Critical confusion

Back on Aug. 13, I requested that the Anne Arundel County Department of Inspections and Permits fully disclose the zoning laws pertaining to homes located in the 200-foot "Critical Area Buffer" in the Maryland Gazette. Not surprisingly, there has been no response.

If you live within 200 feet of the bay, a river, a stream or any other tidal water, you are most likely in the Critical Area Buffer. This means that there is a long list of very hard to understand laws that pertain to you and your property specifically.

Back in June, I sent Eric Robey of the county executive's office the following in an...