i
_Municipal and County-Owned Lands S-3 Indian Springs Wildlife Management ( . s F
!!! /
i A. Town of Hancock-Future Use Unknown S-4 Fort Frederick Park ? L'. I^
,w.
• i3. Townof Hancock-Land Fill 8 Sewage Treatment Plant S-5 Maryland Stale Penal Farm
C. Town of Clear Spring-Watershed
S-6 Greenbrier Stole Pork
u D. Town of Williamsport -Land FIII S-7 Washington Monument Slate Pork
E, City of Hagerslown Water Treatment Plant S-B Galhland Stale Park
F. City of Hagerstown-Land Fill S-9 Trout Hatchery
G: County Land Fill Unnumbered Parcels- Future Watershed Land rte? Prys�l -j y� f' i
'lam !' t1 lyy t
FL City of Hagerstown-Airport
I, City of Hagerstown-Industrial Park ®Federal Government Lands } 7 -
b
L City of Hagerstown Watershed F I Far] Ritchie
r K, City of Hagerstown Watershed F-2 Fort Ritchie Site "B" t RPSBLM •,%' ,.� Y ��J e H'Ai{• r f `y f Y
L, Washington County Sanitary District-Sewage Treatment Plant Site F-3Anlielam Battlefield 9 Cemetery F',j
M Town of Funkstown -Sewage Treatment Plant F-4 Harper's Ferry Nallonal Park
N. Town of Boonebora -Future Use Unknown F-5 C B 0 Canal ( Parallels Polomao River a Y7 k rr
+ P. Town of Boonsboro - Reservoir Site on Maryland Side,) •� 5 Ck R s �,o
J
Q. Town of Boonsboro -Watershed's ]
R, Washington County Sanitary District-Waler Treatment Plant Site �r ]��
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S Town of Smithburg Sewage Treatment Plant A !i ,/
Nolen All land not listed above is primarily agricultural and rural.. s•�/•`�
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Five yewus have eeapsed since the adoption o� The Han Pon The County.
The �oUowing Pta.n Map, wkite having been a wsebue., genenat guide -us
oveA-conceptu.at and in some nespec#-s, unxea i6tic. The concepts oA pxe-
.seAving ag& cuLtunaUy pnoducti.ve Land, o6 containing ine66ic%ent and
co s tt y s ub mban .s pn.aw.- thxough New Co rimun ty and Runat Vittag e encounag e-
ment, o6 e6tabLi.6hing ptotective R.iveA Disthict6, cute not wotii.ng. A
Compxehens.ive Pta.n, must be accompanied by .6y6tematic and corus.ustent
.tmptementati.on poti.cie/s and ptognama.
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COUNTY
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PLAN MAP
LEGEND
■ELEM.
4 scNaoLs�*MIDDLE
NEW COMMUNITIES
RIVER DISTRICTS
1�R
L♦SENIOR
•�- COMMERCIAL CENTER
RECREATIONAL COMMUNITIES
EXISTING TOWNS
RECREATIONAL (TOURIST-
GROWTH AREAS
COMMERCIAU COMMUNITIES
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INDUSTRIAL RESERVE
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COLLEGE COMMUNITY
�,- CAMPUS FACILITIES #(
VILLAGE
AGRICULTURAL PRESERVES
PROPOSED IMPOUNDMENT
MAJOR PUBLIC BI INSTITUTIONAL
WET LANDS
EXISTING
PROPOSED EXPANSION
HIGHWAY INTERCHANGE
CORRIDORS
FOOTNOTE: LIGHT GREEN AREAS TO BE DETERMINED IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT GUIDE
MAP ON PLATE 13.
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Yana Wde Wanlivid
Zoning Ordinance
Washington County, Maryland
SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE
WASHINGTON COUNTY
MARYLAND
1970
Mand 'Me WonhoI4
The W"hington County Zoning Otrdi.nance, adopted in 1972, in accotcd with Anti.aee 668
of the Annotated Code of Ma&ytand, i6 netati,.veey typdca.e tocae ,eared u6e conttcote teg.cstation
to Marcytand, though it has some unique cha&ac ien Usti cz .
In a 6 ynop6i.6, the pwcpos es o f the Ondi.nance ate:
- to protect and promote the hea th, zajety and geneAae weejane
- to heep guide Sutu,%e growth, and devetopment
- to 6acititate the adequate p&ov.ust on of pubti.c .i.mpnovement6
- to in.6 u&e adequate tight, a,it and pre i.vacy
- to prevent conge6ti.on, ovactcowding and undue concentration of poputa.,i.on
- to ptces etcve agn,i c.utttvwt ta.nd
- to ptcov tale a guide bon economic activity ty and the e6 j i.c ient pnovizion o f
putt i.c bac.c Zitiez and .6exv.ices
The Zoning OAdi.nance dLsttr is t6 provide jon .the wide range of Land u.6" jon which
there .cis a demand:
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CONSERVATION
The "C" Consenvati.on Dizt.i.ct is genenaUy i m.cted to areas o6 steep stope, the
Pteasant VaUey and mountainous and some 6a mtand areas in the westetcn poxti.on ob the County
which compAisez 310 of the County's .hand area. It pehmit6 nesidentia2 uses at a maximum den -
,s ty o6 .3 un,c t,6/acne and othex uses which ate compati.bZe with, mountainous on izotated tuvcat
envitonments . This d&sttt i.ct 6unctions .ine66ectivety in two ways: 1. Envt onmentaUy
sensitive tands ane not adequately ptLotected in accotLd with the purpose o� the d sttL.ict and,
2. land in the vicinity o6 some kuAaQ. communities is tLestn icted to a 3 acne minimum .hoz size
where the natunat env i)Lonment .iz not a s-i.yniscant wantca.nti.ng 6actotc.
AGRICULTURE
The "A" Agxicut,tutce Dizti,i.ct comptL6es 470 of the .land area in the County on 138,700
actr.e3 . White one o6 the pwnpos es o6 the ftdinance is the ptLes etcvati.an o6 Zands most suitabZe
6otL agtcicuP,tute; and "Agxi.cuttutcaZ PtLaenve" is a pxincipae cLassd.6.ication o� the adopted Land
Use Pta.n, this zoning disttrict permits tcesidentiai development at a density o6 l unit/acne
tivwughout the distA i.ct otl 2 units /acne, w/putt i.c uti. iez .in addition to permitting agtui cut-
tutLat and associated uses. Much o6 the subdivision and tcesidenti.aE development activity .in the
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The "A" Agni.cuttuAaf- zoning disti.ct has been pnescxibed 6ot most o6 the .ea.nd area
o6 wabh.-ngton County. The D.ust4i.ct, peAm t ing tesidenti.at devetopment at a den-6ity o6 one unit
pen acAe, is not ne�sponsive to tke physicat poten iaez and t.imi ati;on/s o6 widety van.ying .Pa.nd
6otm, orL pubti.c 6aciZitie/s ayatems, non .us it an e6jecti.ve ta.nd u,6e toot with which to guide
g,-Lowth and development.
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County .us incnea6ingty taxiing place within this di6ti.ct. In addition, mobcte home patkz cute
peAmitted within the "A" DistA i.ct at a density o j nine units pen acne, .6ub j ec t to the ava i &-
bit ty o6 arateA and s ewenag e $ac tit i.ets .
RESIDENTIAL
The "RR" Raidenti.ae, RuAae D.ustA,i.ct inctudets mote than 6,500 acAets oA 2.20 ob the
County',s .land att.ea. S.i,ngte-6amity tetsidentiat udels ane peAm.itted at a maximum devus.cty of two
un c t6 pen acne. Ptt inci.patt y, the "RR" D bstt i.ctts ate Located in on nea& exi6ting .how density
tutcaQ towns and viitages and provide bot modeAate growth at the pnetsc&ibed density (i.e.
H.Lgh6ie.2d-Cats code, Maugavus v,c tee, Cavetown, LeiteAz buAg, etc.) . ThZ6 d i sttict inatudu mote
land atea than aU otheA "tt.e.6ident.iat" d. 6tt-Lctts combined.
The "RS" Resident cV-, SubuAban Diztkict compttisets 3,400 actu of 1.2% o6 the County'.s
.hand area. Most o6 the .eand witkin th.its cPusi6icati,on is in the zubmban Hagetustown anea and
comizt6 of tetati,vety new Zocatti.ons o6 cnA,i.doA development. S,i,ngZe-6amiZy tuidentiaZ insets
aAe pu unfitted at a maximum density o6 6ouA un,itt5 pelt, acne, again, subject to utit.ity avai abi ty.
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The "RU" Res.idenfii.ae, Urban D"tni.ct azo te,6titi.cts uses to .s,ingte-jamity types. It
.us ptr i.nci.patty tocated .in the otdetc subuhban coAAi.don neighborhoods along Penaytvan i.a. Avenue,
JejJeAzon Boutevand, Route 40 both east and west, and Virginia. Avenue - Hat6way. Maximum dent ty
peAmitted .us 5.7 uwit,6 pet acte.
Townhouse and apaAtment development -us pt%ovided jon in the "RM" Res.identiae, Mutti.-
Family DiztAi.ct at a maximum density o6 20 units peh ache. Development at the maximum density
.cam uv%Q, kety because o6 height nest icti.ons and 6ite %equitement6. The extent o6 the "RM" D.us-
ttzict tis Zea,6t o6 any o� the nesidenti.at d.i�stn i.cts comptc i 6 ing only .2 % o6 the tand area on
466 ache. Five situ in the County ane zoned in th. manneA, three ob which wehe pneviourty
devei,oped on axe developing. Site Ptan review and appuvat pnocua have necentty been adopted
ass a tev-i�sion to the Ot d finance bon this d bstn ict.
The "PR" P.eanned Ra identi.at DiztAict is da gned to provide 4on a wide range o4 mixed
housing type at vanytng denziti.e 6tcom 6 ive units pet% ache up to th ihty-eight uvut6 pec ache
and include ptwvizionls 6otc sma t commeAciat ube within the planned community. The impact ob
this zoning ctas,5.i�icati.on utabLlzhment hays been inzigni6icant. A° 2..ea.nd zoned "PR" ,us un-
devetoped. The district inctudu 1,140 acne at three tocat-io". One in the vicinity o�
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Hageutown Juni.on CoUege pia.nned "New Community", one on both sides of U. S. Rowe 40 east,
and one ea6t of Fountainhead. Rest i.cti.ve pxovizionts o6 the Gtcdinance and the unava- tabit,i ty
o6 watetc and zewehage 6acctitiez have joxesta22ed development pta.ws in tsevenaP. instances .
HIGHWAY INTERCHANGE
The "HI" Highway InteAchange D.usthict was estabtished as an .intehim measure a3 a
tcesutt o6 deveZopment potentiat occasioned by the toc.afiion of seventeen Intestate highway
intenchanges most o6 which ate cP.ozeey tcetaied to the HageAztown area. The Diztni.ct pxov.i.des
6otc a wide range o6 commenccat, .indutsttr i.ae and tces.idenrtiat utsez, and white site pZa.n. appttovak.
.in accot d with peA6otcmance standands ate &equ ted, thexe ate no &e6tt cti.ve density, height on
intensity o f use Z rm:tatZonz ptcov.ided 6otc by otcdinance. It is within this Distkict that majo&
deveeopmentis o6 t?-g.Zonat beaAi.ng and .impact have begun to emeAge: a tceg.conat commenci.at matt,
Zatge-scat-e mobile home pa&k, ttcucking 6acct tia, .indutstkiat paAhz, etc.
The Di/stAi.ct comptc i segs 11,200 acres o f 3.8% ob the .band area, most o f which is tocated
in Ptanni,ng Sector I to the west and Mouth o6 Hagelrstown. The Dizttri.ct &equiAez tsub6tant,iat
.i,n6otrmati.on .in otcdetc to both ptcov,i,de Jots continued economic deve.2opment potenti,aQ, and tsenve as an
ej6ecti.ve guide jon growth and development in the County.
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L
L
LBUSINESS:
L
The "BL" Businas, Local. Dust i.ct -cis daigned pAimattity Gott 4ttee-.6tanding commencc.a2
i ,S tets and in Washington County cute geneutty .located wwhene busineisse/s exist aeong .subuttban cott-
L tt.%dotus and in a bcatteAed ttuhat patteAn. The Ptan Eott The County (speciscatty tAe ta.nd use pe.an
Lmap) doa
not pnov.i.de .Locati.anat guidance
jot Suture
commeAciae activity. The totae Land area
zoned BLrr
is 550 acnes on .2% o6 the .land
area, uses
ate nutkicted to tight ttetait bu6ine/sh ens
Land site plan appttovaP, pttovisionz atte in e66ec i.
LH
eaviett and tz ttg eA commena%at
uses ane pito vided
Sott in the "BG"
Busine s s , Genenat
D-ustn i.ct which accounts Son ont y 436 acAe/s compttsing .14%
os the Za.nd
attea. Locations ane dLs-
pe zed in the Hag etLstown s ubuAban a tea.
The "PB" Ptanned Businetss D-ustnict has been ines6ectuae. It is designed ass a con -
,sot i.dated shopping centeA di sttci,ct but existing "PB" zoned ane .Located whetce shopping centetus
existed on were designed ptuon to the adoption o6 the OnuUnance. "PB" Distttict zoning hats not
been sought since the adoption o6 the Ondi.nance po/ssibZy because o6 tte6t icti.ve devetopment
L timing mechanisms pttovided Son. and ZZs stttuctutai design iStandatd,6 in the "BG" Di�st ict.
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INDUSTRY
The Indudttc,iat, M.inexat "IM" Disttcict .us de,6igned to accomodate xeaouxce xecovexy
and a6,socucted opeAati.ons. The thtcee ma1ox xe6ouxca ob the County's sub.6txata axe timestone,
.shale and siti.ca sand. "IM" D"ttc ict6 exist at Secuxity, Benevo.ea, P.ine�sbuxg, and Tonotowa.y
Ridge and inc tu.de 5,164 acAe,6 ob 1.75% ob the County'.6tand area. Disttc i.cfii.ng .cis .in accoxd
with exizting use and/ox ownetush,ip with the exception that quaAAie.6 at GIiUi.am6po)tt and the
Route 66 inteAchange in addition to zubatantia.t coxponate ownetwhip ob tand .intended box minexa.t
xecoveny between Boonisboxo and KeedydviUe axe zoned "A" Agxicuttuxe .in which minexat xecovexy
.us pehmitted.
Recently the "IM" D.ustn,i.ct Section ob the Uxd.i.nance wa6 amended to .inctude xequiAe-
mentis box qua.,tc.y site xec2amati.on/xestoxati.on and site pZan appxova,t.
The "IG" IndtL6tni,ae, GenekzV- Dizt;-L ct pxov.ides box the bxoadut xange ob .indurtAiat
activities .including heavy manubactuA.ing indu5txy, waxehouzing, txucking opexati.oa and xesea&ch
and deve,topment. '►IG'► Dbsttcict6 axe scatteAed .in Ptann.ing Sectox I and neat municipatiti.es in
otu.tytng axeats ob the County. The DZ6ttict i,6 .6ub1ect to petcboxmance contAoa and .6 to plan
appxovat and compAi6es oveA 2,000 acxe,6 ox .7% ob the land area.
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Mone netstAi.cti.ve .in the natutLe o.b industAi.ae uses and petcboAmance contAoa .ct, the
Industtciae, RetstAicted "IR" D.ustAict which accou.nt6 bon onty 124 actce�s; levet aZ smaU sites in
the Hagetustown area and one neat Smithsbung. Itis pnopoAtion to Land area .v, in6igwi6ieant.
The Di.6t i.ct Z6 designed bon tight pnocezzing and aszembty Fund,, ob businezz.
The "PI" Ptanned Industtui.ae DistAict -us daigned to accomodate and eneouAage toAge
planned indu6ttiae pa&k6 . Thetce ate now oveA 1,000 aetcets within th" D,c st ict which hat, been
ebbec ive in helping to attAact new indu6tAy to the County. The PI D.ustAi.etts ane toeated
genetcaUy in the I-81 cmAi.dott.
The "HP" H.ustoxic PneseAvati,on DiztAict is a concept unique to Welste&n Manyeand.
It is designed to ",5a6egua,, d the hetu Cage ob the County by pne/sexvin.g d,ivstltictts which ne6teet
eeementz ob tins euttutuae, sociol, economic and potiticat on at chiteetuut hi-6tony." Cu4Aentey,
move than 500 acnes have been -i.nceuded in the "HP" Dizttt.i.ct and the potentia,, bots tax ineentiva
bon ptcets envatio n o4 .5 ttr.uetunets indi a tet a tend towa&d incAea3 eta .in the numb eA o b .6tAuetuAe/s
and the Land area within the D"tAict. The Wa6hington County Histotcic D.usttu:ct Commi.6t6ion .c6
in the pnocezz ob developing guideti.ne/s bon tst uetuma, change within and admini,6tnat.%on ob the
Dil6 t'L i cIt's.
