Agricultural Reserve — Preserving Rural Legacy

Urban Farm DB summary

Montgomery Planning's overview of the Agricultural Reserve, created in 1980 by Montgomery County Council action and covering 93,000 acres — nearly a third of the county's land. The Reserve combines dedicated agricultural zoning (limiting residential density to one unit per 25 acres in the AR zone), a transfer of development rights (TDR) program, and a Building Lot Termination (BLT) easement program to prevent farmland fragmentation, sustaining more than 500 farms.

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• 93,000 acre

  reserve area(agricultural reserve)

  Policy

  region

  Montgomery County, Maryland

  year

  1980

• 1 unit per 25 acres

  max residential density(agricultural reserve zoning)

  Policy

  region

  Montgomery County, Maryland

• 500 count

  farm count(agricultural reserve)

  Economics

  region

  Montgomery County, Maryland

Direction of conclusions

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• Policy and governanceSupports
• Land tenureSupports