Templeville Comprehensive Plan

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TEMPLEVILLE, MARYLAND
Incorporated 1865
Templeville
Comprehensive Plan
2009

Town of Templeville
Queen Anne’s and Caroline County,
Maryland
Comprehensive Plan
2009
PREPARED BY
MARYLAND RURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
FOR THE TOWN OF TEMPLEVILLE
WITH ASSISTANCE FROM
THE TEMPLEVILLE PLANNING COMMISSION
THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING
QUEEN ANNE’S COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT
CAROLINE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT
URS CORPORATION
Templeville Comprehensive Plan
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Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION 4
1.1 Authority 4
1.2 Purpose 4
1.3 The Eight “Visions” of the Planning and Zoning Enabling Act: 4
1.4 Neighborhood Conservation & Smart Growth Areas Act of 1997 5
1.5 House Bill 1141 5
1.6 Components Of A Growth Management Program 6
2 BACKGROUND 7
2.1 Regional Setting and History 7
3 COMMUNITY PROFILE 9
3.1 Population Characteristics 9
4 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 12
4.1 Goals 12
4.2 Land Use 13
4.3 Transportation 13
4.4 Public Service 13
4.5 Natural Resources 14
4.6 Intergovernmental Cooperation 14
4.7 Esthetics 14
4.8 Fiscal 15
4.9 Implementation 15
5 LAND USE & GROWTH PLAN 15
5.1 Existing Land Use 15
5.2 Proposed Land Use Districts 17
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6 MUNICIPAL GROWTH ELEMENT 21
6.1 Introduction 21
6.2 Growth of Templeville 21
6.3 Determining Land Needs in Templeville 22
6.4 Impacts of Growth 27
7 TRANSPORTATION 36
8 COMMUNITY FACILITIES 38
9 WATER RESOURCES ELEMENT 38
10 HISTORIC PRESERVATION 57
11 NATURAL RESOURCES & SENSITIVE AREAS 59
12 IMPLEMENTATION 61
12.1 Growth Management 62
12.2 Land Development Ordinances 62
12.2.1 Zoning Code, Subdivision Regulations and Zoning Map 62
12.2.2 Town Center/ Neighborhood Commercial 64
12.2.3 Neighborhood Conservation 64
12.2.4 Planned Development (PD) 65
12.2.5 Performance Standards and Environmental Protection 65
12.2.6 Buffering, Screening, and Landscaping Standards 66
12.2.7 Administrative/ Site Plan Review 66
12.3 Annexation 67
12.4 Building Codes 67
12.5 Transportation Infrastructure 67
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1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Authority
As the State’s pre-eminent growth management law, Article 66B of
the Annotated Code of Maryland, Land Use (Planning and Zoning
Enabling Act) requires that county and municipal plans be
implemented by laws, ordinances, and regulations consistent with
the Planning and Zoning Enabling Act and its “Visions.” Each
county and municipality within Maryland is required to update their
comprehensive land use plans and implementing provisions every
six years.
1.2 Purpose
The purpose of this Comprehensive Plan is to direct the future of the Town of Templeville, by
ensuring coordinated and harmonious development, while preserving its natural village setting. This
Plan is to be used as a guide in all land planning decisions pertaining to development,
redevelopment and conservation. All future land use laws, ordinances and regulations should be
consistent with this comprehensive plan.
1.3 The Eight “Visions” of the Planning and Zoning Enabling Act:
In preparing this Comprehensive Plan, as required by Article 66B, the eight “Visions” of the
Planning and Zoning enabling act were addressed and were a steering force in the planning process.
Development is concentrated in suitable areas;
Sensitive areas are protected;
In rural areas, growth is directed to existing population centers and resources are protected;
Stewardship of the Chesapeake Bay and the land is a universal ethic;
Conservation of resources, including a reduction in resource consumption is practiced;
Economic growth is encouraged and regulatory mechanisms are streamlined;
Adequate public facilities and infrastructure under the control of the county or municipal
corporation are available or planned in areas where growth is to occur.
Funding mechanisms are addressed to achieve these “Visions.”