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The "AP" Ai&pw t Dt6tkict is an "oveAtappdng" zoning dist i.ct tocated adjacent to the
Hageutown Aitpoxt onty and was e-stabZished to "pnevent the cAeati.on of uses on stAuctuJces neaA
on adjacent to any commenci.at aihpo)ct which would nezuU .in a hazard to aixctabt operations. The
Zegaeity of such ovextapping zones is questionabZe, apeci.aUy a6 there ane no guideUne.s on
development nestc,%ct%onz pnov.ided by ordinance. Wkite the .intent o4 the Dist4i.ci is wcu=nted,
it nequi,%u nev-cstion to be �unctionat. The Di6tn i,ct comprises 418 acnes.
The ►►P►► Pubti.c Owned Lands DiztAict is stAictly an "owneukip" Distktct. AU pubti.caP.ey
owned Za.nd at the time o� ordinance adoption was .inc.euded .in the D,istkict with the exception ob
Nation,. Pa&k SeAvi ce .eand associated with the CSO Canal Nationae. H-ustoni.c Pa&k, which cs exempt
6nom the tenms og the Oxdinance. TheAe ane no guide Ines on nestorictive pnov,c ions provided and
zoning map amendments have not been made to add newly acquired pub.f i.c lands since ondi.nance
adoption. In 1972 and cw&entey, the DistAict consisted of appnoximatety 20,000 acAes.
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Consistency With The P.Qa.n Pon The County
The Washington County Zoning Ond.inance, .in many ttespects, is incon,6istent with The
Ptan Pott The County.
The most gtati.ing inconsi.6tency i6 agtu.cuUuttae ptteseAvati,on. The land use pea.n ceas-
s.ii.ies much o6 the Hag etustown Va-.ley as an "Agtui.cuetuttae Ptte/settve" . Land' use con tAoa Jots
agtu.cuttiutae pttuettvation wette not adopted as th.e oAtd.inance petrmi s, thttoughout the pea.nned attea.,
tte.6identi.ae subdivision at a density o� l U/A. AgtiudtuAai Land ptuices have Ayttacheted in the
last � ive yeatus . , To what extent "A" DistA i.c t zoning has a6 jected t'h iz .inctteas e is unknown. In
any event, the deveecpment potentiat and pt oceduAez /ott such tands have been "de6.ined" and may
have an adv e us e impact on the pttev.wus.ey exc2us.iv e agx i.cu tjAat use o{ the ta.nd .
In ottdeA to e66ecti.veey guide gtwwth and deveeopment to Zocati.ons which would ttesuP,t
.in m.inimat envitonmentae impact and gtteate.,st e66ici.ency in the pttov-it,.ion ob pubtic bac, titia and
settv.icu, the Ptan pwttpot ted the concepts o{ new communities and ttu&ae vittages. Impetmentation
measuttes (pot -icier, pnogttams, action pZans) weAe not deveeoped as patct o� this Zoning Ond.inance
and have been substantiaUy exctu.ded 6,tom the Cap-itae Imptwvement PttogAtam since plan adoption.
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These conceptis, in the Jew shoni yeau z nce p.ea.n adoption have Sateen by the waya.c.de
and a zubutban and nunat .s pnawt ed, ine66ic i.ent devetopment tAend continues.
The RiveA D,ustticts daignated by the pea.n ate neZated by Cndinance on.Ey tktough 6tood-
ptain protection provisions. Dezignated "ghowth anea6" of the pta.n have not been 6ottowed by
imptementation meuune,s.
The Jew dL6 ceAnabte e6 jon is to implement the Ptan Map have been the nes eAvati.on o b
Land ctcrssi6ied industAiat pne6e/,cve and capi #',ae. improvement pnogAamming and zoning ctaszijicationa
necuzany to begin New Community concept imptementation in the vicinity o6 Hageutown Juni.on
Cotiege.
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The Washington County Subdivi6ion Ordinance was adopted in 1970 and has undergone
amendment6 in 1971 and 1973.
The purpose of the otcdina.nce ,is basica -y to provide �ot the onde ty cvv=gement ob
new .ea.nd deveeopment, to reduce county expend.itwces, to ptovide bot adequate sttceetz and storm
drainage systems, to provide licit ,a e equ.i tabte dustAi.bution o6 casts and bene6-i tis o6 pubtic wo&k6
and 6acc,2it.%es and to promote the hea,eth, safety and genetc.at wet6ate o6 the present and 6ututce
poputati.on o6 Washington County.
The ordinance a6sut u adequate daign o� nav development in terms o� function and
safety and provides guanawteez that necessary pubt is 6ac i P.i ties (i.e. sttceet-6 and storm dncun.-
age 6aci iti.es) atce provided.
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Readenlial genday
Pnovided Fan In Land Uze Cont oa
Zoning D.ustAi.ct
Den,6 ty Pexm,i tted
(Uwit6 Pen Acne)
C
Cores enva tion
.3
U/Ac.
A
AghucuttuAe
1
U/Ac.
w/UtLe ities
2
U/Ac.
w/Utititiez
9
U/Ac.
Mob cte Home
PaAhz
RR
Residenti.ae., Runat
2
U/Ac.
RS
Residentiae, Suburban
4
U/Ac.
RU
Ruident%at, Urban
5.7
U/Ac.
RM
Residenti.ae., Muth.-Fam ty
20
U/Ac.
PR
P.eanned Residenti.at
5
U/Ac.
Minimum
38.4
U/Ac.
Maximum
HI
Highway I r►teAchang e
No Density
C
Lim,i tat i.on
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
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17.
18.
WASHINGTON COUNTY ZONING
(ADOPTED 1972)
ZONING
CUmehvation
AgAicut tune
Reizdenti.ae, Run.aE
Residenti.at, Suburban
Ruiden iat, Urban
Raidenti.a2, Mutt i.- Finait y
Buzinuz, Locae
Bu6inuz, Genera.
A,iApatc t
Indu�t,ci,at, Rutticted
Indu6ti i.at, GeneAae
Indwst,t at, Mi.ne�cae.
Ptanned, Re sidenti.a e.
Ptanned, Bu.6ine�ss
Ptanned, I ndu.6tv:at
Highway Interchange
Hi,stasc.i_c Preservation
Pubt i.c Owned Land,6
County Munici.paLLtLez
Hagetustawn
ACREAGE PERCENT OF LAND
AREA ZONED
92,838
31.35
138,773
46.80
6,629
2.20
3,441
1.20
2,422
.80
466
.20
554
.20
436
.14
418
.16
124
.04
2,044
.70
5,164
1.75
1,139
.40
181
.06
880
.30
11,188
3.80
477
.20
19,981
6.80
2,927
1.00
5,508
1.90
gAe t1palle2" d/ yard Wde
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The pattelcn. ob .ea.nd use .in Washington County was inn uenced .in .ct'a ean.Ue,6t deveZopmemi
ptuincipaUy by natutLat phy4 icae chatcactekisticts. The agtui.cu,ttuAat impotrtance, ob the vatteys and
the development ob towns and viUages tetiant on the ta.nd, the tuiveUus and cAeeks; the d.ibb.icu ty
ob ttc,a.vetus.ing the mountains; the Nati.onat Pike and basun accesb tcaad6 att a.igntib.icantty .inituenced
the patteAn ob eaAty gnowth, and devetopment.
Rad,i.ae tcoads and highways devetoped and with the automobile new acces.s.ib.c,P.ity, growth
and deve.P..opment began ztowty to move away btcom the centeA ob Hageutown, bottou;ing ce.oseZy the
AadiaQ patteAn ob highwayts. P.vust, the Pnedetick Stn.eet coAAidon between Hageutown and Punk.6-
town, and the ViAg.in.i.a Avenue cotuuidotc between Hagetustown and GliU-iamspotut Deve-opment began
to occutc along Jebbetuson Bou2evoAd to the east, Penvusytvani.a. Avenue to the nottth, and Route 40
we.6t. The duatizatc.on ob U. S. Route 40 to the east .spat ked coA&i.dotc commetcciai and &estidenti.aZ
development. Road -bunting &eus.identi..at devee.opment occukAed along the Sha&ptsbutcg Pike south ob
the city and most &ecentEy, mixed use devetopment along some ob the m.inon tcadi.ai,6 .in the Hagetus-
town atcea. This pattexcn ob Aadlat gtu7wth has been .in6tuenced and, to .some extent, guided by
na Ztoad atignmentd and indurttuiat activity ceozety associated with the Aa.L oads. This .inbZu-
ence is mobt evident in the patteAn ob tand deveeopment .in noAt west Hagetustown (Penn CentAat),
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The Rouse 40 (Duuae. Highway) coAAi_don .cooking southeast. Gkowth continues to jottow
the covUdon pattelrn on Hageutown'6 pehipheny. By-paming twge tAacta of vacant urban Land
between coAAi_do us, this Land use pattexn xuuttb in the .cnei6.i.aient and costly pnov.ision of
pu.btic jac,c,fities and s eAvice5 .
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Southwat HageA town and Hatiway (Penn Centtcae and we�steAn Manytand), Down,5V,iUe Pike (NottJoZk
and we stetcn) , and Bait Hag etrt5town (B S U) . In th a e oAeas the tca it&oads and ats,so dated .hand
uhe,s have ei thele. �otuned community growth boundatc.ia on have negativety .i.n6Zuenced %esiden iat
gtowth, potent%at, inctceazing the demand 6otc deveY-opabte wand in the subutcban co,,,A dou .
lite devee.opment o6 the InteAztate high.wayz in W"hington County hath begun to have sign.i.j-
ica.nt in6tuence on the .hand uze pattetcn. . . . the 6ixst tcegdonat commetcci,at maet, the County's
.Qwcgezt mobite home patk, majotc motets, Intetu3tate otiented highway zetcvice bwsinaza, the
InteUtate Industtiat Patch., and ttcucFti.ng/watcehouzing indu�stAia have aU been devee.oped in the
decade 'ottowing Inteutate highway con,5ttucti.on.
The Intnztate .6y.6tem has sigvi: icantty improved both intetcnegionat and in -county acce/s-
TsibnX.i ty. Wltii,te highway acce/s,s conttcot and newly adopted Zand use conttcoU pnoh.i.b.it coAAi.dotc
development in the iotun ptev.ioutsZy expeAi.enced, the imptcoved accasibit ty between nunaZ and
utcban env.itconmentts hat, a numbetc o6 in6Zuencet5 inctudi.ng Ailing /,tmaZ .eand co�st6, and a ttcend
towaAd Zatcge 5caZe tcwuae subdivision devetopment and art oci,ated .P_and /specutation nevetc be6otce
experienced in Wat51,zi.ngton County.
White the ttcend towatcd targe acate ruU deve,eopment .ins beginning to emetcge, much ob the
County hat, ttetained .it',s tcutcaZ chatactetc. RezidentiaR_ growth hat, occu ufted in an unplanned,
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The avaitabitity o6 sewetage tAeat-ment capacity, the capability 6ot cottection
,sy.5tem extensims and the natuAe oj allocationai poticiu jonunutated wiU zigni6icantP-y
inQuence Wa6hineton County',s 6utuAe Zand use patteAn.
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di s pe ts ed, .how denz.r ty pattern. At the same time, the County'.5 t6matt mun.icipatitlez and un in-
co,t- hated vitta.ge�s have abzonbed a vexy 4maU ptwponti.on o6 nunae tres.identiat gtwwth.
The pattern o6 trezidenti.ae taand use in 1875 and two geneA tions Zaieh, in 1975, cute
hep Lez eiite.d on the 6otPtowing maps. To took ahead two moue generations to 2075 is unquat.i.on-
a.bZy di�6icuZt to perceive. Witt Washington County have maintained some o6 itis nuAat,
ag,ticuLtutat chaha.cter? . . . As indicated by current trends in the use o J t mat .ea.nd, it Witt
nct.
Witt Washington County have used .c is tand ej6icieztty and have p%ovdded a Jutt range
c-,' hcuzing types and costs and at the same time have putected it's natuxctt env.vwnment? . . .
As indicated by cuA&ent trends, .it may weU not.
Today, inituencu on the emerging ta.nd use pattetrn acre diverse and complex and Witt
become move so. The extension ob pubtic water 6acctities, the avaiZab.rPity ob sewerage service,
the -LeZati.onships beveen Land costs and housing needs, pubti.c attitudes towatrd gtrowth, phys.ica2
ci ,stations, new highways . . . etc., aU must be apptwach.ed .in a systematic manner. The section
c*' thiz study entit.ed Land Use Detenminani6, sperm out 6actons bot objective consideration.
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WASH/NGTON COUNTY
LAND USE PA T T ERN
1875
SH/NGTON
COUNTY
L AND USE PA T TERN
Mand Wie gele2minanij
What jac to us ini u.ence the nafiune and extent ob gADwfih and deve.Eopmenfi in. Waahingfion
Count? . . . The gene=t economy, the avaita6.i.P.ity o6 bui ding maiehi,ats, pub.ei.c a titudu
fiowand gnowfih., tabors 6once, hou.6ing needs? . . . The 6oUowi.ng Wt o6 tand use defienminant6 L6
an attempt to cons i.den aU o6 such in6tuences . A compnehenzive pean and the pea.nning puceas
can diAecty a66ect these 6actou . . . interurneeationahipa ane impo&tant..
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LAND USE DETERMINANTS
GENERAL LAND USE DETERMINANTS
- Industt iat and Commenccae - Iwst tutionat EmpZoyment Base
-- Urban - Suburban - Runat - Remote Envi,%onment BaZa.nce
- Land We Pattern
- Convenience and ava i Zab- City o6 paths and open space, a chooZ6 and cut twwt baci,Uti u
- Re,ea do ns 6r i.p4 between nez identiat ups ens and ma f on tka.n s poor to do n coAA i.dofus , s t, ip com-
mehci.at deve.eopment, heavy indwsttciat uses.
- Impact o6 nest.denti.aiiy .incompatibte Land w6a - .i.e. quwftying, high-vot?.tage eeectAi.c
power diz ttr ib ut i,o n tines, 9 unk yards , oven- commeAcc,a.W m, high usage Aa Ltoad t ines ,
atcew o6 intense no.ice.
- AgAicuttuAai production
- Detexionati.on o� exerting nei.ghbonhoods - housing, pub.ei.c space and otheA ztAuctuAu.
- Convenience, avaitab-iX ty and costs 66 goodh and seAv.ice�s.
- Res identiae. den.6ities and housing type mix.
- Community amenity - tAees, shrubs, ticeatment o6 pubii.c spaces, pedestki.an bac Zities,
urban design, open space, bikeways, safety 6aciou, p.ea.ygnound,6, tevet o� mass tta"it
s eh.v-ice, adequacy o� paA ing 6aciti is , etc.
- Pelc pe tuat, committed tand ws ens , i.e. eemeteA iu , pvunanent paAkts and open is pacez ,
majoA highway coAAidotus, estabtished, stabte ne.ignboAhoods and communit%es.. peApetuat
eaz ements (,scenic, agtui.cu.etuAat) , ai&potrt bacct ty, quaAA i.es not subject to Aeceamation
tcequiAementis, .speei.at phys.icat 6eatuAe.6 where deve.2opment " pAoh.ib.cted, chuAchu
- Convenience and accests.ibiity to emptoyment eenteu.
- HistoAic, eu?tut at, atcchi tectuAat community/.ind.ividuat vatua .
- Impact of majoA goveAnment insZaUati.ons .
PHYSICAL -ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS
- SZope; No development on .6topa .in excas o� 250, devetopment t.i nitation3 on stope-s .in
excess o J 15%; As a JaetoA .in .indwsx}..iaZ p.ea.nt siting and density o6 )Luide nti.a2
development; As a baetotc in agt icuttwLat capabi ity.
- Soil Type; Agttieuttivc l capabit ty, 6uitabi.P_ity botz aseptic .system, toad beaAing capa-
city and tstabiZity, twekinezz, as a JactoA .in deve.Lopment costs - e6jectivenezz 6otc ztAeets,
undengAoand utititiu, eonstAuction o5 �oundat%ons and bu.itd.ingt6.
- FZoodpZaint6; Development of pe-tma.nent zttuctuAe ptcohi.b-ited, in6Zuenee on Zoeati.on o6
tw ad,s and s ttc.eet aP ig nments.
