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PROJECT OVERVIEW: Knox County, an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, seeks to retain the services of an experienced, qualified professional consultant firm to perform an in-depth analysis of existing Knox County ordinances and regulations relating to and affecting the development in Knox County. The awarded consultant will develop the County’s first Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). The purpose of this project is to develop, draft, and adopt a new UDO combining the zoning ordinance and land development regulations into a cohesive, singular resource. The result will be a Unifie...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: There are 7,719 miles of tidal shoreline in Maryland along the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, according to the Maryland Geological Survey. The vast majority of that shoreline is privately owned, thereby limiting the general public's access to water. Despite common law, statutes and regulations, some of which are well-established and discussed in Maryland case law, there are still questions as to who holds or owns the development rights for erecting structures (e.g., piers) in Maryland waters. In Maryland, a state that almost en...