Maryland has procedures to insure that public infrastructure improvements are consistent with
growth policies, as defined in the law. The Planning and Zoning Enabling Act stipulates that a local
government may not approve a local construction project involving the use of State funds, grants,
loans, loan guaranties, or insurance, unless the project is consistent with the State’s “Visions.” This
plan has been prepared to meet the State’s eight Visions.
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The Maryland Economic Growth, Resource Protection and Planning Act of 1992 also
added the requirement that the comprehensive plan contain a Sensitive Areas Element, which
describes how the jurisdiction will protect the following sensitive areas:
Streams and stream buffers,
100-year floodplains,
Endangered species habitats,
Steep slopes, and
Other sensitive areas the Town has determined require protect from the adverse impacts of
development.
Neighborhood Conservation & Smart Growth Areas Act of 1997
In 1997, the Maryland General Assembly enacted the Neighborhood Conservation and
Smart Growth Areas Act (Smart Growth). The intent of the legislation is to marshal
the State’s financial resources to support growth in Maryland’s communities and
limit development in agricultural and other resource conservation areas.
At the heart of the Smart Growth concept are the “Priority Funding Areas”
(PFA’s), which represent local growth areas for targeted State funding. PFA’s
include municipalities, such as Templeville, rural villages, communities, industrial areas, and planned
growth areas to be served by public water and sewerage. The new 8th “Vision” of Article 66B
(which is actually vision 7) creates consistency between the Planning and Zoning Enabling Act and
Smart Growth by requiring adequate public infrastructure for State funding.
Plans must show designated growth areas including areas planned for annexation by municipalities.
Lands within local growth boundaries may be designated as a Priority Funding Area (PFA)
provided sewer service is planned in a 10-Year Water and Sewerage Plan and provided such
designation is a long-term and planned development policy that promotes efficient land use and
public infrastructure. Plans must include areas considered as PFA’s, such as planned water and
sewerage service, residential development areas, industrial development areas, economic
development areas, and neighborhood parks.
1.5 House Bill 1141
Municipal/County coordination became a requirement in 2006 after the Maryland General
Assembly passed House Bill 1141. This bill established additional substance and procedural
requirements for municipalities preparing comprehensive plans, including minimum
municipal/county coordination requirements. These requirements include:
The Town will include in its comprehensive plan a growth element that specifies where
the Town intends to grow outside its existing corporate limits and discusses how the
Town intends to address service, infrastructure and environmental protection needs for
the growth area and surrounding environs.
The Town and County must include in their comprehensive plans water resources plan
elements that identify drinking water and other water resources to meet current and
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future needs and to identify suitable water and land areas to receive stormwater and
wastewater derived from development.
The Town must consult with the County concerning its municipal growth plans. Prior to
approving the Town’s growth element, the Town must provide a copy of the growth
element to the County, accept comments from the County on the growth element, meet
and confer with the County regarding the growth element and on request of either party
engage in mediation to facilitate agreement on a growth element.
In order for land annexed after September 30, 2006 to qualify for State assistance as a
priority funding the Town must complete an analysis of land capacity available for
development, including infill and redevelopment and an analysis of the land area needed
to satisfy demand for development at densities consistent with its master plan.
The bill gives affected local governments until October 1, 2009 to update their
comprehensive master plans to include these and other elements required by existing
law with the possibility of one to two six-month extensions for good cause. Local
governments that have not updated their plans by that time may not change the zoning
classification of a property until their updates are complete.
The Town must develop and share with other planning agencies an annexation plan that
is consistent with its growth element in the comprehensive master plan.
House Bill 1141 also requires the Department of the Environment to provide technical
assistance to a local government regarding the development of a comprehensive plan water
resources element. The Department of Planning is also required to provide technical assistance
to a municipality regarding the development of a comprehensive plan municipal growth
element. It encourages municipalities and counties to participate in joint planning processes
and agreements.
House Bill 1141 changes the current provisions allowing the County to delay for 5 years the zoning
of newly annexed land uses where the proposed municipal zoning designation is found to be
substantially different from the land uses specified for the annexed land in the County
comprehensive plan. Instead the standard will be whether a substantial difference exists between the
land uses and densities permitted under the proposed Town zoning and the land uses for the
annexed area and densities permitted under the current county zoning.