- watuisheds; Natu Le o6 zut 6ace and gtoundwatelc hydnotogy and the abit ty ob hydtotog.ie
condit,.onts to accomodate the coveA,ing o6 peAviows zuA6aee, .inneazed vot me of veeociiy
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��te �iydia��,Qic Me
Jaye/ialda¢n 1all(ey in a
AiYA ylioundwalelt &A(e in many
localidna ... a yuidiny land
rcae dele4minanl
o6 statim wateA nunabj; impact o6 devetopment on gtcound and su&6ace wateA quat ty.
- CUmatic DeteAminant6; speci.at ciimatic ttequitcementd ban specia,Uzed agAicuttaxae
ptoduction; tt.eeati.onsh.ip and otrientation o6 .hand to natuwt eeements, .i.e. wind
and )sun (noxth stopee undesita.bte Sot t aidenti.a2 devetopment), vettticat tempett.atutce
vattiati.ons.
- Vegetative DeteAminants; ptesetwatticn vis. densttuccti.on vd. e,6tab.?"hment v6 witdti6e
hab.ctat6, as a bactott..in ttta identiaP. u,6e dezitab.c.P,ity, as a commodity - 6o&e.6t puduct6,
a6 a 6actoh in s o.it tce tent io n, .6pec{.a e. vegetative asps o aiatio nz .
- GeoZog-i.c - Hydtttotogic Detettmtnantt6; ma;ott: Uck outcAopt6, sink-hoZe/s, cave, spttings,
depth to b edtw ck, natutt e o6 b edea ck, z eas o nae, gt o undwateA tab. e etevat i.a n, .,Subzttrata.
a,s a tcecovenabZe tt.eounte (timetone, shate, tsiti.ca sand)
- Speci.at Natt=t Phyt6.ic.ae Eeatu e/s DeteAm nants; Scenic vi6ta�s, mountain v.iew,5 Sum
the vaUey, unusual. geoZogic 6otunati.o", eroded .hand, etc.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS
- Land CoAtz; inAZuence oA mettcopot tan atea popuXation tin-m,igxatian, tevet oS ZocaZ
,income and tspendabYe income, in�Zuence o6 tceg-ionak/nati.onat economy, popuY.attion gtt.owth,
.in6tuence o6 Zand use ptanning and .hand use conttt.oa, .in6tuence o6 utcPity avaiZabiZ ty,
k. e. wateA, 5ewetc, CATV, Gatti) , di,5tance �jtwm t eg.ionak center, .in6&ence o f ztttteet
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con,sttuuction/,s to ptcepahation on tes.identiae .dot coasts, teZationsh.ip between .location
and ga6oZine cort�s, -in6Zuence on tax tate, .in�Zuence o6 existing chatcacteA o6 neighbot-
hood and diAect tcetoti.onsh.ips with incompat%bZe .?lend uses, .in6tuencu o6 phys.icat
Jeatuh.es and devetopmentaQ ZirvLtations o6 Zand, .in6tuencez o� the avaitabitity o6
putt i.c SacZ aa and s eAv.icu (i.e. paxU , s chooa, etc.) , va.eue o6 adjacent and
ne.anby .eand, deed t atAicti.ng condition o6 adjacent and neoAby AtAu.ctuAa, enviton-
mentaZ .in6Zuence�s (i.e. a-iA, wateA, noise po.t2ution impacts), .location in tc tati.on to
ma j otc pubt is 6ac,r fit ie/s (i.e. highway -i.nteAchang ens , a-inpotrt, poweA p lant6 , poAk.6 ,
in,st r tut i.o n/s , etc.) , extent o f tand speculation, coxpoAate/ab-s entee ownuus h.ip,
. . . Location, Location and Location.
- Devetopment and Con.6ttucction Cotsts; -cn6Zuencu of Land cort6, 6.luctuation o6 mateAial
avaieabit ty and cost3, avaitabit ty o6 and cost3 �otc skitted consttuucti.on .2abotc, .land
uze conttcoa and building code tcequ ument6, site devetopment design nequi&ement3,
(i.e. stvan drainage, utLtitia, .6tAeet6, paAking an.ea.6, amenities, etc.) , quatity
o � mateAiaL and cAa&stmans h.ip, z tatu s o6 motutgag e J.inanaing and heaQth o J J.inanc i.at
.lending in6tituti.on.6, avaiZabit ty o6 and co,5t-competition bum pre-cut, �actoxy-bu<.Qt
moduiatc/mobile ptoducts, .inventotcy .6tatud o6 6.inanciaZ health o6 .beat bui eding/devetop-
meat mateAiae�s 6uppZi.eu (both tures mateAi,aez and manu�aetuAed), phyts,icat site devetopment
Zirni tation.6 (i.e. t6tt Bets, boundationts, etc.) , tax zttuctu>r.e, ptco6 t Zevet .
53
f--
�odsainf coma can ie lig"Oeanlly 4edaced
mAen de4iy~d and conalsaeled at AigAes denaily.
54
55
a �i�inci'ial aee�e�minani`.
Mack
HAGER T W
f.
c
k
6PF9
�f
'% •y
y'Y.'f F �• � t t
f
!i r
Sociae; cWa, occupationat, .income Levet covsai,onsnus, aesthetics, housing type
pnebetcences and biases, bamity size and ti.bestyte p,%ebenence tceZati.ve of Espace &equixe-
mentis and tocati.on, xacZsm - seg&eation, dnb2uence ob pni..vate ctubA and bactUtiez,
need and ptcopens.i.ty to take advantage ob pubti,c baciUti.es and setcv.ices, community and
neighbotchood stigmas and tstyZets, incidence ob mime, tcesustance to change, .levet ob
citizen pa ticipat%on .in the ptann.ing pnocesz, accessibiity to necessary and tuxUAy
goods and services, d.ivetus.cty ob housing types and ne.ighboAkood environment, xeg.con.aP.
cost ob t.iving, zetcv.ice Levet xequ,irements ob zeniotc citizens and tow .income bamif-i.ez,
bamity sttuxctune, speci.ae needs ob handicapped and other speciat bamity needs (i.e.
nei.ghbonhood, Location).
Economic - GeneAat; Famity .income, dependency Aat i.o, bam ty size, poveAty Levet status,
standard ob ti,vinng .indices, unemptoyment trate, vatue ob baAms and bang products 6otd,
value ob manubactuned goods ptcoduced, vatue ob whotesaZe and tcetait ttcade, natute ob
tabor bocce, tabotc botcce paxticipat.ion turte.. Levet ob governmentaP, economic development
enco uAag ement through tax incentives and toes eAvat.io n o6 Rand, extent o6 tout i'6 m and
touAi,sm neiated .industtc.y, extent to which outside (State, Reg.ion.a2, FedeAat) , bunds
are avaitabte and obtained to pt ov.ide in6Aa6ttcuctune nequiAements bon economic devetopment.
56
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• tis y�� - � '�' ,
e ,I: - - -�
f A.R4
- - '� �• y� `�''
F��6.-,..k '}a - _i`F�.. � �1�'Y� _ . • M�,•% _ ` ``
GOVERNMENTAL/POLITICAL DETERMINANTS
- Levet oS geogtaph.ic nepnezentation o6 e,2tected ta.nd use deciz.ion makeAz (1w isd.iction-
wide nepnes en iatio n vs. community/ nag hb onho o d nepnes entat io n )
- Levet o6 expeA tiz e and objectivity o6 decision maheu and adv" oxy expent,%s e avaitab&
both within and outside the govennmentat sttuc lune.
- Natute and extent o6 technicat data and in6mnati.on neadiey avai&bte to decision
makeAz .
- Locat goveument capability and t)tack-necotd Joh secuAi.ng non-tocaZ Jund6-
- Vaeua, attitude, undeutanding and pubtic taponziveness of .indiv.idu.at decision
makeu and bodies o6 deciz.ion maheAz with negand to majors Land use -us.5ue (.i.e. economic
devetopment, agAicuZtwwt pxesenvation, conze)cvati.on o6 natuAaQ env townent, tAa"pot-
dation, env.vwnmentat management o6 wateA, sewerage, .6oti.d waste and stoAm drrainage
.syrstem,s, gnowth policy, community bac Uties and seAv.ice, etc.) .
- Levet, ptepakednUs and quat ty o� citizen participation in the Land u.6e decision-making
pho ce,5 .
- Levei of otgavtizati.on and involvement ob community/neighborhood civic otgan.izati..onz.
- Levet o4 orcgawization, .involvement and expentize among various zpec.iat .intetest grwup,6,
onganiza ionz and .indiv-i.duatz. (i.e. peuonal 6 nanci.ae..intetcets, conpotate/tend.ing
58
institution jinancc.ae .inteAe%t6, genenat .industu,at/commence .inteAe�stis, neat estate
inteAatis, building .industry, m.invLaQ, nezounce tecoveAy .intevst6, Jarcm ongani.za#,ionz,
con6eAvation/env.uconmentat ongan.izations, iabon, h.i�stoAic pnesen.vati.on .inteAe,6t6,
toun,usm, necneationat ce.ubs and organization's, ne ighbonh.00d/community gnoup6 , pno-
jus-i.onaQ. onganizat.%on6, vested intexe,st otgani.zati,ons .in tAanspoAtation, energy and
commun.ication6; zpoxt6mens c2ubs, jonestAy .intene,dts, taxpa.yeu onganization3, tow-
modenate .income housing ,i.ntene�st6, neti.g,iou.5 .intenuta, mini,oxity group -i.ntenestb,
educati.onat .inteAe�stb, speciat cuZtu�cae .intene,sts) .
59
�' . �.,.,� _. _ � ��,�, .� » .�; `>' as ?a •�
�_ � i - � �K4FR•-
- �-
Y and Olde 'e-dclivily and wAange
The joMw.ing graph nepne6ent6 the recent histotuy of the subdivision ob tand and
buied.ing activity .in Washington County:
Washington County cons.u6t6 of 295,680 acnes of Land.
- 26% on 121, 200 acnes ob our tand atcea is phys.icatty uwsu.i tabZe bon
deveeopment because ob ti,mitati.ons o6 btoodptai.ns, exce/ss.iveZy
steep .6Zopes, eAoded tand and othetc natunat 6eatute6.
- 12% o& 35,500 acne6 ane cuAAentty used nesidentiaUy, commencc.atey,
-i.ndudttia°2y and jot government instaUCAti.ons.
- The use o6 .eand box new ne6.identi.at punposeb is averaging 1643 acAe6 every
yeah, on 3% o6 the Iota e tand atcea every 6.ive yeaAs .
- I j the tate o b using tand bon A.e s identi.a.e. purposes .in the past b.iv e
years continues . . . within vivo genet ation6 aEe devetopabte tand
in Washington County wilt have been subdivided jot ne6.identiae puapose6.
The County would be chanactehized by mountain to mountain subunban,ization.
- As the Ate o6 growth and the size ob tceis.identiat tots continue to grow
and as gt owth decenttat izes;
1. Agtui.cuttuna.- use and pxoductiv.c ty decline
2. The coat to taxpayers jots community bac cines
and s eAvices incneas e dhamat icatky and taxes .incAeats e
3. Toutism .induistAy capab.i.2itie6 decline
4. Ttcayspottati.on costs increase
5. Fuel and energy costs .incnea6e
. . . The Casts of SpAzwt . . .
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Planning Sector I - Metro Hagerstown
r__________ -----------
--------------- -----
�3
■ I F
FJ
Zoning Districts
C
Conservation
A
Agriculture
RR
Residential, Rural
RS
Residential, Surburban
RU
Residential, Urban
RM
Residential, Multi -Family
OL
Business Local
BG
Business General
AP
Airport
I R
Industrial , Restricted
I G
Industrial, General
M
Industrial, Mineral
PR
Planned Residential
PB
Planned Business
PI
Planned Industrial
HI
Highway Interchange
HP
Historic Preservation
P
Public Owned Lands
LEGEND
FloorpinIns
I �oLJ
P
H ly 1\ II ',-' -�`y� A /./'/ % A
Ia
JJ
4 -_u, m .. ' .� •.._ ...-..... I I I a��\ Rs / 9 .0 J i\�' i., r . r• ps"
aw
�._
k / / `��
I �19
r A
'4 PIR
' \
Lq
_ \
S1 1
RR❑o- 1``hs /.___, Ru, �. f RM
I G A�
, K
/ J ti
,
v �7
0.5 \\ L/ -'j 1 I- j`RR 1
Y / i a� SUly{Ai1pN/
! q /
H I /
PR
A /! /\ DO �i / i'U '�-./ RU
/ rR - /1 \acs\\ . L ; vR \\ jn ✓
I \ L 1
.\ 1RU
P \ /• IG �_�. F.4 .\I PI R.
/ I RS .\ i_J RU / �RM \� 1\ ., -' R5 %
s' A R \ IR/S / / 1 �\
..®./// IM �. 1 �\
7 \fG P i \\ `� \ PR
n _ \ I
i
% IG / RS I 1 -q / i - / / Ho
`.J/�M RR
>`y
P l
p
/
P1 / 1PI\ o .. I �j A
/
'
!• W /
1 I /
✓_� / -_. �.\ /, IIF}�, ._. /.al
L AND USE
amerciai Residential (High Density)
Schools, Colleges,
'Correcflon � Irtstitutions
2 uii en��ial(Low
and "PR6P0S
er ment Offices
Parks and Recreat �;v ; ,; general
Wooded Areas (25 acres (Federal, State, L®cal ParLkland)
; y�x
T' ��. Private Conservati®n%Recreatoo�al
LandM
SpoiCsman Clubs, Golf Courses, ® Race Tracks, Drag Strips)
/
/
I
/
/
/
/
/
/
Railroads
Transmission Line ---------------
Hospitals
Sanitariums
Nursing Homes r Post Offices 6�
Health Clinics offum Fire alum
Ambulance 1111MM Police
Libraries
Museums
Washington County Planning Commission
Planning Sector I = Metro Hagerstown
L f+ryu uDt
Prime Agricultural
Soils
Washington County Planning Commissiol
XCA-Z9,79i
Slopes In Excess Of 15%
Land Unsuitable For
Septic Systems &
Shallow Soils
Planning Sector I -Metro Hagerstown
ash ington County Planning Commission
Wa.6hington County gnowth and deveeopment i,6
decen tha ei.z.cng . The nu qaZ non- banm popuZa.-
tion i, incAe"ing tapidZy white the urban
popu&tion is dechea6ing a,6 a pnopontt.6n o6
the total. EnviAonmentatty and economics Zy,
Washington County cannot abjond a continuation
o6 this tAend.
63
Q
URBAN --RURAL
TRENDS
URBAN
70
RURAL NON-FARM
PERCENT
tna■■pra■u�
aaryarr �
AM■q■
.
50 -
h
OF
I
URBAN
a'h
aay��a
TOTAL
~h•Maaaa�0
I
POPULtT10N
RURAL NON-FARM
1
RURAL FARM
1930 1947 1950 1960
970
N 1RYLAP D Mmn WASHINGTON
CnU17 /
CHART V-1
Q
0�
tna■■pra■u�
aaryarr �
AM■q■
.
h
I
a'h
aay��a
Y
~h•Maaaa�0
I
65
Wazkungton, Fnednic-k and FnanFz.e n
Countim ane gn.owing at 'Simitan nates .
In -migration, both {)Lom the me ttopoZi-
ta.n anetz and AppaZack, a . . . the
tunai envitLonmevit, cheapen hocusting,
and jobs ane, nLupectivety, the atttcac-
tio)ih to tke n.egion.
l
l
1
1
120
t
h 100
O
u 80
S
a 60
n
d 40
POPULATION TRENDS
bordering counties
WASHINGTON
FRANKLIN
FREDERICK
ALLEGANY
BERKELCY
JEFFFRSON
FULTON
MORGAN
1910 193L 1950 1970
CHART IV -1
Commen.ciat confit uct on boomed with the
advent o� the County',s �V t n.egdonaP.
commelcc i.at bac i� . . . the VaUey Ma,2,e..
Since, -i t',s manh.e t competi tivene,6,s tis
evident.
67
4
WQmmeicial gevekhmeni
-1965 - 1975
�Q. Wammeicial 6u11aVIIii mewh /
•�a�a� annual I/a/ue &n4huclian
196,5 1966 r _.1967 1968
i'
y�rZ�s�i ral -
1969 s 1970 1971 197p• 1973 11974 197 M
*'Commercial' includes Retail, Wholesale 'S -And
�� Industrial D&velopment.
6 8
COMMERCIAL LAND USES
PLANNING SECTOR I HAGERSTOWN METROPOLITAN
NwnbeA o
EZecti.on Di tAict Gen. £ Locat Bus.
