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 Anne Arundel County
 Code of Ordinances
 Article 18. ZONING
 Title 4. RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
 SubTitle 1. IN GENERAL

  § 18-4-106. Permitted, conditional, and special exception uses.

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  • The permitted, conditional, and special exception uses allowed in each of the residential districts are listed in the chart in this section using the following key: P = permitted use; C = conditional use; SE = special exception use. A blank means that the use is not allowed in the district. Except as provided otherwise in this article, uses and structures customarily accessory to the listed uses also are allowed, except that guest houses as accessory structures are prohibited and outside storage as an accessory use is limited to the lesser of 10% of the allowed lot coverage or 500 square feet.
    Permitted, Conditional, and Special Exception Uses
    RA
    RLD
    R1
    R2
    R5
    R10
    R15
    R22
    Agritourism
    C
    C
    C
    Airports and airfields
    SE
    SE
    Alcoholic beverage uses as accessory to other uses
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    Animal hospitals and veterinary clinics
    SE
    SE
    SE
    Assisted living facilities
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    Assisted living facilities I, community-based
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Assisted living facilities II, community-based
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    Bed and breakfast homes
    C
    C
    C
    C
    Bed and breakfast inns
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    Brewery, farm
    C
    C
    C
    Camps, private, for seasonal residence only
    P
    P
    Campgrounds, commercial recreational
    SE
    SE
    SE
    Carnivals, circuses, and fairs, temporary
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    Cemeteries
    SE
    SE
    SE
    Child care centers other than as a home occupation
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    Christmas tree sales
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Clay and borrow pits or sand and gravel operations
    SE
    Commercial recreational facilities, including miniature golf; driving ranges; tennis, racquet, and handball barns or courts; artificial ski slopes; indoor soccer; bowling alleys; BMX bike, skateboard or roller blade parks; and skating rinks
    SE
    SE
    Commercial telecommunication facilities permanently located on the ground
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    Commercial telecommunication facilities permanently located on the ground on land owned by a governmental entity or a volunteer fire company or located in a transmission right- of-way and not attached to a transmission line pole or tower or within 100 feet of a transmission line right-of-way
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    Commercial telecommunication facilities that are antennas attached to a nonresidential structure if the antenna does not exceed 15 feet in height above the structure, does not project more than two feet beyond the facade, and does not support lights or signs unless required for safety reasons
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Commercial telecommunication facilities for testing purposes or emergency services for a period not exceeding 30 days if the facility is a monopole not exceeding 100 feet in height and is located at least 300 feet from any dwelling
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Composting facilities
    C
    Conference retreat facilities
    SE
    SE
    SE
    Construction or sales trailers, temporary, in an approved development actively under construction
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Conversion of existing single-family detached dwellings to duplex dwellings
    SE
    SE
    Country clubs, private clubs, and service, nonprofit, charitable organizations with less than 125 onsite parking spaces
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    Country clubs, private clubs, and service, nonprofit, and charitable organizations with 125 or more onsite parking spaces
    SE
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    Dwelling units, accessory
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    Dwelling units, adult independent
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Dwelling unit, abutting heavy industrial zone
    P
    P
    Dwellings, duplex and semi-detached
    SE
    C
    P
    P
    Dwellings, multifamily
    P
    P
    P
    Dwellings, single-family detached
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Dwellings, townhouses
    C
    C
    C
    Eating disorder treatment facility
    SE
    Farm tenant houses
    C
    C
    C
    C
    Farming
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Festival, renaissance
    SE
    Garden center
    C
    C
    C
    C
    Golf courses
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Golf course facilities, private
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    Government reuse facilities (see Title 12)
    C
    Group homes I
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Group homes II
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    Heliports
    SE
    SE
    SE
    Home occupations
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    Hospice facilities
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Housing for the elderly of moderate means
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    Kennels, commercial
    SE
    SE
    SE
    Landscaping and tree contracting
    SE
    SE
    Libraries, museums, parks, and similar uses of a noncommercial nature that are located on a lot with an historic structure or activity
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Licensed premises of a licensed grower of medical cannabis, as defined in COMAR 10.62.01.01
    C
    Licensed premises of a licensed processor of medical cannabis, as defined in COMAR 10.62.01.01
    C
    Mobile home parks
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    Nurseries with landscaping and plant sales
    C
    C
    C
    C
    Nursing homes
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    Piers and launching ramps, community
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    Piers, recreational
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    Piers, private residential, if accessory to a dwelling unit
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Planned unit developments (see Title 12)
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    Produce markets
    C
    C
    C
    C
    Public utility essential services
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Public utility uses
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    Religious facilities on a lot of at least two acres with less than 300 onsite parking spaces
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Religious facilities on a lot of at least two acres with 300 or more onsite parking spaces
    SE
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Religious facilities on a lot of at least 5 acres if the coverage for all buildings, including onsite parking, is not more than 30% of the lot
    P
    Religious facilities, existing, with less than 300 onsite parking spaces that abut and have direct access to a collector or higher classification road
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Restaurants, taverns, retail sales, and consumer services in a multifamily structure
    C
    C
    Rifle, pistol, skeet, or archery ranges
    SE
    SE
    Roadside stands consisting of temporary seasonal structures that sell produce and other agricultural goods
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Rooming houses
    C
    C
    P
    Schools, private academic, in existence on or before May 12, 2005
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Schools, public charter and private academic, with less than 125 onsite parking spaces
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    P
    P
    Schools, public charter and private academic, with 125 or more onsite parking spaces
    SE
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    P
    P
    Small cell system
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    Small wind energy systems or meteorological towers on a lot of at least three acres
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    One small wind energy system or meteorological tower on a lot less than three acres
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    SE
    Solar energy generating facility – accessory
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Solar energy generating facility – community
    SE
    Solar energy generating facility – utility scale
    SE
    Stables, commercial or community, and riding clubs
    C
    C
    C
    Staging areas for County capital projects
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Storage, bulk for agricultural products
    SE
    Swimming pools and recreational facilities, community, if located at least 50 feet from each residential lot line or dwelling unit
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Swimming pools, private
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Taxidermists, excluding butchering, rendering, or tanning
    P
    Theaters, live performances, temporary outdoor
    P
    P
    P
    Volunteer fire stations
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    Waterman’s commercial use in existence as of January 1, 1990
    P
    P
    P
    P
    p
    Waterman’s home commercial use
    C
    C
    C
    C
    C
    Wildlife and game preserves
    P
    P
    Wineries
    C
    C
    C
    C
    Workforce housing
    C
    C
    C
    (Bill No. 4-05; Bill No. 54-05; Bill No. 55-05; Bill No. 78-05; Bill No. 69-07; Bill No. 77-07; Bill No. 79-07; Bill. No. 97-08; Bill No. 2-09; Bill No. 45-09; Bill No. 39-10; Bill No. 10-11; Bill No. 13-11; Bill No. 14-11; Bill No. 56-11; Bill No. 73-11; Bill No. 68-13; Bill No. 21-14; Bill No. 82-14; Bill No. 8-15; Bill No. 23-15; Bill No. 72-15; Bill No. 96-15; Bill No. 28-16; Bill No. 30-16; Bill No. 75-16; Bill No. 83-16; Bill No. 96-16; Bill No. 67-17; Bill No. 67-18; Bill No. 89-18; Bill No. 14-19; Bill No. 54-19; Bill No. 76-19 ; Bill No. 6-20; Bill No. 16-20)