945 Gilbert Rd, Aberdeen, MD 21001

Integrated Business District

The purpose of the Integrated Business District IBD is to provide residential, recreational, educational, retail, entertainment, and other commercial uses in an aesthetically pleasing and functionally compatible manner, to complement existing residential areas, to blend development with the environmental characteristics of the land, and to facilitate the efficient delivery and use of public services. The object is to use site plan and architectural guidelines to promote land use flexibility and design creativity, to create comfortable and harmonious development that appeals to people living, working, shopping, and socializing within the IBD. The IBD will seek to maintain a common theme and character through the use of specific zoning regulations, design requirements, and architectural review procedures established to encourage flexibility in land planning and generally to align the design, character, and quality of mixed uses. The IBD area west of the I-95 interchange will encourage mixed-use development consistent with the degree and intensity of Ripken Stadium and University Center architectural and design standards known already to attract social interchange through commercial, educational, entertainment, and recreational activity.