O S.iee £ Banks
Inten6.tve
Hage,mtown E.D.'S 3, 17, 21, 22, 25 1051
18
188
HatSway E. D. 26 152
3
34
Fowtta.inhead E. D. 27 131
3
45
Fwtk6tocun E. D. 10 110
0
37
WiUi.awpo,tct E. D. 2 79
1
21
Cheu6v.i to E. D. 18 40
1
28
Conococheague E. D. 13 34
0
35
Cedant Lawn E. D. 24
0
10
Totaiz-Sectors Without Hagen6.town 570
k
2 00
Tcta.Z6-Sectors Inctuding Hageutown 1621
26
398
PLANNING SECTOR 11
Boonsbo to E. D. 6 55
1
16
Shanp66wtg E. D. 1 13
1
4
T.i.Zg hmanto n E. D. 12 8
0
9
Dowr,zviZZe E. D. 20 5
0
6
Keedy6v.ii e E. D. 19 4
1
1
To.tcLU 85
3
36
PLANNING SECTOR III PLEASANT VALLEY - ELK RIDGE
Etec tion D.i.stiict Gen. £ Loeat Bus.
066ice £ Banka
In.ten6.ive
RohuA4v.iZZe E. D. 8 11
0
5
Sandy Hook E. D. 11 3
0
1
Tota & 14
0
6
PLANNING SECTOR IV SMITHSBURG - RINGGOLD
CaveZown (Smith6bung) E. D. 7 41
1
26
R.i.nggoZd E. D. 14 7
1
4
To.ta.Z6 48
2
30
PLANNING SECTOR V CLEAR SPRING - INDIAN SPRING
CCean Sphi.ng E. D. 4 22
1
8
[it6 on E. D. 23 13
0
6
Inditut Sp4i.ng E. D. 15 7
0
1
To.tatz 42
1
73—
PLANNING SECTOR VI HANCOCK
Hancock E. D. 5 93
2
45
69 Tot i,6 93
2
45
,,vaning !-Iffafi
-1972 — 19755
Or,Lg.inae DistAi.at
New D"t i.ct
AcAeage
Ptanning
Sector
D-ustu.ct
Industc,iae, GeneAae
Buzinesz, GeneAae
G
I
Hat4way
Indust,t.%ae, MineAa.e
Agri.cuP.ture
3.1
I
Cedar Lawn
Agri.cuP.ture
Bu.6inezz, Loco
.4
I
Fountainhead
Co"eAvati,on
Ht6toki.c Pre/seA.
1.8
II
Shotpsburg
Residenti,ae, Urban
BuLinezz, GeneAae
.5
I
Funk�stown
Unzoned
Ruidenti.ae, Suburban
N/A
I
Funkstown
Ruidenti.ae, Suburban
Buy inuz, Genehae
1.2
I
Fountainhead
Ag,ti.cuQ,tuAe
Raidentiae, Rurat
91
I
Hat4way
Conti e vaf ion
Agr icuZtuAe
83
II
BeaveA Creek
Pubti.c
Agtr icut tuAe
.7
I I
BeaveA Creek
Industtu.at, Genvwl
Res.ident,i. , Rur.aP.
1.4
I
GJitt amsport
IndustAiae, Genes.
B" inesz, GeneAae
1.9
1
Hat4way
Buzinesz, Locat
Bu inezz, GeneAat
10.5
1
Fountainhead
Co"eAvati.on
Historic Ptum
1.9
11
ShaAp.Sburg
Agr.icuttuAe
Hiztor.ic PreseA.
30.5
III
ShaAp,6buAg
Rm ident-iae, Ruse
Buz inaz , Lo cat
8
IV
Ringg otd
AgticuituAe
Indu6tr.iat, M,i.neAae
10
V
Gitzon
Bu,6ines,s, Locae
Ra identi.ae, Suburban
1.6
I
LeiteubuAg
Highway I wteA chang e
Ptan.ned I ndu s tt i.a e
128
I
wiZUams pots i
Agtc,i.cueture
Buzinesz, GeneAae.
21.9
I
Fountainhead
Highway InteAchange
Buzinuz, Genekat
47
1
Hat4way
Highway Interchange
Re�s.iden iat, M -F
42
I
Hat4way
Agr icuttuAe
Hiztor i,c Pta m
4.3
I
LeiteubuAg
Re sident.iat, Suburban
Buy inaz , GeneAae
6.2
1
Funk stown
* Through RZ-90
70
71
Composite on Zon.ina Map Reclasz.i6.ication6
1972 - 1975
"C"
Con6en.vation
- 86.7 ache6
13 ea6e6)
"A"-
Ager icue tune
- 71.3 acAe6
(8 cae e6 )
"RR"
Res identiae, Rusk
+ 84.4 acAe.6
(4 cab es )
"RS"
Re siden ti.at, Suburban + 1.0 aCAeh
(4 ca6 e,6)
"RU"
Re6.identi.ae, Urban
- .5 acrea
(1 ca6e)
"RMII
Re6.identiat, P1 -F
+ 42 acres
(1 ease)
"PR"
P.Panned Re6.identiat
no change
.20
"HP"
H.us.ton i.e Pres eA.
+ 38.5 ac4e6
(4 ecus e6 }
"$L"
Bu6.ine66, Locat
- 3.7 acres
(4 ca6e.6)
"BG"
Bu6.ine66; Genes.
+ 95.2 aclte6
(8 ca6e6)
"PB"
Ptanned Bu6.ine,66
no change
P.i o_nned, Rm ideNt, a
"HI"
Highway Intenehange
-215 acres
(2 cabe6)
"IR"
IndustAi.at Relit,, icted no change
1,008
"IG"
Indu64)ii.at Genese.
- 9.3 acres
(3 ca6e6 )
"IM"
Indu6tti.at Mines.
+ 6.9 acres
(3 =e.6)
"PT"
Ptan.ned Indu6tki.at
+128 acxe.6
(] case)
*Adoption Through RZ-90
Hag ens town
5, 50 8
Zoning C.Za6zi6ieatio"-Land Area
1975
Totai
o6 County
Zoning V.c tk i.et
Aeneag e 1975
Land Area
Conservation
92,751
31.3
Agn icue tuAe
738,702
46.8
Re6.identi.ae, Rush
6,713
2.2
Res.identiat, Suburban
3,442
1.20
Residentiat, Urban
2,422
.80
Re,s identiat, Mums-Fam.
508
.20
Bu6ine66, LocaQ
550
.20
Bm ine66, Genese.
531
.14
Aii'cpo%Lt
418
.16
Indust4i.at, Re6t,%i.cted
124
.04
Indurtki.at, Genvut
2,035
.70
Indu6tiu:.at, hfi.nes2
5,171
1.75
P.i o_nned, Rm ideNt, a
1,139
.40
Ptmined, Bus.ine66
181
.06
P..anned, IndubtrLia,2
1,008
.30
H%ghc.,ay Interchange
10,973
3.80
Hi.6toric Preservation
515
.20
Pubtie Owned Land6
19,981
6.8
County Muni.cipaeitie6
2,927
1.0
Hag ens town
5, 50 8
1.9
V
N
ZONING
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
RU
RLI
RU
RU
RU
RR
RR
RR
RR
RR
RS
BL
BL
USE
Con6thucti,on S.toAage
Mu.W-Fcunie.y Residence
Gi6.t and Cand Shop
Genehae Retait
Sehv.ice Garage
GerienaC Stone
S.toIL e
Boat Docks
Boat Dock
Boat Dock
Boat Dock
Boat Dock
Restafftant and BAIL
EEeetAi.c Mo.toA Shor
Cue.tomi.zed Mus icae.
I n6 tlL umen t6
Radio Sa.Ces
Rec)Le.a tion Cen teA
Uphoes.teA.y and An-
tique Shop
Handwa)Le WoAehouse
Cehami.cs Shop
Sod and Landscaping
BuAinms
Auction
Beauty Shop
Mausake.um
Commmci.ae_ Cave. and
Snack Ban.
Mcr e tE- Fami ty Rnidence
CeAana.0 Shop
Convenience Stone
Maeltine and Weeding Shop
EVzA Club
lfanidcna 6.t Shop
Lodge Home
GAoevLy Stone
Cna6t Shop
Atumijtwn Siding Saeee
SpoAti.ng Goods Shop
Memoft i.at Gaxden
Antique Shop
Mus ewn
JeweDty Shop
2wv[)Ly
Sate and Manu6actme
o6 OAnamente
Re6LLse CoUecti.on
Manu6ac.tu)Le o6 So oA
FulLnacez
TiLe S.tonage
Dog Kenne"
Medi.cae Ceinic
Ex.pa -ion Medx.cat Cf-inic
MedicaC 066icm
DentaC Ce,i.ni_c
Home bon GiuL.ts
Antique Shop
Beauty Shop
Te.nni,s Ctub
Beauty Shop
CAa6.t I o tAuctc:on
Antique Shop
TluLek SeAvice Gamge
Newspaper. Pub izhing
1972 - -1975
DESCRIPTION
New StAuctune and Use
New S.tAtictuAe and We
New Stuictun.e and We
New We
Expansion Now ConSonun.ing
Conttinuati.on o6 Use
New S.tnuctme and Me
New We and S.tAuctcuce
New Use and S.tAuctLLlLe
New Use. and Sthuctune
New Use. and S.tnuctme
New Use and St)utctUne
Change and Continuation
Change .in Use
New We and Stn.uetune
Home Occupation
Continuation o6 We
Change .in We
New StAuctu) e and We
New Uee and StAuetvAe
Change .in We
Continuation o6 Use
Home Occupation
New Stn.uctutte and Use
New We and S.tnuctu,c
PA,inei.pat PeAmi tted We
Home Occupation
New We and S.tA uetwi e
New We and StAUCfLuce.
New Use and S.tAuctul• e
Home Occupation
New We aid S.tn(.LctulLe
New Use and S.t�Luctun e
Change in Me
Expansion Non-Con6minin
Home Occupation
New Use and S.tnuctuAe
Home Occupation
Addition and Change in
Home Occupation
Expan.s.ion o6 Use
New Ub e
Expansion o6 Use
Change in Me
Me
06 Ube
We
We
Change .in Ube
Repe.acemen,t o6 Ube
New Sttnuct.LLAe and Use
Expansion Non-Con6ontming We
New We and StAuctme
New Use and S.tAuctuAe
New Use. and S.t)LuctuAe
Change in Use
Home Occupation
New S.VtuctLuLe and Use
New - Home Occupation in We
No Speciale Exception Requin.ed
Home Occupation
Change iki Ube
New Stnuetme and Ube
*Appe.at. Denied
Rets.identi.at Buitd.ing
Between 1972 and 1975, 3000 buitding peAmit6 wette ,c6aued .in Wa6h.ington County, exceud.ing
a.0 muni.c ipae tiers . vb this totaf- the vast majoxity have been .located .in P.?.ann.ing Secto us I and II .
In the joust.-yeoA peAi.od s.ingte-jamity home cowstAuct on pnedom.inated - 1652 uni6 on 560
of the totaY.. Mobile home ptacementd totatted 815 oh 28% and townhouse and apahtment con6tnuetion
Zagged behind at just oven. 400 unit.6 on only 15% of the total.
Raident-i.ae. BuiZd.ing PeA itts
(Housing Types)
1972 - 1975
Res.identia2 building penm.it issuance has been consi6tent and doe,6 not ne6&ct the necent
necu.6ionatt.y in6tuences on the national housing maAket.
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Townhouse and apaxbnent conztttu.c#,i.on ha,6 .gagged behind the con,6tkucti.on and
pta.cement ob oth.eh. housing types.
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IncAea6ingty and ineiJici,entf-y, tke ptcoducti,ve, &Utwi envilLonment ehangu �aee ,
We w.iit continue to 6ubu&ban.ize, but, how much tu&cV- .Pa.nd wilt be used in the pnocas?
IncAea6ingty and ineiJici,entf-y, tke ptcoducti,ve, &Utwi envilLonment ehangu �aee ,
We w.iit continue to 6ubu&ban.ize, but, how much tu&cV- .Pa.nd wilt be used in the pnocas?
3die11(anntn,q 99ecicia
Pott. the punpozels of aU peanning acti.vitia, Wazhi_ngton County hays been divided
.into .6.ix Pianwing Sectou. The P.eanning Sectotus ane comptcized ob vatiows, .hong-utabWhed
Etecti.on D.v6t ices Gott which demogttaphic data .vs ttea.dity avaita.bte. The Compttehens.ive Ptan
wilt be devetoped succuts.ivety by Ptann,ing Secto>t.
I HagVL6town Mettopotitan Ntea
II Mid -County
III Ptea�sant Va,P.e.ey - Etk Ridge
IV Sm thzbung - Ringgotd
V Clean S pA i.ng A✓t.ea
VI Hancock A,ttea
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WASHINGTON COUNTY
MARYLAND
PLANNING SECTORS
CLEAR SPRING
4
WILSON
23
CONOCOCHEAGUE FOUNTAIN
13 HEAD/
27
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LAWN
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HA26WAY
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WILLIAMSPORT 1
1
DOWNSVILLE TILGHMANTON
20 12
LEITERSBURG
9
18-2 j
CHEWSVILLE
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and W'4encs��Qt6
1. IncZude6 onchatd6 and 6pecia.Z ag2LcuZtu-ce. ExcZL223 )o entry.
2. Exclude6 non-5� n.e idertiti.a,Z .lots .Zn exeea6 04, 10 aches.
Exc.Zude6 .land he6ddenti.a ty 6ubdi.wided and not . n nu.i,denti.aZ ude.
3. Inc.Zude6 eommenei,a.l ube6 %equ.ixing ZwLge pance" (.i.e., junkyand6, auto nnci..ng, etc.)
4. Allay not .include aU C 6 O CanaZ Nati.ona.Z H-iztonicn.Z Panh acqui.6-itionz.
SOURCES, 1968 Land Use S wtvey
1975 Land Ube Survey
Subdiv.izion, BuiZding Permit
and Land Thaw wen Reeond6 .
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CONSERVATION
PLANNING SECTOR
ACREAGE
AGRICULTURE
RESIDENTIAL
INDUSTRIAL
COWfERCIAL
INSTITUTIONAL
PUBLIC/GOVT.
RECREATION
NO LLSE
1.
2.
3.
4.
VACANT
I Hagerstown -Me )Lo-
701595
54,000 Acy
7,100 Ac,
1,700 Ac.
1,500 Ac.(
900 Ac.
750 Ac.
925 Ac
3,700 Ac
pozitan
76.5%- l
10%
2.4%
2.2%
1 1.3%
.8%
1.3%
4%
11 AZd-County
75,589
54,700
5,803
> 300
450
840
4,500
1,250
7,500
72.3%
7.7%
.4%
.6%
1.1%
6%
1.7%
9.9%
III PZea,6a,,t VaZZey
23,889
13,280
1,525
0
23
I 18
1,500
1,300
6,330
E.Z. Ridge
55.6%
6.4%
0%
> .1%
> .1%
I
6.3%
5.4%
26.50.
IV Sr -'i&! bLvLg
21,864
13,200
2,344
70
100
150
500
705
4,800
Ri,iggcZd
60.4%
10.7%
.3%
.5%
.7%
2.3%
3.2%
21.9%
V C.Zea.'c Sptiq
64,637
38,400
2,909
100
601
90
2,300
9,650
4,580
1 ndi.ar. SptLiag
59.4%
4.5%
.1%
.9%
.7%
3.6 %
14.9.%
7.2%
VI Hail ccCJz
33,598
17,100
1,461
> 100
713
259
2,656
4,418
6,794
50.8%
4.3%
.1%
2.1%
.8%
7.9%
13%
20.2%
TOTALS
290,172
190,680
pp
I 21,142
2,270
3,387
2,257
12,206
18,248
33,204
Doe6 NotIne.Zude
65.7%
j 7.3%
.8%
1.2%
.8%
4.2%
6.3%
11.4%
City o� Hagen4town
1. IncZude6 onchatd6 and 6pecia.Z ag2LcuZtu-ce. ExcZL223 )o entry.
2. Exclude6 non-5� n.e idertiti.a,Z .lots .Zn exeea6 04, 10 aches.
Exc.Zude6 .land he6ddenti.a ty 6ubdi.wided and not . n nu.i,denti.aZ ude.
3. Inc.Zude6 eommenei,a.l ube6 %equ.ixing ZwLge pance" (.i.e., junkyand6, auto nnci..ng, etc.)
4. Allay not .include aU C 6 O CanaZ Nati.ona.Z H-iztonicn.Z Panh acqui.6-itionz.
SOURCES, 1968 Land Use S wtvey
1975 Land Ube Survey
Subdiv.izion, BuiZding Permit
and Land Thaw wen Reeond6 .