1.6 Components Of A Growth Management Program
This Comprehensive Plan is Templeville’s first step in its Comprehensive Planning Process. It
is not intended to be a stand-alone document but will support and, in turn, be supported by
related Planning Programs which the Town will undertake in its implementation process,
which may include, but is not limited to the following:
Zoning Ordinance
Subdivision Ordinance
Water and Sewer Facility Plan
Capital Improvement Budget
This document along with the proposed documents, when used concurrently, will be the basis for
directing and managing growth in Templeville.
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2 BACKGROUND
Regional Setting and History
The Town of Templeville is a small rural community that is located on the county line of Queen
Anne’s and Caroline Counties, Maryland. A portion of the incorporated boundaries of the Town
lie in both counties. The Town formerly known as Bullock Town, was changed to Templeville for
the Temple family in 1847. One of several historic cemeteries located near the Town dates back to
the 1700s and is the resting place of members of the Temple family. Templeville was originally
incorporated in 1865; the charter was renewed in 1947.
Excerpted from
The Map of
Caroline County
1897
M.L. Saulsbury
Civil Engineer
Ridgely, Maryland
With Permission from County Commissioners of Caroline County
The first Post Office in
Templeville was established
in October of 1837. The
first Postmaster was James
Green, who was succeeded
by Thomas Cooper in 1840.
Early businesses included
the Whitely Hotel, which
also served as a station in
the Underground Railroad
during the Civil War. The
hotel was razed when
Maryland Route 454 was
widened. Other businesses
included a drug store, a
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general store and numerous doctors who
had practices in Templeville through the
years.
Templeville is located on Maryland
Route 302 and Route 454. Residences
are built along the roads forming a T-
shaped community.
Templeville is unique in that its planning
must take into consideration the
planning of the two counties, which it
lies in.
The Queen Anne’s County Comprehensive
Plan, adopted in May 2002, was designed to
address State laws, such as Article 66B and
Smart Growth, assesses regional needs on
a more detailed basis, and develops a plan
based on broader public participation and
support.
The primary land use and growth
management goal is to concentrate future
development in planned growth areas and
preserve the rural character of the North
County region.
The North Caroline County Comprehensive Plan,
is a sub-regional plan adopted by Caroline
County in 2003, as the first of four sub-
regional plans the County is preparing to
address State laws, such as Planning and
Zoning Act and Smart Growth, assess
regional needs on a more detailed basis,
and develop a plan based on broader
public participation and support. It is
anticipated that these four sub-regional
plans will then be included in the updated Caroline County Comprehensive Land Use Plan.
The North Caroline County Comprehensive Plan establishes many of the land use and growth
management objectives for Caroline County’s 1st Election District. This plan is unique because it
serves as the official comprehensive plan for the three incorporated towns in North Caroline,
including Templeville. It was intended that the towns would adopt the plan by resolution and
utilize it as the basis for developing town ordinances.
This Templeville Comprehensive Plan will be inclusive of most of the planning recommendations
found in the Queen Anne’s Comprehensive Plan along with the planning recommendations found in the
North Caroline County Comprehensive Plan.
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3 COMMUNITY PROFILE
3.1 Population Characteristics
Population Trend
Templeville ‘s population has sustained modest declines over the past several decades. However,
demand for rental housing in the community has growth over the past decade. In spite of few if
any housing starts, an increase in average household size in the population suggests that substantial
growth may be anticipated when the 2010 US Census counts are in.
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Population 96 102 98 66 80
% of Change from 0.06% -0.04% -0.33% 0.21%
Previous Period
From the 1980, 1990 & 2000 Census of Population US Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census
* Note: It appears there may have been errors in the 1990 census, as there was no drastic decrease or increase in actual
population during the twenty year period from 1980 to 2000 that would account for the decrease shown here.
