Anne Arundel council passes bill aimed at addressing housing need around Fort Meade

A bill aimed at allowing for more mixed-use residential construction around Fort George G. Meade passed the Anne Arundel County Council unanimously Monday night. The bill limits the area where certain kinds of mixed-use development can be done to a 4-mile radius around the military installation and reduces the size of the parcels that are eligible from 25 acres to 5 acres. It also allows business park and highway commercial development zones to be used for housing without having to be accompanied by commercial development.