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Ptanning Sedan I
HageAztown Met.apa.P.c ian Axea
I. LAND USE INVENTORY MAP
II. LAND CAPABILITY MAPS
III. HAGERSTOWN, HALFWAY, WILLIAMSPORT, CEDAR LAWN,
CONOCOCHEAGUE, FOUNTAINHEAD, LEITERSBURG,
CHEWSVILLE, FUNKSTOWN
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Fort comptete anaty6 ,a of Hage town and env.0 m, ne6en to:
Hageru town Comp&ehen,6ive Ptan Studie s, 1975.
1. Hageutown Planning Pnoce,6,5 4. Houd.ing
2. Cuccutati.on 5. Community Fac U #Zez
3. Land We 6. Cent) at Area
and to: The Hagelu town Compnehen6ive Devetopment Ptan, 1975
HageAztown Ptanning Commizzion
City Ham.
Hag esus town, MaA y Band 21740
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Genetat Descaipt.i.on
The Hallway D.usttt,ict was the area o6 h,ighetst gtwwth nate in Washington County between
1950 and 1970, the popuZation having .inctt.eased 1650 4&om 2,322 to 7,346. Population inctt.e"e
between 1970 and 1975 i/s etstimated to be neatrty 1,000 people. Hal4way i6 an expanding subutban
Aadi,at cotttt,idon community which has gtcown litcom V.ittg.c.nia Avenue (Route 11) tstAip development.
Unnt- tt.ecentey, the land use pattetn hays been completely ott,i,ented to the Vi t.g.inia Avenue axe.
The coAti.don of Route 11 development iz neattty conti.nuouls nom the Pennzylvania State tine to
the Potomac at G1iLei.armspoxt. The Hatjway pottti.on of the cotttt,idotc covvsist-s pAimaAiZy of maxed
nes.identiae, commett.ciae and institutional udeta.
The tcecent contttt.ucti,on o6 Ha away Boutevand and a tcegionae commeAcial center, the
Vaiiey Ma i, have had ts.igni 6icant .impact on the community.
Physicae. Peatunes
The Hot6way area i6 undettta.in by Zi.mutone and zoiZ6 ane geneAatZy wett developed,
6eAtite and /suitabte jot development.
The Disttii.ct .vs divided between the Conococheague and St. Jamets watetushedts and is a
tt.e/sutt of tcapid uncoott.d.inated growth and development dutt,i.ng the'50'ts and '66'b. Natutat ztoxm
wateA dt a i.nag e z yrs temp ane inadequate and the co n/s ttcuct i,o n o6 s tott m wate>L management 6aci Z tiers
has not kept pace. HoweveA, as the majottity o6 development hats occutttt.ed .in the headwatettts o4
both wateAzheds, down6ttceam Jloodplaints have not been as advetusely a4�ected ars the tt.a i.dential
ne.ighbotthoods therm e e.vets .
Land expected and planned to be netai.ned in agtt,i.cutt tnae U/se ,vs .inzigni6ica.nt ars the
urbanizing trend is planned to continue.
H,itstottic Featunets
White thetce ane /sevetc.aE s.ita on which 6ttu.rctuttu oU hitstottic and anchitecttttt.ae vaZu.e
alte located outside the utbanized area, HaZ{way its .insign.i6icant to teams o6 h/stottic pnetsett.vat,i.on
pctent-iaZ.
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Socio-Economicls
Median houtsehotd income tn Hat6way .in 1970 was $10,472, an income eeveZ exceeded
oney by notth Hageutown, FotuLta ahead, and the LeLtenabung anea,5, and 80 4amit i" ate bef-ow
poveirty Levet. The poputat on gt owth trate in the. HaZ6way area ,ins expected to tstightty to
deco ne, but the total to .incnease apptwx,i.matety 75% .in the next twenty yeatc peAiod. Poputati,on
den,6 ty .i6 gteateh .than any other 6ubuAban Hageutown area.
Major emptoyents in the area acre the VaUey MaU, tcetait zate�s estabZP zhments on the
Vi,tg.in.ia. Avenue cotrni.dotr, the DanzeA Metat Company, Hatrpen and Rous Pubtizheu, Horten Manubae-
tutc i.ng Company and nearby -indw5ttc.%at park employment in the Gliitiaw pottt Dizttc i.e t and divetus-iiied
employment .in HageAstown.
Ttraws ontati_on
The Inten.atate highway 6 ystem hays had tstgni jicant impact on the Hai6way Di6tAict,
imptcovtng accezzibit ty to other employment eenteu in the )region and 6poAking the devetopment
o� the new tcegionat commene i.a.P. 6acZUty, Hat4way Bou2evand and the tztc.gat mobile home park in
the County.
V,inginia Avenue iz not designed to accomodate existing tra66.i.c demand. Ftequent in.d.i-
viduat site access points tcezuet in dangetwus tunn.ing movementz on the two-tan.e highway. The
Hat6way Boutevand extenzion to Downzv.iUe Pike wiU �ugthen imptcove accessib,it,ity and spank
add.iti.onat devet-opment in the Hat6way ahea.
Mast, ttcans t cuA&entP-y detrvez the Virgin a. Avenue cot Ai,dbtc and the Va tey Mati on a
t egutah bas a but has not t6 iqn i. tcantey tzet i.eved ViAgin i,a. Avenue congestion.
Oaten and S ewena e Fac,., i t ie/s
Pubtie water and sewerage 6aeZtitiez exist otc ane ptrogAammed 6o& aU of the developed
and devetoping aneaz o� the Di,5t4i t. The HaZjway and WiZ iamtspotrt atceatz ane cutvicente.y the only
tsubunban gtrowth anea,s whetce adequate bac Eitie/s ane avai able.
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Pubt i.c Facc.e iti.e s and S eAvice,6
Rapid inc/-Lea6e/s in popukati.on dutt,i.ng the past .two decade% have nequ ted zubstant at
pubti:.c invutment in new bac suites. Cuh,'LentZy, the►ce ante .two etementati:y zchooE'6, L,i.ncoZn.6hiAe
and Hichony, and a new Witii.ampottt M.t.dae Schoot wiU boon be undeti. constAuction, the need bon
which -ivy pn,imatc i e. y a neb uC.t o6 gaowth..i n the Ha.#' {sway 17iz to i c t. The area is b eAved by the Gl i.2 U aw -
pont High Schoot and South Hagmtown High SehooQ, both o6 which ante oven capacity but with
entto.2 ement decneas e6 expected.
The Hat6way Votu.riteen Fite Company, Inc., pnovida b.vie zenvice. Equipment need,, and
co,st,s o6 the utcban i.zing community ane incheais.i.ng .
Pof-ice pnotecti.on -i6 provided by t'h.e hianytand State Poti.ce and Wa6h,i.ngton County
Shett,i 6",s Department.
Park& d ha,, necen ty been acquvt.ed and the 73 actce Hat6way Community Pak wiZZ be
developed oven.. the next sevetat yeau.
Housing
Theti.e ane appnoximatety 2,400 housing units in Hat6way of which 46 units on 1.9% tack
plumbing and/on heating ,syztem (the Zowest pettce.ntage ob any Di6ttti.ct in the County.)
It ,is pro jetted that oven. the next twenty yeat peri i.od, there w.itt be 7,530 new housing
units, pta,6 nece saAy nehabititation and nepZacement. To accomodate this demand, den.6iti.es must
inctcea,s e and mane mu.P.ti-jam,ity units provided.
CutiAentZy, 5ub.6id%zed houzing is provided by Hat6way Manors and neatcby Motand V,i.ttage.
New hou6ing deveP.opment Zs expected on the 6ti.ngu o6 the con,ii.don and in the vicinity o{ the
neg-i.onaQ. centett.
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Tnend,6
The HaP--way DistAict 16 incn.ea,6ingty becoming urban in chanacteA. Pteanning got
exi.stZng development was negtigibte. The area now need3 speci.at attention to coordinated
urban systems planning and dezign.
Ptans
The .eand arcea no& h o5 the Va tey MaU.us u.ndeve2oped and .us pta.nned indU6tAiCV-
nesenve by both City and County Land We Ham. It -us the toAgest atcea so designated in the
County and eouZd have sign 6icant impact on the growth of the community.
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Genetae Deisctuivti.on
The W-iUiarnspoAt D.csttri.ct has expeni.enced /S igni. scant change overt the past decade.
Thttee Intetustate interchanges ate tocated .in the attea and have spa ked deve.eopment o� highway
o)ti.ented seAvice business, and the Inteutate Indwstttiae Pan(2. The Town o6 W,iU,iamspott, .in
which mote than hae6 the population o6 the Di6tt ict tLm i.du, Z6 histoti.c in -ct'.s architecture
and ,ct',s tet at%o n s h.ip with the C S 0 Canae NGt i.o nat Hi,5 to k is PGrfz . The chatacteA o f the Town
is enhanced by an active centra.e businas area and a JuU range o6 pubZic �actiti.es and zet-
vica , inctial i.ng 6ixe and emeA.g ency s eAv.ice, a Town .P.i,bta4y, three Town parks . . . Potomac
Pa k, W. D. Byxon, and Water Tower Pcutiz, and a na schoot campus comptex. Wi is opoAt -us
.6eAved pni.nc,i.patty by U. S. Route II and xeg-i.onaEey by Intetustate &I, and to the east and west
by Mx. Routes 68 and 63.
02deA indurttiu, i. e. Cushwa Bt,ick, the W. D. Byton Tannetc.y, and the B. PauZ Smith
poweA plant have sign icant impact on the Town and .it's env-itton6.
PhcLsicat I=eatuttez
The Wi iamspoAt area is undetc Bain by shote to the weft ( both east and west o6 the
Conococheague Creek) and . imestone south o� the Town. The MaAtin�sbung shaee is the pA,i.ncipae
tesouAce .in the manu6acture o6 bAick and .ins quaAAied extensiveey west o6 the Conococheague.
AnotheA signi6icant 5eatutte o6 the shaft is .i t',s peAmeabitity and to alive unsui tabitity 6ax
.6epti.c system .uvsta.2eation.
The Conococheague Cteek, .in the noAthern pato o f the Diztt i.ct ,its deeply ,incised with
broad meander, and 6Zows south to it's conAZuence with the Potomac. Water qua sty ob the Potomac
and .tower Conococheague ,ins poor, substantia ty as a xesutt o6 industt i.at wasters. Land dezig-
nated as 62oodptai.n ,ins extensive .in the D,i�stt i.ct. White the 6Zoodptai" o� the Rivett and Cxeeh
ane substantiaUy undeveloped, 6Zoodi.ng doers adveuei-y a�6ect the C 9 0 Cana. Towpath, Aqueduct,
and associated h ilstoA,ic sttutctuAe/s and Potomac Pattiz. A smae intuwa-hent ttuibutary to the
noAtheast o u Town teguZa,, ey 6toods the W. D. Byton Pa/,Lk.
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P&ime agAi.ciPtuAaP- Zand is not extensive .in the D.ust&i.ct. NoA h o� Town, steep
,stopes, scatteAed development, the a ignment o6 the Crteek, minimize agnonom.ic potentiaP. To
the south, good agrci.cuttu&aZ soitz exist and arse .in prtoducti,on but ane -influenced by highway
.intetchangeh, the Induhttci.a.i Pa)Lk and HI DistAict zoning.
Special physical jeatuxes .in the axea incP.ude the Potomac and Conococheague and
v.istcvs 6rtom the Town and others vantage points and the natuuct env,ctc.onment o6 the C 6 0 Canat
and Towpath.
Hi,storc i.c Eeatunets
W.iUi,am6portt is one of the otdat deveP.oped communities .in Warshington County and
has maintained much o j it'.5 Wtortic chanactex. The Spx ng 6.ield Fa,%m and Rose H.i.P.P. Manor have
been .inceuded on the Nati.onae Regi.6te& oA Histotic Placa. The C 8 0 Canal, the Conococheague
Aqueduct and a numb est o� .indu s t4 i.aP. s ttcu.ctute s cute hi s toxica Zy s ig nij icant.
Socio- Eco nom.ict6
Poputation grtowth has been modettate, .inctteas.ing 220 .in twenty yeax6, white the County
grtew 310 .in the same petu.od. In 1970, the median househotd income in the Di,6ttci.ct was $82245.,
,somewhat towett than the county -wide median, and 229 �amizies wette betow the povettty levet.
Majors emptoyvL6 in the DiztAict incl de Holland Woven Label, Inc., G. P. Mittett
Lumbett Company, RuAt-OQeum Cortportation, Witdenneas EntertpAirsa o� Manyt-and, Inc., Macca�ekxi.
Gabion6, Inc., Certain -Teed Pxoductt6 Conportati.on, V.ictort Cushwa and Sons, Inc.
Employment o ppoAtunit ies axe expanding as a nets u -Pt o� es tabt ins hment o6 the I nteu tate
I ndusttiat Pa tk, Taylort I ndus ttc.iai Patk, and highway o tiented businesses .
Ttans porcta t io n
The Town and the Route 1 1 coxti.dort axe s exved by mabb tnans-c t on a rteguP_ax bas". The
Intehstate highways pnov.ide rsubstanti,aUy .improved rtegion.at accus. Md. Route 68, north ob Town
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.us s cheduted San Aeco ays t Luct%a n. Radiae., p)i ma Ly highways s eh v e the WiLUvjmpow D -i s tx c t in
ati d tection6. Resit svLvice .cd pnovided by the we6tenn MoAy&nd Raiftoad with a spuA to the
Town, and the Penn CentAat whicli seAves the Indw6tkiaQ. Pa&k. Much o6 the Aa -it SAontage in the
Dist i.ct is zoned Son indwsttr.y.
W atetc and S ewetca e
The Town o6 WiZZ iam,5 poA t and the immediate env.itc m ane served with both pubt i.c
wateA and .6ewekage Sac Uti a . Pta.ns Son extension Witt tend to petcpetuate and broaden the
Rowe 71 co Ar idoA growth pattern. AAeas o6 the Distticlt to the noA M and south aAe not pna-
poaed to be .avtved.
Ho uts.ing
Thetce ane 1,211 hows.ing unitA in the W Q Q,iam3poAt, most o6 which cute singt e- Samit y
homer, (85%) with apaAtment unitz in town and at Mitutone GoAdens compA.ising apptox.imatety 15%
o6 the total. Singte-Samiey homet6 ane genenaUy .located on vetcy smaU town and subuAban .dots.
321 homing unitz in the DZstA.i.ct .ia.ck heating and/ot pZumbing Saci.Qit u. 8.8% os
the SamiP,ie�s in the D.i stAi,ct ane oveAextended .in paying Sot theit homing.
Ptojectionz os population indicate the need Sot apptoximatety 260 new homing unit:6
oven the next twenty yea tz .in addition to the Aep&cement oA Aehabititation o6 300 units.
GtowtA and Devee.opment TAends
The population o6 the WiUiam6pont Disttict is expected to increase SAom 4,200 to
5,000 in the next twenty yeau . . . A A.ate os gtowtlti cons Lstent with incneaze/s .in the past two
decade. Devetopment in the area is Likeey to continue to be dominated by indwsttz.i.ae and com-
menci,at gAowth.
PZans and Tnende
Ob most .6 ign.ib.ieant impact on the cvicea, is the Ptan bon the C 9 U Canat Nationae
H.izt Ai.c PoAk. GIitUamepont is ceazzibied as a "Nati.onaZ InteApnetive Zone" and as .6uch, Witt
become an area ob eent.at attAaetion to the Paxk. Both pubtie and pxivate deveeopment a�saoci.-
ated with bi iz .6taiws au t i ke2y to .shape the anea's butune. With Pak NeadquaAteu toeated .in
W iZi aw po c t, to"m may have eo n,s.idehabt e .in 6t uenee on the cha tacten and economy o6 the area
.in addition to planned economy ob the area .in to pta.nned expamion ob the two .induottiat paAks.
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Genenat DucAi.ption
Poputation in the CedaA Lawn Di6tt .ct .mss concent4ated in the Route 40 coAAidoiL. The
nemaindeA ob the .hand area west ob 1-81 " ,in agA-icuttunat and geneaotty very pnvductive use.
Rels.identiat., 6 ingte-6amit-y home devet°opment ex-iz� between Route 40 and Md. 144 and is the only
ztgnib.icant poputation concentnati.on in the D"ttrict. Mixed devetopment adjacent to Hagmtown
city ti.� and commenciat devetopment at Huyet-t'.s Cnob.snoadb add to the connidon development
trend. The 1950 poputati.on ways 259 . moAt ob the ex.i.,tt.ng development haO6 occu,�Aed .in
the past two decades.