Age Distribution
Under 5 18 Years + 65 Years + Median Age
Population 5 58 14 36.3
% of Population 6.3 % 72.5% 17.5%
From the 2000 Census of Population US Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census
Family Characteristics
Male Female Average Average
Household Family Size
Size
Population 37 43 2.5 3.79
% of Population 46.3 % 53.8%
Average U.S. 2.59 3.14
From the 2000 Census of Population US Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census
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Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin
White African Hispanic Other Race
American
Population 62 4 4 10
% of Population 77.5 % 5.0 % 5.0 % 12.5 %
From the 2000 Census of Population US Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census
Educational Attainment
Population 25 years + High School Graduate Bachelor’s Degree +
Population 55 25 2
% of Population 45.5 % 3.6 %
From the 2000 Census of Population US Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census
Employment and Labor Force Characteristics
In Labor Force Mean Travel
16 years + Time in Minutes
Population 42 31.9
% of Population 60 %
From the 2000 Census of Population US Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census
Income and Poverty
Median Median Per capita Families Individuals
Household Family Income Below Below
Income Income Poverty Poverty
Level Level
Templeville $ 15,938 $ 24,375 $ 10,202 6 - 40% 35 - 40%
Percent $ 41,994 $ 50,046 $ 21,587 9.2 % 12.4 %
From the 2000 Census of Population US Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census
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Housing Characteristics
Total Occupied Owner Renter Vacant
Housing Housing Occupied Occupied Housing
Templeville 37 32 21 11 5
Percent 86.5 % 65.6 % 34.4 % 9.0 %
From the 2000 Census of Population US Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census
Population Projections
There are many questions concerning the population trend for the Town of Templeville. There
appears to be a declining population over the last 40 years, yet a physical look at the Town provides
a different picture. There are currently very few empty homes and there are numerous residences
that appear to be housing more than one family. Both Queen Anne’s and Caroline Counties have a
population growth trend of 50% or higher for the last 30 year period.
For the purposes of this Comprehensive Plan we will assume an increasing population growth trend
to secure a pre-defined target of 50 new households and an additional 125 residents by the year
2030. Templeville has very few sources of income and provides few public services. A number of
Town residents are on fixed incomes.
The Town has determined that some growth in population and corresponding increase in tax base
is necessary to enhance overall community health and well-being. Current study by the County to
evaluate the feasibility of wastewater treatment facility services to serve the Town holds some
promise to provide the services necessary to sustain town growth to better support the fiscal picture
for Templeville. The Town also hopes that modest growth will help sustain the financial feasibility
of wastewater treatment facilities, since a greater number of users can offset the fiscal impact that
operation of such facilities might have on current residents. As such, the Town’s projections show
a substantial increase in population beginning in the year 2020. If these projections prove to be
unrealistic or unattainable over the next 20 years, then the Town will revise these projections during
the next periodic update of this plan, some 6 years from now.
Population Projections 2010-2030
2000 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030
Population 80 92 98 129 170 217
% of Change 15% 7% 32% 32% 28%
from Previous
Period
From the 2000 Census of Population US Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census and projections developed by
the Town of Templeville.
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4 GOALS AND OBJEC TIVES
The principal goal of the Town of Templeville is to concentrate development in suitable areas
within the incorporated boundaries and the established growth area, while preserving the rural
village character of the Town. The Eight Visions of the Planning Act of 1992 provided the
foundation for the goals found in this Comprehensive Plan.
4.1 Goals
1. Preserve and enhance the village character of the Town through compatible growth and
reinvestment in existing properties;
2. Improve existing property values and the climate for new investment and reinvestment in
the Town by addressing key infrastructure issues, such as water and sewer, roads and
streets, and other capital projects;
3. Stabilize property values through the adoption of appropriate building and property
maintenance codes and other regulations;
4. Expand the tax base of the Town by encouraging appropriate infill and redevelopment of
vacant and underutilized properties within the Town;
5. Ensure new development is consistent with the overall growth objectives of the Town by
adopting appropriate development codes/standards and ensuring that development is
appropriate in scale and size for Templeville;
6. Provide diversity in land-use for all citizens by including mixed land uses for new
development;
7. Maintain a favorable balance between Town revenues and the expenditures required to
meet community needs;
8. Improve coordination between Templeville and both Queen Anne’s and Caroline County;
9. Protect sensitive environmental areas;
10. Encourage the restoration, rehabilitation, and adaptive reuse of existing buildings, especially
those that have special historical, architectural, and cultural significance;
11. Ensure that all current and future residents and businesses in Templeville have adequate
public services necessary to protect their health, safety, and welfare and to promote an
attractive environment in which to live and work; and
12. Enhance the landscape and reinforce Town identity by defining gateways into Town to
distinguish the Town from the larger adjacent County landscapes.
