8803 Red Spruce Way, Jessup, MD 20794

Residential Single-Commercial Redevelopment Overlay District

The R-12 District is established to provide single-family detached and semi-detached residential uses. The district provides a choice of housing types typically on lots less than a 0.5 acre.; The CR Overlay District is a flexible voluntary alternative zoning district that encourages commercial redevelopment of specifically designated properties on or near US Route; The CR Overlay District is intended to promote the following: Redevelopment that benefits the surrounding residential and business areas by creating and enhancing well designed centers that help create a vibrant marketplace.; The encouragement of the most favorable arrangement of building, parking, vehicle circulation, pedestrian circulation, public areas, landscaped areas and other site features based on the physical site characteristics and the character of the surrounding developments. This arrangement is subject to and required to meet the design standards of the Route 1 Manual.; The provision of creative high-quality architectural and site design that minimizes isolated buildings or pad sites and presents a positive image along or near the U.S. Route 1 corridor.; The development of a mixture of commercial land uses based on market conditions, the site characteristics, and the current or intended future character of the surrounding developments.; The encouragement of projects which involve the assembly and redevelopment of the greatest number of adjoining properties, and the discouragement of smaller projects that obstruct the assembly and redevelopment of adjoining properties.