Ph ys.iea2 Featunu
The aAea is extteme.ey understain by timestone. Soitz, espeeia ty north ob Route 40,
ace pn.ime bon agn.i.cuUunaz wse8. South ob Route 40 phy-s.ieae beatunes votey, with, the .inb.2uenee
ob nock outcnopd and modenatety productive Zand.
Appnoxi,matety 40% ob the Land area .in the Disttrict .ice urusuc tabte bon aseptic system
.in,staitation .in a 6cattetced patie&n. The entice DZ6tnict i6 within the Conoeoeheague wateuhed
and 6Zoodpka,in�s ane not wets developed on the Stat vae.L'ey i .nd.
Hi,stotii c PeatuAes
Macy&nd 144 and Route 40 ane a portion ob the Nat:iondt Pike aeong which sttuctunez
nepnetsentative ob the 19th century arch tectuAe ane .located .in addition to a number ob barn
dwe.eeingz in the area, upeci.a ty along Hopewe,et Road.
Socio - Eco nom,ics
Median houtehotd .income .in 1970 was $9,448., above the County median ob $8,822. Eteven
bamit i,e., were betow poveAty Levet status. Popu.eati.on is expected to double oven the next twenty
year pen.iod as the growth continues at its pneviowsty modetcate nate.
No majotc emptoyetus ane Located in the Cedar Lawn Di6xtict, however, access to emptoy-
mevit cewtetu, is very good v.i,a. I-81 and U. S. Route 40. White much o4 the land in the eastietcn
poAtion og the Di/sttict ,us zoned "HI" Highway InteAchange, the unava &bii ty of pubti.c tsewenage
6acie iti.e/5 and natunat deve eopment tim.itatc.ons ane t i.mitati.onz to economic devetopment potentia,.
Ttucm potttat ion
In addition to 1-81 in the eattenn path o� the DiztAi.ct, pAimany htighwayz ,i.nceude
U. S. Rowe 40 and Md. Rowe 63, Gtteencahtte Pike. No ma5t5 ttran,6 t tseAvice is pnovtided in the
area.
Water and Sewerage Fac titia
The wateA matin ptcov.idi.ng tnan/smizstion between the Wilson Ttceatment pta.nt on the Poto-
mac 6oaowz Md. 63 and U. S. 40 through the D"t,rLict. The main seAve/s exizting development.
HoweveA, the planned z ettvtice area .vs Z m.ited and .ea tetcat exten,6iows aAe not pZa.nned. No pubZic
aewenage seAv.ice tis available and is not planned.
Pubtic Faci ilia and Settvtices
No pubti.c �aci.eitia exizt in the Distti,ct. Schoo.2.6 seAving the atLea ane Conococheague
Elementary, Watshington Middle School and both NoAth Hagex6town and Witti.amnspont High Schootz.
F tce /seAvtice i/s ptcov.ided by the Hae way, W U_.iamspout and Maugan6v,i.P.e.e VotunteetL Com-
panies. The ceosat pcAk is Het ane .in Wat Hageutown.
HOU-6.in
There ane apptcox imatety 300 hou,5 ing units in the Cedar Lawn area o6 which 24 tack the
cA,iticai tLequ,iAemen;L5 o6 centhtat heating otL plumbing .6yztew. The number o6 new housing un.it/s
tcequi/ted overt the next twenty yeah period iz apptcoxtimatety 325.
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Gu,wtll and Development Ttcend/6
Existing zoning in the Route 40 coAAidot ptovide�s Cott expansion to the south o6 the
CedoA Lawn Zow density community. The Huyett',s Ctosstvads section o6. Route 40 is .incAeas.ingty
becoming a commetci.a.e stti,p and a mobile home pa k o� s ign.i�icant size Gott the ahea is ptto-
po-6ed on the watettn �t ng e o� the Dis tJc i.ct, 6tto nting on Md. Route 63.
The absence and .inadequac a ob other toads .in the attea and the unavaitabitity o�
utiY,i ties to,sttict deveeopment potentiaP.. The Highway InteAchange atteos shoutd expeAience
cat y Zuni ted development.
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The P.Pan Fott The County designates the mid-6outhettn section o� the Dizttci.ct and
nc, ieuunotat pottt i.cn o6 th.e WiiZiampo-i t D-i.tsttt.i.ct as a "Neto Community" and the Highway Plan
de,6 i.gnatea the extension o f HaZ6way Sou.levatd to Gteenca�stte Pike. The Zack o6 6ac Zitia tin-
ciuding zewvwge t voice ptohibit implementation ob thi,6 concept .in the neat �ututte. HoweveA,
the tong Aange need Gott such a new gnowth axea is evidenced by the necessity o6 guiding the
gttowth demands o6 the Ha Tway Dist Act.
Cedatt Lawn should substantiaUy ttetain its agticuttutcae chattacteA ,in the next two
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GeneAae Desctui, tion
The Conococheague Dxsttt.ict .is one o6 seveAae o6 the most capable and pttoduc'ti.ve
agtui.cuttuxat areata .in 01ashi.ngton Cowsty. The un-i,ncottpottated communities o6 MaugamviUe.and
Cea&Sots.s, Route 58 -(Ceatt6o.6.6 Pike) coAA dote deve.topment neoA Hagettstown, and scatteAed ttets.iden-
tiat deve.topment neatt the Conococheague C&eek dominate the developed Land use pattettn.
Popu,tdtion has .inctteased 85% overt the past tventy yeatus, mobt o� the .inctteatse occutt-
tting between 1950 and 1960. Popu alio n density -vs vetty tow as most o b the .land area iz .in
active agtui.cutttmat use.
I nteA,s tate 81 has � o uA intettchang ens on the eats term b oundaAy o6 the D.t s ttt i.ct. Impact
o6 the .inetteaz u ,in dev e eo pment potentia e a/s a nets tttt o b .ince, change .to cati.o n and imptto v ed
acces s.t -c Pity iz evidenced .in the gttowth o6 the Maugans v.c et.e community, highway S etcv.ice otuiented
bu,s.iness es and new manu�actm ing industti.es . .
The Hagetvstown Reg.ionat AiApottt is .tocated on the nottthea6t boundatty o� the D.ustAict
and acts ars both an attttactio n to .indu,6 tk i.a e expansion and a .t.i.mitatio n to ttes.identiae gttowth .
The Concocheague Ctceek meandeAz s.towty 6ttom noAth to south thttough the attea and is
a ma1ott scenic and ttecttea ,%onae. ttesouttce.
Phyts.icat Featuttes
The D.usttuict us undeAta n by both .t.imestone (to the eatst) and .shate (to the west).
Soitz developed ittom the .ti,mestonets, genettae,ty between Gtteencatstee Pike and I-81, ate ptuime Cott
agtt,icuLtuttae. use. 05 this potttion o6 the DiztAi.et, 900 o� the .land attea conziztis of ptt.i,me
agAicu tuAca e is o,it s and is .in active 6attm&g use.
The attea •vs totatty within the Conococheague watetushed. Maugawsv.ctee ,us .tocated in
the 6.tat, .tow .tying headwateAz o6 the wateAshed whette the gttoundwatett tab.te .us high and the
.land is not weU dttained. Thus, the community exput i,ences weU watett quality, 6Zooding, and
wet basements and baiting septic isyztem pttobtemts on a iseasonce bas.t,6. Much ob this section o6
the valley dttaim to the 6.toodp.tai.n 06 Rush Run.
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Soils on both sides o6 the Conococheague ane deAived jxom .shai.e and ate xe2ativety
.cmpouneabte and thus, of pooh tsuctabiPity fox aseptic system .in6taelation.
Hiztotii.c Peatutu
Many Gahm sttuctwtez tepxets enta�i,ve o6 .late 18th and ewzt y 19th cent&V atchi tec-
tuxe exist in the Diztt ict, especc.aely along Bxoad6otding Road and Gneencatstle Pike, two o6
the eattei.est roads .in the County. Sevetcat examples o6 t6tone arch btudge�s o� the peJii.od can
be Sound on the Bnoad6oxding Road. The Salem Chutcch and Masson -Dixon Lane ma kex6 axe out -
,standing histoAic 6eatulzu o6 the atcea.
Socio - Bco nomicts
The median howsehotd .income, in 1970, was $8,543., betow the County -wide median o�
$8,822. OS 1,068 6am.it is tesiding .in the Nsttr i,ct, 119 �am-iiies, ox mote than 100, weAe
below the povetcty .levee..
FmpZoymelt oppotctunitiez in the tutal area ate t imi ted. Majot emptoyehs ate .located
on the eatsteAn petc.i.meteA o6 the Dizttct.ct and .include Angst&om Pnec cion, Inc., and Maugansv.cUe
Hevator and LumbeA Company.
Ttanh potttatio n
Ptcincipat highways serving the aAea ate I-81, Md. Route 58 (Ceax�ozz Pike), Md. Route
63 (Gteenca6te.e Pike), Md. Route 494 (Paitw.iew Road), Maugans Avenue, ShowaP,teA Road, and Maugam-
vd e le Road. Oj teszet ,importance but extending thtough the Disttc ict i,6 Btoad�otding Road.
The ma.1ot xadfat axis atom HageAstown (Md. 58) has expetri.enced to z development
pta.6 uxe than other suburban tadia z . Mass ttca.nzit s ervez ont y the Mauga" v,i Ue community.
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Water and S ewetc. ee
Pubtic uti?.it,i.ez ane planned on avaiZabZe only to Maugansvitte. water senvice exusta
and sewerage setcvice is pnognammed ion the next Give to six yea& period.
Pubti.c Facititi.ez and Senvica
Schoo& 6e&ving the Conococheague DiztAict include MauganaviUe and Conococheague
Etementa&y, Cteax SpAi.ng, and Washington Mi,ddte SchooZ6, and C.etea& Spiting and North Hageutown
Highsrh,00,U, and in addition, the pt.i.vate &coadsotdi.ng Christian. Academy i.6 tocated in the
Diztnict. Fine 5envice -vs provided by the MaugaaviUe Goodwin Vot nteen Company. The centut
County ta.nd4U i.6 tocated within the District on Resh Road.
Hou6ing
Thehe ane cuA entty 1,200 housing unit,6 in the Conococheague Dint ict 06 which 170
on 14% ane zubzta.ndand.
Requited new and nehabit fated housing unites oven the next twenty yeah peki,od cute
pnofected to be 800.
Growth and Devetopment Tnend6
The Ma.ugan,6vi to area Ls the only zigni�icant growth area in the D.i6ttict. However,
Auxat, .scattered dev etopment continues west o b Cea,%Aosz . The impact o � higlway inrtenchang e
oriented ta.nd deve.2opment potentia i5 dependent upon the avaitabiUty of pubti.c uti.F,tt.r'.ea.
A Route 58 co&kidon pafitetn .cis beginning to develop 6nom Hagetustown.
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Genexat DescAipti.on
The. Fountainhead Disttui.ct is an econom-icaty divex6iiied nonth.efcn subuxb o� Hageu-
Town. Median. jami,ty .income .iz highe" than any othex Dis t�Ltct tin the County a� axe housing
vatues, the peA capita a,s,&essabXe base and at -place empZoyment. Suburban development is
chanactetu.zed by si.ngte-6am.ity xes.i.denti.at communitim whexe houS ng pxiees ane modeAate to
vent' high and .6t ip commercial devetopment which has grown along PennsyZvan.ia Avenue (U.S.
Route 11 ). The Mack Truck and WAclr i td l ndu4 tk ies p&nt5 empZo y o v eA 5J.100 peo pZe, move than
12% of total empZoyment in the County.
Suburban subd.ivizionz developed since Woxed wan 11 are not seAved with pub.eic sewex-
age �acititie/s and septic system 6aituxet6 axe a negulax oecuAenee. Pta.wz bon utc,P.ity seAv.iee
have yet to be implemented.
Phys.ieal Featuxe s
Limestone bedAock undexti" the entitcety oS the D.ustn,ict and noxth.-south ox%ented
outeAopping,s axe appaxent throughout the axea, upeciat.Qy in the noxth.eAn section. So.itZ de-
n,i.ved �xom the timestone vary eomideAabty in depth and are genexaUy veAy 6etutite.
The D.ustkiet is ent xe.ly within the Antietam watex5hed and dxa m to the flami Qton
Run and Maxsh Run ttc ibutatr ies . Advance pZann.ing bon storm watett management systems has been
.inadequate, xesu t ng .in nei.ghboxhood storm wateh. pxobtems and dowvstxeam itoodptain expansion.
White most dev e.lo ped area 6 axe served with pubtic wate x, gxo and water is abundant
but o6 .low quest ty as a result o4 septic ebbZuent saturation.
The nontheazteAn poxtion o6 the Di6tx.ict is dominated by agx.ieuttuxal usez and the
Land area consist6 o6 sow prime box pnoduct%.v.cty. The area .us subject to .ineAea6.ing devetop-
ment pressure.
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S ev ett at Gahm dwe t ngs , a.Q,e. north o b Lang Meadow Road arse tepta entat.iv e a b .gate
18th and eattey 19yh century atchitectune. The .6autheAn and watenn pants ab the Disttt.i,ct have
titt,ee a b h.it tatic s i.g n 6 icance.
Socio-Fconomic,s
Median household .income .in 1970 w" $13,744., 6ub,6tantiaUy higher than the County
median ob $8,822. and the highest .in the County.
Popueation gtowth since 1950 has been .steady, .incteas.ing 53% between 1950 and 1960
and 63% between 1960 and 1970.
Majat emp.evyetus in addition to Mack and Fa.inchif-d .include Atnotd GAaph.ic/s Indwstt.iez
Inc., Gitberct Indu,6ttti.eis Inc., Hageutown K.ctch.e" Inc.., and Ro,6.& Garrment Company, Inc., em-
peaying mote than 5,600 peop.ee .in addition to zign,i6.icant netaiz, whoZesaZe and tt.etated
emptoyment. Eighty bamiti.es ane below povetity Zevet status.
TAa.n6 po tat io n
The only major highway in the Di6tAict is Penntsytvan.ia Avenue (U.S. Route 11) .
I-81 to the west hats ptovided some teZieb to ovet congested, peak hour ttt.a{jic. Matt, tAans t
zett.ve/s the Pennz y.evan.ia Avenue coAti.dot and the Longmeadow Shopping CenteA. Transit use bot
emptoyment ttLips i/s ,insign.ib.icant.
At, subdivision deve.eopment continuets, Marsh Pike, Longmeadow Road, and Patadi6e
Church Road ttab.ic votumets and ariteAi.at ,impattance incnea/se.
watett. and Sewetta. e
Pubac eaten beAvice hay bottowed devetopment .in the DZ5tttict and seAve6 aU .intense
.eand u/se s . Pubtic ,3 ewettage d etw.ice ,ins curinentf-y ptovd ded only to Mack Ttuchs, Inc., and
Fa,itt.chied has a pttivate treatment syztem. Fountainhead i/s the top ptti.ot.ity bat .6eweAage
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system expansion to be 6ot,towed by the Okchand Hitta, Ma.ugansviite and Reg.iona.t AiApotrt aneats.
The patteAn and .tow density nature of development wiU teautt in cons.ideAab.te ex-
pense to aenve the cvicea. System extension tequiAes maximum coopenati.on between the County and
City J utri 6 dict i o ns .
Pubti.c Facitities and Services
The area iz Nerved by the Founta.inda,te, Maugansvitte and Patcamount E.tementatcy 6chootz,
North Potomac M.iddZe School and Noxth Hagelustown High Sch.00.t.
Fite seAvice is ptcovided by the Long Meadow and Maugansv.rett Vo.tunteeA Fite Companies.
TheAe ane no pubt i.c paths .in the atcea, though tS evetca t pAivate ctub,5 ptcov.ide tectea-
tio na l 6ac,i,Uties .
Housing
TheAe ane a totat ob 1,700 housing units in the D-csttrict of which on.ty 36 units .tack
cxticat tequixement6. Median vatue o6 housing in the area is the highest in the County. Grote
to 10 0 % o6 ae t dwel P,ingz ane z ing.te- � oytii .y units with the exception o b s evenat s matt co nv eAted
units and mobite home paths neat Route 11 noir th.
It is pno1ected that 950 new dweUi,ng units w.itt be consttcucted .in the DiztAi.et oven.
the next twenty yeah peAi,od.
Gtowth and Deve.t�o newt
The scattetced, ".leap -6 og" pattehn o6 .tow density subdivision devetopment is con-
tinuing.
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to a.dt, .
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Economic deveeopment, .in tems ob new .indu6t.y and commetcce is expanding xapidZy,
ens peci.a ty in the vicinity o j the a tJr pon t.