13. Protect and enhance and visual appeal of Templeville through the development of
landscape buffers and future development that is consistent with the character and scale of
development manifest today.
In summary the overall goal is to maintain the positive aspects of the Town’s rural village character,
while improving the economical status of the town and improving the quality of infrastructure
available to its citizens.
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4.2 Land Use
As a designated growth area for both Queen Anne’s and Caroline County, it is important to address
the land use and growth management objectives of the Town. Development within the Town and
its growth area should incorporate the following objectives:
1. Conserve existing residential areas by protecting them from incompatible uses the could
adversely effect property values and quality of life;
2. Encourage appropriately sized commercial development to serve the community and
surrounding rural area;
3. Discourage potential large lot residential sprawl, on well and septic, within the Town
boundaries and in the adjacent Town growth area that will be difficult to absorb into any
future water and sewer service areas; suburban sprawl in the planning areas is inefficient to
serve with public facilities.;
4. Encourage development in areas which can be economically served by future Town or
County water and sewer infrastructure;
5. Provide adequate open space and park areas within the Town and any new development
areas;
4.3 Transportation
The center of the Town is at the crossroads of Maryland Routes 302 and 454. This poses some
problems for a residential village and traffic safety will always be a concern. The following objectives
seek to address this issue:
1. Improve pedestrian safety by providing safe routes for pedestrians, including sidewalks and
walkways or trails through out the town and in any future development areas;
2. Ensure the development of appropriate vehicle and pedestrian circulation systems to serve
designated growth areas;
3. Ensure the continuity of future transportations systems to create an effective traffic
circulation system that is not solely dependent on state roads and assures connection
between existing and future development;
4.4 Public Service
Currently the Town provides a minimum of public services to its citizens, which include street
lighting, solid waste disposal and recreation. Our public services objective is to improve the services
available to the citizens.
1. Any significant development in the growth areas will require additional funding for public
services. Those developers or property owners proposing development in the growth areas
should be economically responsible for adequate public facilities, including public services
for those areas.
2. Future public services for the Town, dependant on significant development, should include
adequate water, sewer and storm water systems; adequate level of police protection;
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adequate level of fire protection and ambulance service; and adequate facilities for
community recreation to meet the Town’s needs.
4.5 Natural Resources
The Planning and Zoning Enabling Act requires the Town of Templeville to adopt measures to
protect environmentally sensitive areas, which include:
Streams and Stream Buffers
Steep Slopes;
100 Year Flood Plain;
Habitat of Threatened and Endangered Species; and
Wetlands.
To preserve and protect sensitive areas, the following objectives have been established:
1. Ensure environmentally sensitive areas within the Town are protected through adequate
Town policies and regulations;
2. Ensure environmentally sensitive areas within the growth area are protected upon
annexation with adequate Town policies and regulations;
3. Coordinate with State, Counties and other government groups on all significant actions
affecting unique wildlife habitats;
4. Promote a universal stewardship ethic toward our land, water, air and other natural
resources.
4.6 Intergovernmental Cooperation
As an incorporate municipality, we maintain contact with other governmental jurisdictions and local
groups. The size and the limited fiscal resources of the Town make us dependent upon other
government bodies for most services at this time. Accordingly, we should:
Coordinate closely with the both Queen Anne’s and Caroline Counties in decisions affecting
use of land within our planning area.
Provide State Highway Administration with input regarding the future of Routes 302 & 454
and our needs for safe vehicular and pedestrian traffic with in our Town.
Explore ways in which we can provide more of our own government services.
4.7 Esthetics
Templeville has a disproportionately high percentage of housing stock in need of improvements.
The Town will continue to seek financial support to improve housing, improve our park facility,
and enhance the character of our Town gateways.
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4.8 Fiscal
The size and the limited fiscal resources of the Town, at the present time, make us dependent
upon other government bodies for most services at this time. We hope that modest growth
can reduce this dependency over time.
4.9 Implementation
This Comprehensive Plan represents a new beginning for Templeville. This is our first
Comprehensive Plan and we intend the preparation of first zoning ordinance and land
development regulations once this plan is adopted. We recognize that greater demands will be
placed on the community for administration and enforcement of these new ordinances and
others, including building and housing codes that will require attention in the future.
