2040 Rock Hall Comprehensive Plan

The Comprehensive Plan of Rock Hall has been prepared in accordance the Land Use Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland. It is a 20-year plan to guide the Town’s growth, development, and conservation. It updates the Town’s 2011 Comprehensive plan and advances its recommendations to the year 2040. The Comprehensive Plan is the principal document outlining Town direction, policy, and action regarding its development. It is a policy statement that can be valid in the face of change over many years. Properly used, the Plan is the basis for decision-making at all levels of government and can guide the private sector toward acceptable, beneficial, and profitable activities affecting the land and people. The Comprehensive Plan is the statement of development policy for Rock Hall. The Plan presents goals and recommendations organized into separate but interrelated elements dealing with the natural environment, water resources, municipal growth, land use, housing, transportation, community facilities, and cultural heritage. Each section contains a summary of important issues and trends, a statement of objectives, and recommendations believed necessary to reach these goals. The Plan requires public cooperation and support for its accomplishments. It also requires far-sighted and steadfast leadership by the Town’s elected and appointed officials and other public agencies in support of the goals, to stick with the long-range view when it is attacked in the name of expediency or quick profit, and to promote this view in all matters dealing with planning and development. In addition to serving as a guide to the expenditure of public funds in the acquisition of land and the construction of public facilities, the Plan forms the basis for the zoning and subdivision regulations. The Town’s zoning ordinance and subdivision regulations are necessary to achieve orderly growth and an acceptable pattern of land use. Growth and change, guided by the good planning principles embodied in this Plan, will help achieve our vision for the future.

Please see attachments for the 2040 Rock Hall Comprehensive Plan.