The pnovizion of public zewexage 6etv.ice wit undoubteky spaS addi ti.on.ae. nez.i-
denti.at, and commuciat development and tend to .in-6itt the mattexed zubuxban chaxaciex.
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Hans and .Mand use contfr tz wilt tend to perpetuate. the .tow density z ubuxban chakac-
At of the DistAct. Without adequate contuts, the noxtheu prime agnicuttaxat. Lands axe
iike.ey to zubuxban.ize oven the next twenty yeaxa.
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GeneAaZ Desni.p�, on
The Le,i teAz bung D.c sfiluc t is nunat and agtr i,cutuuit in na:tune. Fanms ane Zo ge and
productive, producing exceptionally high Gahm income%. Lange .tot kux.gt development is be-
coming incAeas ingZy poputan and threatens to tceduce agtr i.cuf_tukat Za.nd use and pnoducti v.c ty.
The Vita.ge o� Lei telusbung .r6 centna2 to the Di,5tx :.ct and has not expeJr i.enced is i.gniiicant change
on growfih in recent decades.
The southwest section o6 the Di.6tA .ct is beginning to 6ubuAban ze . Sprung Valley,
MwL6h Pike and Long Meadow .in a pattern s-c.nu,Qt= to the adjacent Fountainhead Dizttict.
Fxpan,6ive 4anm6, h.i stoxic zttuctunes, the Antietam and Lc ttQ.e Antietam Ctceehs make the
Dizttict a vaP-uabZe scenic resouAce.
Phys.icae Features
Soitz deAi.ved 6tcom t mestone .in the area ane deep, wet deveeoped and exceptionaUy
6ehti,-e. Appnowimateey 750 og tke Land area is ceazzi. .ed plume dor agtricuttutcaP_ use. The
District is enfi xety within the Antietam wateuhed. Limestone outcrops ane in6nequent and ane
notuth-south otri.ented.
H -i 5 totuc Features
H-cs tmtr,i.c 6 eatuAes o� the L e leu b ung area ane many and d.iv ens e, -i nc Zuding stone arch
b.t .dg es , eaxZy manotr i,aP. mans.io ns , s ev enact. eatr 4 m-i.M and Btr,i.g htwoo d, which has been included
on fine Nationae. Regizten o6 H-rsfiortic Peaces.
Socio -Economics
PopuP.ation gtrowth in the Leite7sbung D.cstAict has been modeA.ate, having .incnea3ed
21% and 35% tcespectc.veey the teasfi two decades. Incomes in the area ane extfcemety high re alive
Lto the rest o� the County, xanFii.ng behind onty Fountainhead and NoAth Hagerstown.
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Hou.S.in
There ane cwrhenty 678 dwePUng uveitis ,in the 'D.ustki,ct o� which. 84 on 12.4% ane
ubs tandaxd.
Pnojeeted housing demand oven the next twenty yeau -us appnox.imatety 200 unitz, how -
even, c mAent t Lend6 .in .tang e .dot z ub d i.vi6.io n .indicate that thus pro l ec ied big une may be
cons envat ive.
Gnowth. and Development Tnend6
Growth .in the D.usthi.ct is okiented to the expanding suburban Hagelustown area and
,scattered toAge .lot development.
P.QMvs
The Lei tmsbung area is da ighated by Paan ass an ag i.cuttuxaZ pte/senve. Tnconis.us-
tent .eand use con ttotz permit uz identiaZ deveeopmewt at a density o f 1 unit pen. ache.
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Genetat De/scAirati.on
The Chew.6viUe D-istiu.et Land use patte/tn is dominated by the Jej4etuson Boutevatcd .6ubuA-
ban cotuui.dotr in which mobt o6 the population o6 the atce.a .is concenttratAl. Outside the coxtZdotr
both to the noAth and south Land u.5e.6 ane maxed but dominated by agAicu-P.tute. Land zoned "In-
duus tt :.at Minetrae" pt ectudes 5 ubuAban expansion to the noAthec ,6 t o � Hag elu3town and agtc i eu.tiu Lat
p-�oduction, pooh Aa4.at tcoadh, and the tack o6 utiiiti,ets have contained development to the eotuuidotr.
The Hagetwtown Jun.iotr Cottege vicinity, .located south o� the eavu.don, is pta.nned 6ox
-Lec.atively high density tce�s.identi.ae. growth . . . a New Community concept.
Pit /sicai Featutres
The Chew6v,itle atrea iz entineey within the Antietam wate shed. The Antietam Mows bum
:theast to southwest thh.ough the Disttict. The ut ing tmuLin is undeA ain by time/stone and
.soil capabit try 6otr agtui.euetutre i,5 vatuiabte.
Histotuie Featutrez
S.imitatc to the Leitex6butcg D.ivstuict, the Chewsv.iUe anea's histotry was ehatraeteAized by
.Za e 6atcros. Many examptets o6 tog and /stone bttructutres and mitts o{j the .late 18th and eatuty 19th
ceiitutr.y can Le found, e�speciatly in the welstetrn pard o f the Dizttiet which ince.udets a patut o6 the
Seavetr Ctceek Va tey. SttcuetuAe/s on the National Regiztetr .ince.ude the Ttcov.ingeh Mie., The W ee.ows,
wnd The Mapte/s .
Sccio-Fconom,i n
The trate o6 poputation gn.owth in the Chewsviite DZ5ttuict has been moderate . . . 420,
'50 - '60 and 30%, '60 - '70, to a euturent popuea tion o � 5,714. In 1970, the median hows ehoZd
neome wars $9,672., above the County median.
The majotui ty o6 the -eabotr 6otree is of iented to manu6actutuing industry. Ma9ot emptoye z
..n the Dist4ict inc.eu.de the A4axquette Cement Manu6actutuing Company, Banks Btrotheu Coup., and
neahby the Catrbotrundum Cotrpotrati.on in Hagetu5town. 6% o6 the Gam tic,6 in the area cure below
pevetuty .levet status.
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Txavus poxtatio n
Acee,6,s.ibi. ity to emptoyment eentvus is xe ativety pooh. Jej6etuson BouP.evaxd (Md.
Route 64), the axis of the xa.identi..at eoAA dot, 6enves onty Hageutown and Smithzbuxg we2.Q.,
at e,c.#h.et end of the coAAidox. With the exception o� the Rob.inwood DAive connection to the
.6outh, access to the Inteutate highways and the axea's .industtiat pa k6 is .inadequate.
Ma,s.a tAan�sit .6eh.ves Hagetustown JunLi.ox Cottege and the Je4beAzon Boutevaxd eoAAidox to
Smithz boAg .
Watex and S evenag_e
When pub.ei.e wateA wa-s �ctust .inttodueed .in Hagetustown in the tate 18001.6, it wa6 bxought
�om sptc,ings and xeselwoiAz on South Mountain and piped via the SmithzbuAg Pike to the community.
The tong -tehm ava ia.biU ty o6 pub -e is watex .6eAv.ice ha6 been an eneo uxag ement to the coAA idox
devee.opment pattexn.
Sewexage seAv.ice is not avai bte but iz ptanned within the dive to six yeah peAi.od.
Pubtic Facititia and Sexv.ices
SehooZ6 .seAv.ing the ah.ea .inceude the Otd Foxge, Pangboxn and Potomac Hei.ght,6 Ftementany
Sehootz; Sm.c th6buxg, Boonsboro, North Potomac and F. Russet H.iefu Mdddte Sehooa and Noxth Hag-
eutown, South Hagex6town and Smit sbuxg High Schootz. HageAztown Juw%ox CoUege tib centhaQ,Y.y
toeated .in the DiztAiet.
Fite z e kv iee -its provided by the Long Meadow, Leiteu burg, Smit) is burg, Funhstown, and
Mt. Aetna V otunteex Companies .
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The onty timestone, qua"y in the imediate Hageutown area . . . Land area zoned
Jot expan6ion i6 con6ideAabte, signi6icantty a6jecting the Hageutown glwwth pattern.
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The tcecentty acqui tied 315 ache Ditto F=ns Reg.iona2 Pakk site iz toca ied on Mt. Aetna
Road and w,i.Q.Y. be developed oven. the next 6.ive yeasts. In addition, a site has been acquihed 6otc
tie planned East jkfiddte and High Schooa .
Nein Community implementation in the next ten .to 6.i6teen yewts w.i.Q.Q. necessitate /z.cte
acqu,i,sition 6otc an etementany 6chooX. and 6i t.e station. With tt.egatd .to a.0 pubtic �ac.ititi.ez,
the New Community Area is Located at the junction o6 muttipte 6etv.ice dib tLict boundatt,ies.
Hou/sin
It is within this Disthict that a s.igni6icant ptopoAti.on o6 the p&ojected poputati.on
growth o6 the metkopotitan ahe:a is expected to be accomodated thkough tize New Community concept,
designed to pttov.ide a wide ttange o6 modetrate to high density housing types and ptti.ces. Poputation
.is pto fected to .inccttease 6&om 5,774 to 75,246 by tie yeast. 2,000, nea Zy a 3000 incneaae. Today,
of some 1,700 housing units in the Dizt&i.ct, overt. 10% ane substandard. New bolus ing units oven
tke izext aventy year peAiod, contingent upon ,succes-6 jut ,imptementation o6 ,the New Community concept,
ahou,-d total. aQmost 3,000.
Gtt.owth and Deveeopment Ttcend6
Res.identi.ai gtowth in the cotttt,i.do,tL pattern is continuing and nesuLting .in .inei6ici.ent
sheet hyt6tems and advens,e envitonmentae !impact as a agesuP,t 06 septic system concenthati-on.
P. ars
The Hag etstown Juni.otc Cott eg e area New Community . . . new pubt i.c 6aciZiti.ets , pub.e is
,sewettage seAv.ice, toad aP,ignments . . . P,eam an pnogtttam3 ane beginning to dovetiae. toward
.i.mptementat io n.
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Genenat Dac�c�Uon
The tand uz e pattern o � the Funkstown Dist Act i.6 dominated by the mixed commeAc.i.a2
and nesidentiat coAAi,don deveeopment os U. S. Route 40 Fast (Duat Highway) , the Town ob Funks -
town, the St. James Vit age area and two deveeoping industh.i.at parks on Fast Oak Ridge Dtri,ve
and Shanpsbung Pike.
South. o� I-70, both east and west of the Antietam, the .hand is in agxi.cuttutat use
with .6catteAed tuaat nesidenti.at devetopment. To the noA h., subuhban expansion is 6.it2.ing
in undeveeoped poxtionz of the Duat Highway coAA dote and HageAztown .service% ane being extended
to meet the demand.
Majora motet chains, seAvice .statZon/s and nestaunants have been attracted to the con-
.i.don as it is Hagenstonw',s enhance atom the east. The Town o6 Funkstown ha/s not expehi.enced
,s gni6icant change as it is physicatZy bounded by the Antietam and the Conponate Limits o6
HageAztown.
To the we3t of Funkstown, tnucFii.ng and wanehoud.ing gets witi boon dominate the Oak
Ridge DAive cot(Aidon to ShanpzbuAg Pike.
Phys.icai Features
The ent iAe D-cs ttr ict -cs undetcta in by Zi.m es to ne and a oit s ane g ene wily productive. Land
,south o J 1-70 adjacent to Mten.nate U. S. Route 40 is .in agtc i.cuZtuxat use and /subject to dev e.Lo p-
ment pressures. The Antietam Creek 6tows J om notcth to south through the area. HageAztown and
Funkstown sewerage treatment p.ea.nts ane Zocated within a seveAat mite sthetch o J the cAeek and
.incompZete waste treatment adveAzety a66ect6 water quat ty. A mobile home park. located .in the
creek.'z JZoodpiai.n .in Funkstown is .inundated and damaged in every .intense .6torm. AU o6 the
D-ust�,cct i.6 within the Antietam wateuhed.
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H-ustot.ic Featunet5
Stone aAch btd dg n o v etc the Antietam, Funh�s town'.6 atc.c h tecutAe and cha tm, and hip -
tottic dwe.2P,ing6 .located along the Nati.onat Pike heap to shape the chaAacten of the atea.
Vatenc,ia, a beauti6ut 6atm with stone sttcuctuAets, has been included on the Nationae. Reg-istet.
Socio - Eco nomic,s
Income .in the Diztn.i.ct .v, teZativety high. In 1970, median houzehotd .income was $10,388,
one o6 only Give ditsttuctt, .in .the County .in which the med.ia.n. exceeded $10,000. Oj mote than
550 bam,i 2i.ets, 6eweA than 50 axe below povetcty .revet statut6.
Fmptoyment oppo&tu.niti m ate many and vatr i,ed. Though theAe atce no ma1ot .industtc i.at
empto yews .in the Dizttict, accezzibi ity to Hagetustown and the s eveAare .indutstn.i,ae pa&U .in the
mettr.opot tan area ane good.
Ttanz pottatio n
I ntetus tate .inteAchang els (U. S. 40 and S harps b ung Pike) have had z.ig n i6.icant impact on
tand u/se .in the DistAi.ct, encoutcag.ing the coAAidot pattern and concenttcationts at the .inteAchangez.
Oak Ridge Dti,i.ve w.c t .incneas e in .cmpottanct ass mote tAucki.ng otuiented indu6ttu:es tequit e
it'.5 use and a by-pazz o� Funkstown witt be o6 incAeats.ing ptiox ty bot new covusttucti.on. Con-
necti.onts with Route 40 to the New Community Atea to the north ate .inadequate to accomodate
ptojected tta�jic inctcea�sets. Maes ttt.ansit servers only a pottion of the Route 40 cotti.dot and
Fun(vstown.
WateA and S elveh.ag e
WateA and sewerage seAv.ice ,us e.ithet cuwctcevtiy avaiiabte of planned .in the neat butune
to most o6 the .eand anew north o6 InteAstate 70. South, setv,ice is not p.eanned and with the
exception o j expanded water s eAvice atceas along the Shanpsb ung Pike cost idot
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The atcea is senved by South. Nagetastown Nigh Schoot, E. Ru61sel. Ntich M.iddZe Schoot,
and Funhtstown and Emma K. Doub EZementatuy SchooZs -
F.ctce seAv.ice is ptov.i,ded by the Fu.nh�stown VotunteetL Company. The necentey acqu.itced
Ditto Fahm Regionaf- Patck bondetus the DiztA.ict neoA the I-70 - 40 .inteAchange .in addition to
the Funk6town Community Pak and ceose by, Doub',s Woody Pa k.
Nousi!nq
There ate cwvicent.y 1,600 hows.ing unite .in the Funhtsxown D.ustq i.ct o f which 120 on
70 Zack the cxiticae tequiAementts ob pZumbin.g and/o& centuV— heating systems. Pno1ected
houaing demand i.6 .in tke range o� 1,300 unit6 ovetc the next twenty yeah petci.od.
Gtcowth and Deve o ment Ttcencts
Poputati..on .vs expected to .inctceaae by az many ass 4,000 by the yeatc 2000 with concen-
ttationz .in the Route 40 contci.dox arcea. Growth.. n induatty and bu6.iness is expected to be
,s ig n ij.ica.nt. It .us pu j ected that the Funk a town and ea s ten.n pant o b the Chews v.i2,2.e D.us to i.ct6
wilt be the anea.6 o� gte.a.t"t growth and change ,in. wa6hington County ovetc the next twenty yeah
paiod.
PZant6
Both. Nageutown and Funha.town have tecentty adopted comptehens ive ptan6 .in addition to
The Pta.n Fon. The County. A compoz.ite o6 .the ptanb and extiati..ng .land "e contADZ6 u6&ct the
encoutca.gement o6 t.nten.6e gtowth at teZati.ve y high densitiez nox h o6 I-70, eapeciaU-y in the
New Community Atea and the t outhetcn end o6 the Route 40 covtidon.
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PZanni ng Sec ton II
Mid -County Area
1. LAND USE INVENTORY MAP
II. LAND CAPABILITY MAPS
III. BEAVER CREEK, BOONSBORO, SHARPSBURG,
KEEDYSVILLE, TILGHMANTON, DOWNSVILLE
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Planning Sector II
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Floodue.
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Wooded Areas
Power Transmission Lines
Railroads -
Zoning Districts
Washington County Planning Commission
Commercial
Planning Sector III
Washington County Planning Commission
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GeneAat Desi
The Beaver Creek D.ustAi.ct -us of a Awtat, agnic.uttuAal and histotri.c natutce. The BeaveA
Ueek VaUey .i.b ag&icuZtuAv24 one o j .the moat pxoductive axeas .in the County and most of the
.land west o6 .the South Mountain Rooth Us is .in Aanm w6e. The D.czttic t extends to .the east to
the cAest o j South Mountain. The ex,i,6ti.n.g Mt. Lena, Mt. Aetna, San Matt, and Beavex Cneeh. com-
mun.i ti.ea axe the onty areas with a sembi nce o6 poputati.on concenthation and these at acattened,
v etcy .low densities.