5 LAND USE & GROWTH PLAN
5.1 Existing Land Use
Templeville, Maryland Land Use in Acres 2000
County Residential Commercial Industrial Vacant Total Acreage Density
units/acre
Queen Anne’s 26 1 0 2 30 1.03
Caroline 10 1 0 7 18 1.1
Total
36 2 0 9 48 2.13
Templeville
Templeville consists of approximately 18 acres in Caroline County and 30 acres in Queen Anne’s
County for a total of 48 acres. The predominant land use is low-density residential. The Town can
be characterized as a crossroads rural settlement. Among the public uses of land is a post office,
which rents space from a business. There are also the newly constructed church/community center,
which sits on the site of the former church which burn down in 2005. The Town has very limited
commercial business, consisting of a small grocery store and a grainery. Although the Town sits on
two state roads, it is no longer used as a major corridor, which prohibits the type of commercial
business usually found along highways. There is substantial vacant land (approximately 10 acres)
within Templeville that may provide opportunities for infill development in the future. Such infill
should be in accordance with designated land uses as presented in Map 1 – Existing Land Use.
Templeville has shown very little growth in the last several decades. This is due to natural soil
limitations in and around the Town, high water table and slow percolation rates, which preclude the
approval of on-site sewage disposal systems and the lack of public water and sewer facilities.
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Map 1. Existing Land Use
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5.2 Proposed Land Use Districts
Neighborhood Conservation
The Neighborhood Conservation district encompasses existing medium-density residential
properties, primarily in detached single-family dwellings with some multi-family dwellings. This
district includes some vacant properties, marked as Non-Developed, that could be candidate sites
for infill or redevelopment projects. Historic properties located in these districts may be appropriate
for adaptive reuse strategies. Zoning for these areas should address the need to protect existing
residential areas from incompatible uses and activities. Zoning for these areas should allow for
setback variances and other exceptions to retain the historic nature of the community. Design
guidelines for appropriate infill and reconstruction projects would be applicable.
Neighborhood Commercial
The Neighborhood Commercial District includes scattered business and commercial sites located
with in the current Town. The purpose of this district is to recognize existing land use and/or
zoning decisions. In the future, any new commercial zoning should include these properties and be
contiguous with these areas. These properties are located in an area that would be appropriate for
future commercial businesses, as long as they are either located within the current or rehabilitated
buildings or in buildings that are constructed in a way that is in keeping with the historic nature of
the community. Overlay zoning, allowing for low impact commercial business mixed with
residential properties maybe appropriate for this area.
Neighborhood Exempt
There are several properties designated as exempt. The properties consist of a parcel on which a
community building stands and two parcels which are currently open space/ park areas. These
properties should only be considered exempt as long as their use remains community oriented. It
should be noted that community parking is very limited and use of one of these parcels for parking
in the future maybe necessary.
Town Expansion Area
The Town Expansion Area constitutes the future growth area, which is currently outside of the
municipal boundaries of Templeville that could be annexed at some future date. This district
consists of lands, which are currently located in both Queen Anne’s County and Caroline County,
and the Town has no authority to determine land use opportunities and policies until annexation.
However, current state policies and regulations do encourage new growth and development around
existing communities. As a result, it is likely that this outlying area will be incorporated into
Templeville should municipal water and sewer become available. The Harman Subdivision, south of
Town, is in the Expansion Area and is likely to be part of any shared sewer and water opportunities
in the future. Before land is either annexed or proposed for annexation, Templeville will develop
zoning and land use criteria for new development consistent with this Comprehensive Plan.
Consideration should be given by Queen Anne’s and Caroline Counties Planning policies and their
efforts to protect farmland through zoning and easement purchase programs in areas beyond the
Town’s designated future growth area as development occurs in these areas.
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The North Caroline County Land Use Plan (2006) identifies these areas as Town Expansion Areas,
which include land around the Towns planned for growth in the future. The Queen Anne’s County
Land Use Plan (2002) does not include a growth area for Templeville, although Templeville would
like the area identified in this plan to be incorporated in to their next update. Orderly development
should be accomplished through the annexation process, whereby, they become part of the Town.
Community quality objectives for these growth areas should be clearly stated at the time of
annexation and be based on the following design principles:
(cid:1)
New neighborhoods should accommodate a mix of uses;
(cid:1)
New neighborhoods should be compact and identifiable with visually discernible
boundaries;
(cid:1)
New neighborhoods streets should extend existing street patterns to enhance views and
landmarks;
(cid:1)
Street blocks should be consistent with existing block patterns and help describe
component neighborhoods, suggesting the role of the street as a channel for social
interaction;
(cid:1)
All parking should be accommodated through a mix of on-street and unobtrusive off-street
strategies, avoiding large-scale parking lots;
(cid:1)
New neighborhoods should be visually coherent and establish community character
through consistent rules of organization and architecture;
(cid:1)
Streets in new neighborhoods should be visually bounded with street trees, sidewalks, and
front-yard design elements to create visual layers and contribute to the intimacy of
streetscape;
(cid:1)
Most important, new neighborhoods and their settings should make a positive contribution
to the existing town character.
The proposed Land Use Plan represents the town’s long-range growth expectations and designated
priorities for annexation. The “Town Expansion Area” consists of 48 parcels totaling 324 acres in
land area, as shown on Map 2 - Land Use Plan. The Town Expansion Area is divided into short-
term and long-term growth areas, which are further discussed in the Municipal Growth Element
and displayed on Map 3 - Growth Area Plan.
The short-term expansion area includes portions of the several large tracts surrounding current
town boundaries. Lands within the short-term area are the first phase of annexation to be
considered by the town during this planning period if and when wastewater treatment facilities are
provided in the Town. The majority of these lands are currently used for agriculture.
This plan anticipates that Templeville will expand in the future to the north, south and west with
residential development that is similar in scale to the existing town and fosters a traditional
neighborhood development form through a grid or modified grid street system. Its future
development is expected to be consistent with previously described community design principles.
The area is a logical outward extension of the existing town boundaries that maintains identifiable
municipal boundaries. The short-term expansion area totals approximately 77 acres.
The long-term expansion area includes the remaining portions of the parcels in the short-term
expansion area as well as the Harman Subdivision, south of town. The town considers these lands
as a logical expansion of town, over 50 years from now, following the annexations of the short-term
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areas. The majority of theses lands, consisting of approximately 182 acres are presently undeveloped
and used for agriculture.
Surrounding agricultural land cover represents a key element of the Town Growth Plan reflected in
Map 3. Agriculture provides the context and setting for Templeville and is therefore a key
component of Town identity. Through annexation these lands may someday represent a larger part
of the Town. Agricultural and/or Agri-tourism land uses will be promoted to accommodate the
Town’s interest in promoting agriculture as a part of the community, and to accommodate growth
while at the same time realizing objectives to sustain a greenbelt over time. Within these growth
areas the Town proposes the future creation of a zoning district that will provide density incentives
on near town portions of farms that may be annexed in exchange for conservation easements on
remaining portions of those same farms that are further removed the Town Center. The zoning
ordinance will implement the intent of this district and after consideration of an appropriate balance
between density incentives that encourage appropriate development forms on annexed lands and
the percentage of land on farms to be preserved through conservation easements. This concept or
zoning treatment will be further explored at such time as the ordinance is established to include this
district.
The long term growth or expansion area also includes, the Harman Subdivision, which consists of
20 lots totaling 16.76 acres. Although it may not be annexed by Templeville in the future, it is
currently planned to be part of any shared sewer and water opportunities in the future.
Greenbelt District
The greenbelt concept is a transitional land use area located at the edge of the growth area
boundaries of a municipality intended for low-density residential and agricultural uses. The greenbelt
will help create a distinct rural edge for the designated growth areas characterized by open space,
natural resources, and low density residential uses. Greenbelts are most effective when the lands
within them have been placed into some type of a conservation program. Both the Caroline and
Queen Anne’s County Comprehensive Plans support this concept. Both Counties treat agriculture
as a preferred use adjacent to Templeville and accordingly maintain very low densities for any
residential development. Currently approximately 50% of the lands designated as the Greenbelt
District surrounding Templeville are designated as a Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation
Foundation (MALPF) easement or district lands. Future annexations within the long term
expansion area would allow opportunities place up to 50% of the long term expansion area in the
Greenbelt district over time to reinforce the adjacent County greenbelts dedicated to agricultural
use. This could be accomplished through mandatory clustering, transferred development rights
and/or in conjunction with County and State conservation and preservation programs.