Ph a.icat Featuxeh
The Beaver. C%eek Valley -cis undex a in by Z mutone and doZom.i to on which deep, d e e
ao.i& have. developed. The South Mountain area consiA.ta o j &eh.iatant quahtzd tes, steep, in -
Set e .aoitz and mountain wash ovexta.ying the 600thi.M. The entiAe District is within the
Beave)L Oteeh wateuhed, ttri.buta y o� the Antietam. Wate& quality o6 Seaveft Cheek ia
excepti.ona Zy good and su6bunjace wateA i..s abundant in the VaUey.
The I-70 coAAi.don though the D.ustAi.ct -cis espec aUy scenic with the .5taAk conttcrst o6
the natuna.l mountain and vattey envi onment6.
H.vstatic Featukea
Res,i.dentiat, fi=n and m.i U stituc tutu o6 s,ign,i6 ican t arch i tec www and Gu.6tot.icat value
dominate the A scat .lands cape o6 the Dis tc ict .
Socio -Economics
Median househo.ed income was 1u/5t below the County median in 1970 at $8,741. 11.7 % o f
the 6amiZi.es .in the Di6tnict have incomes below the poveAty ,level. Few employment oppoAtuniti.ea
exist in the D.csttict; employment centeAz .in the HageAztown atcea ane very acce�szibte via .intetc.-
s tate Gig hwa yes .
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Economic deve,eopment and tuidenti.at gtcowth to date have been .s.eow and the an.ea
today mainta i -c t'.6 xutcae and d cen i.c natutce.
The P.Pan Pon The County dezignatez mobt of the vattey AgAic.uttuAaE Pnezen.vati,on.
Ag& cu tunaU-y ptoducti.ve,
env.vconmenta.-y zensttive .
The. BeaveA Cheek Va,P..Q.ey.
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Genywt De,6chiption
The Boon6bono Dint ict exte.nd.6 brom the Antietam Creek through a most productive
agAicuXtutLat vaZtey, to the booth U-6 community ob Boonsboro to the wooded crest ob South
Mountain. Poputation ob the D.ustAict -us concentrated .in the Town ob Boomboro but devetopment
is spread Zi.neahty a.tong Attennate Route 40, both to the north and .6outh. and Route 66 to the
north. Boonsboro iz the hub ob activity and 6eAv.icez .in the Distn.ict.
Ph �s.icat Features
Geo.tog y and z o.it s o6 the area vary maxkedty. From the nes.i 6tant Harpe&'s Phyt to and
thin, .inbe tate so.i& ob South Mountain to the soZub.te and cavexnou-6 ti.me�stone and do.eom,ite ob
the vattey, .timitation,6 on the use ob the env tonment are mani.6e6ted .in sensitive characteA-
i'stics .
The D.usth is i .res .tocated entixe,ty within the Antietam wate�ushed. Numelcows caves and
productive spAing,6 ane bound in the vaP.,tey.
H,iztoAi.c Featune�s
Farm stnuctuxes nepre6entative ob .tate 18th and 19th century architectuxe, the Wash-
ington Monument, and South Mountain Inn at Turnen',s Gap ane the pni,nci,pae. Wtokic beature6
ob the area.
Socio -Economics
Median hou.6ehoZd .income .in the DiztAict wa6 sti.ghtZy h,ighen than the County median
.in 1970 at $8,955. A retativety .tow but 4t U signi6icant 9.20 ob the pope anon wa6 in an
income bracket below poverty .teve,t. Fmptoyment oppontunitiez are pnov.ided by .tocatty oriented
buaine66es and seAvice�s, Londontown Corponati.on and the Mahon. Marietta quaAAy at BenevoZa..
Mo,st Zoca.t emp.toyment iz in the Hagex6town Metropot tan area.
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BOONSBORO
Washington county,
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Growth and DeveP.00ment Tnendis
Boonsboro continues to grow at a moderate and steady nate and bon the 6i)L6t time,
talrge scale nunat subdivizions ane being proposed in the A.Ptennate Route 40 coAAi.don.
U. S. Steet ConpoAzWon ta.nd owneuhip .in the Diztkict iz s.igni6icant. The nature
o6 cotponate speculation .vs otiented to the eventual necoveAy o6 the dolomite and ti.me�stone
nesou ces ob the substAffta. The potentiat envitonmentat and .land use impact .us considenabte.
Pians
The Town o6 Boonsboro has %ecentty adopted a Comptehensive Ptan and ta.nd use contic. tz.
The Pta.n Fon The County de6.ignatu much o6 the valley .eand as an Agnicu,2tunat Pne,Senve.
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Genywt. DescAipti.an
The Shanpebutcg Dust t i.et iz chaAacte+c i.zed by the Antietam Nati.onaZ Battte4 i.e.ed, the
hi,6ton is Town o6 Shanp,5 bung, the Potomac R.iveA and C 8 0 Canat Nationae. Hi6ton ic. Pcvrk, utPt i.ng
open 6ahmtand, Antietam V.i,efage and Anti.em Cneek',s 6 ina.b trek to -c t',s eanizuence with the
Potomac.
Phy.6.ieaZ Features
Appnox imateP.y 50% of the .ea.nd wxea .in the D.ustk i.et is unzw tabZe bon the eoncentk ted
inistaUation of septic systems became o6 shattow .soils over toying t me,6tone, steep 6topes,
6toodptain,s and nock outen.oppings.
The Za.nd mo -6t conducive to agnieuttuAa2 pnoduct%on ties immediatee.y to the nanth and
south ob the Town a6 Shaxpsbuxg and in the vicinity o6 the Battee6.ietd. The .southeast ponti.an
o6 the Dust ict .us geneAat y steep and wooded east of HanpeA',s FeAxy Road.
H.c,6ton.ie Featutes
The Shatpsbutcg area is a pnin.cipa2 h-istoxic attraction in the region. The attAaction
nevoZves axound the Nationae Batt,2e6ietd and inceude,6 histokie sttuctuAa, the Bux" i,de Bxidge,
Antietam Village, C 9 0 Canat, the Town o6 Sha psbung, and the Atv 1, scenic nature ob the area.
Socio - Fco nomic.6
In 1970, the median houoehotd .income in the Shav6buAg atea was $81,153, beeow the
County median. 9% o6 the tocat poputation was below prove ty tevet ,statues. Local empZoyment
oppantunitie�s arse 4:im ted to .Grace. and to"m as,5ociated busineaz and 3etv.iees. Thexe a&e no
majox .indu.stAiat empZoyeu in the area.
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The atcea iz .setwed pn.imaAiiy by Shanpzbutcg Pike (Md. Rowe 65) and Md. Rouse 34.
Othelt Woad,, ate .eocat in natutce and do not seAve xegionat acce,6,s 4unc tions . Maes tAan6 t
eAves the community oney on a week,&y ba6is.
W ateA and SeweAage
The Town o4 Shattps butcg and the immediate env.ctwns hays pubti.c water .s eAvd ce. Sew-
ett.age .service is punned 4on the community. The nemaindeA o4 the Diztttict -tis not planned
bon zenvice.
PubZi.c Facititie/s
The Disttti.ct is ,served by the Shanp,,buAg EZementan.y School. and Boonsboro M-i.ddte
and High Schools. Fixe service i6 provided by the ShaApsbutcg VotunteeA Company.
Open space and outdoor necAeati.onat oppontunitim ate abundant with the Antietam
Nati.ona- Batae�iee.d and C 6 O Canat Nationae H,tstoAic Pa,%k.
Housin
410 o6 the housing uvuts in 1970 tacked the colica. %equi)Lement6 o6 ptu.mbing and/ot
cent,tat heating systema.
Pnojected demand bot new and teh.ab-c.Pit ted units overt the next toenty yearn total
250 unit6 .
Growth and Deveeopment Trends
Sevexai compaAati,veZy tattge-scaee tte6identiae 6ubdivisions have tecente.y been pno-
posed .in the immediate Sharpsbutcg vicinity which wilt have the e�4ect, upon comp.-eti.on and
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occupancy, o S vi tua tt y doubting the poputa #,i o n o j the Town and immediate to env i &ons . New
petcmanent and .secondary homes occupy .targe Zot6 o n deve.top i.ng nuAa t Land in the D.i�st i.c i.
The Shanpsburg and Keedyzvitte Dist .%cts cute increabing in poputa4ity as an area
of n.uAzV- netAeat.
PZans
The Town oS Shanp.5buAg has tecentty adopted a Comprehensive P.tan which xecommends
Limited .tow density growtk in the Town's vicinity. The P.tan. Fon The County des.cgnates much
o b the .tared area in the Dizt i.c t as Agni.cu.ttuna t Pees eue.
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LAND USE
SHE PREPARATION OF THIS MAP WAS FIRAN(YD IN
PART SNRODGS A LVfPRFJteNSIVE P _IAG GAAN'r
FRM INP DEPARTY OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENP AS ADMINISTERED By THE "ARTWR]
D®imE1T Or SEA= TIANNIe
SOLRCE: WASeIAGION COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING
QklQSS10N, EXISTING LAND USE MAPS,
u. 1968: UPDATED FROM 1970 U'S. A.
ABIAL PHOTOS AND FIELD CHEM 1973
5MARP50URU
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maryland
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LAND USE
SHE PREPARATION OF THIS MAP WAS FIRAN(YD IN
PART SNRODGS A LVfPRFJteNSIVE P _IAG GAAN'r
FRM INP DEPARTY OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENP AS ADMINISTERED By THE "ARTWR]
D®imE1T Or SEA= TIANNIe
SOLRCE: WASeIAGION COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING
QklQSS10N, EXISTING LAND USE MAPS,
u. 1968: UPDATED FROM 1970 U'S. A.
ABIAL PHOTOS AND FIELD CHEM 1973
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G enelca e Dee SJ tion
The T i tg hmanto n Dts ter i.c i is s ubs to nt i att y nunat in nature and .us chanactetr i.zed by
the otden communities ob Lappana, T.itghmanton and Fainptay which ane on.iented to the Shanps-
bung Pike. Faam.ing; i.6 the paineipat use ab the .Cand, though many ob the exiating banms ane
o my mang.ina.Uy pnoduc ti v e, ea pec.caUy west 06 S harps b ung Pike.
Phys.ieat Featunea
Appnowimate2y 50% ab the Land area is pn.ime bon agnicuUu&at pnoducti.on. The area
is undeAtai,n by timestone. The depth ob so..P6 van.ia eona.idenabty and abbeets agnicu,etutat
capabiZity and su.itab-c,P,ity bon septic system .instaZtati,on. (Appnoximatety 400 ob the .hand
area is not a u.i tabte) .
The D.ustAict dna i nes to too waters heda , Mans h Run and Antietam Creek. Genera ty,
Shanpsbung Pike .us the divide between the two wate&sheds.
Soc i.o-Fconomic.5
Median household .income, .in 1970, was highest ob any Sectan II Di.6t ici at $9,123,
and the peAcentag e o6 bamit i.es b e ow po v en iy tev et income lowest .in the Seaton at 8.7%.
Mast employment .is in the Hageutown metxopotitan area, aceess.i.bte by Shanpsbung Pike.
Employment oppontuni is pnov-i.ded by the Maryland CoA&ectional Institution, toeated .in the
northern pant ob the D.sstn.iet, ane s.ign,ib.%ea.nt.
Trans porta tion
Majora highways seAv.ing the DthtAi.et .include Md. 65 (Shanpsbung P.ike), Md. 68, Md. 63,
and BakensviUe Road. The g1ii.d pattern o' major highways has nesutted .in the scattered
deveZcpment patteAn ob sma t nunae. communities. The Ddsttcict ,is not served by mass tna".it.
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wate>c and Selvet=e
The onty pubtic utiei is exizting .in the D.czttict .6enve the Maxytand CoiAectionaZ
In.6t tuti.on. CentAae wateA sy6term axe punned on.ey 6on .5evetat .eand paxceU bon which deve2op-
ment .vs pnopoz ed.
Pubt is Facit t i u and S en.vicu
Schooiz .6eh.v.ing the T.itghmanton Di6tA .ct .inceude Fountain Rock Etementaxy, and wit-
tiampont M,iddte and High Schootz. Fite .senv.ice .us pnov.ided by the Fain tea.y VoZunteen Company,
and paxhs .include the D.usttict 12 Community Paxk and a ponti,on of the C 6 0 Cana.2 Nation,
H.ustonic Park.
Hou6 ng
250 of the ho" ing units in the Diztni.ct tack the cxiticaZ nequ,ixementa o4 pZumbing
and/o,% centnat heating sy6tem.6.
Ptu, jecti.on,s 6orc nein and tehab,i Z,i tated hows.ing demand oven a twenty yeah peA iod totae
move than 600 units.
Gnowth and Deve.2opment Tnend,6
New r,.unat z ubd.ivizio nz o6 poxent%.aZtEy s ig ni6 icant impact axe b B ing pno pops ed in the
Diztni.ct. Because ob tkeix pnox.cm.ity to Hagexatown area employment centetcs, incnea.6ing banm
.ea.nd pnica and the dui&ab.c Uty o6 the nuna2 environment, it .ia expected tkat deveeopment
pne,6.6uxe witt continue at a high .bevel .in both the T.itghmanton and Downv.itte D"txict,s.
Future ptanz Son the bedena ty owned Font Ritchie Site B Zocated .in the .5outheAn pant
o6 the DistAict may .injZuence gtowth and development o6 the axea.
PtMvs
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Genetcae Desc�,i.pti.on
The Downsv-iUe D-csttcict is totaUy tutcaZ in natutce. AU mads in the atcea except
JatyZand 63 lead to and tetcm-i.nate at the Potomac R,i.veA and CSO Canat Path. The Dizttri,ct iz
substanti,aUy in agticuPtu/tat use and the only popu&,i.on concent4ati.on is the uwincotpotated
v,i Q &g e o6 Downs v.i Ue .
Sevvwt s pottsmen's ceubs and campgtounds ate .located neat the t ive)L, including the
Potomac Fish and Game Ctub.
Physicat Peatunes
Substrata in the D-csttc,i.ct con,6 sts of tP.imelstones and shale neoA the x veA. Soitz
developed on ti,mestone ate gene&a.Uy veAy ptcoducti.ve and soiU on sha,,-'e ate geneAaUy wooded
and agt,%cu.?tutcaUy unptroducti.ve.
The atea is substantiaUy within the Potomac RiveA wateAshed, with the exception o4
an cAea ,in the southeaste/,n palm of the D.rstkict which is in the Marsh Run watetcshed.
The natutre o� the geo&gic subst ato te/suLts in envi/ onmentai senzitivity to devetop-
ment with septic systems in much o� the at ea.
Hi,stot is 1=eatunes
H-cstoticaU-y and a Lchitect AaU-y vae L b2.e Oat m s;U uctuAe,6, and the CSO Canat ate
outstanding �eatuAes o� the D,isttiict.
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Soc i.o-Economicls
Median househotd income was, in 1970, signi6icantf-y ZoweA than the County median . . .
$7068 compared to $8800. Eteve t peAcent oU the D.ustki.ct's 6amiti.ez were below poverty .levee
s Latus .
Emp.toyment is ontiented to the Hage utown a tea and agn i,cuZtune.
Trans portat io n
Pn,imany highways se&v.ing the oAea .inctude on.ey MoAyZand 632-Down6viUe Pike and Marytand
63. Mass ttcan6 t does not seAve the nun.at D.ustAi.ct.
platen and Sewerage
No putt i.c water on s eweAag e bac ZitZes s enve, on cute p.ea.nned to s enve the area.
Pub.e i.c Fac c,2,ifii,es and Se vices
S cho otz s e)Lv.ing the Dii to ict .inctude Fountain Rock and W ittiams port Etementaxy b cho ot,6 ,
and WiLUamspant M.iddZe and High Schoo.es.
FiAe seAv.ice is pnov.ided by the p1itti.am6port Votunteen Company and paAks include the
to cad. Downs vit to Community Pak and the C90 Cana.2 Natio nal. Hiz to tic Pa&k .
Housing
This D.cstxict has the highest percentage o f housing units tacking cA tic.ae requ ihe-
ments . . . more than hatj . . . 520.
Growth and Deve.topment Trends
Popuiati.on .in Down.6vi to has neax4 doubted since 1950, and today the growth rate appeau
to be .incneas.ing .
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The Plan bon the County daignatu New Community devetopment newt the existing Down6-
v.iPie community. No in�Aast.uctune ha,, been hubsequentZy pXanned ion it,6 -imptementati.on.
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