Properties currently participating in a agricultural district program or easement restricted from
future development are identified on Map 2 – Land Use Plan.
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6 MUNICIPAL GROWTH ELEMENT
6.1 Introduction
The Municipal Growth Element (MGE) for the Town of Templeville presents analyses of land
consumption and facilities impacts that can be expected as a result of the projected growth of
the town’s population from 82 in 20071 to 217 in the year 2030.
The MGE specifies where Templeville intends to grow outside its existing corporate limits. The
MGE provides town officials with a better understanding of the impacts of growth, and affords a
framework for establishing land use and growth management policies going forward. It discusses
how the town intends to address services, infrastructure, and environmental protection needs within
the designated Expansion Area. As the population and housing units increase, there will also be
growth in demand for increased services and facilities.
Future growth in the Counties and Templeville will require multi-jurisdictional strategies to
address such issues as school capacity, demands on emergency services, and public
infrastructure.
Currently, the town provides a minimum of public services to its citizens, which include street
lighting, solid waste disposal and recreation. Any significant development in the expansion
areas will require additional funding for public services. Those developers or property owners
proposing development in the expansion areas should be economically responsible for
adequate public facilities, including public services for those areas. Future public services for
the town, dependant on significant development, will include adequate water, sewer and storm
water systems to meet the town’s needs; adequate level of police protection; adequate level of
fire protection and ambulance service; and adequate facilities for community recreation.
6.2 Growth of Templeville
6.2.1 Population: Past Growth Trends and Patterns
Located on Maryland Route 302 and Route 454, Templeville can be characterized as a
crossroads rural settlement. Residences are built along the roads forming a T-shaped
community. Templeville consists of approximately 18 acres in Caroline County and 30 acres in
Queen Anne’s County for a total of 48 acres.
The predominant land use is low-density residential. There are currently very few empty homes and
there are numerous residences that appear to be housing more than one family. Among the public
uses of land is a post office, which rents space from a business. There are also the newly
constructed church/community center and the Community Park. The town has a very limited
number of commercial businesses, consisting of a small convenience grocery store, a bakery and a
grainery.
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Table 1 below shows population growth over recent decades.
Table 1. Population Trend
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Population 96 102 98 66 80
% of Change from 0.06% -0.04% -0.33% 0.21%
Previous Period
From the 1980, 1990 & 2000 Census of Population US Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census
6.2.2 Issues/ Development Limitations
Templeville has shown very little growth in the last several decades. This is due to natural soil
limitations in and around the town, high water table and slow percolation rates, which
preclude the approval of on-site sewage disposal systems and the lack of public water and
sewer facilities. Although the town sits on two state roads, it is no longer used as a major
corridor, which prohibits the type of commercial business usually found along highways.
Future Town growth is virtually dependent on future construction of a public wastewater
treatment system and waste treatment collection facilities. Consideration of such facilities is
currently being undertaken by Caroline County Government in cooperation with Maryland
Environmental Service with consultant assistance. The County is evaluating the feasibility of
providing such services to Templeville in combination with neighboring communities to the
South including the Towns of Henderson, Marydel and Goldsboro. This Municipal Growth
Element assumes such facilities will be provided over the next 10 years. If they are not, then
future prospects for growth in Templeville will be severely limited, and the matter of
Wastewater system infrastructure and its influence on projected growth will be reconsidered
during the course of updating this plan, some six years from now.
6.3 Determining Land Needs in Templeville
6.3.1 Population Projections
As discussed at the beginning of this Plan element, Templeville’s population is projected to
grow by about from 92 residents to 217 by 2030. Over the 20 year period the Town has
projected available wastewater facilities constructed in the future will need to support growth
by some 50 new households adding 125 new residents to the current population. Table 2
below shows population projections to the year 2030.
Table 2. Population Projections
2000 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030
Population 80 92 98 129 170 217
% of Change 15% 7% 32% 32% 28%
from Previous
Period
From the 2000 Census of Population US Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census and projections developed by
the Town of Templeville.
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6.3.2 Infill & Redevelopment Capacity Analysis
There is some vacant land (approximately 10 acres) within Templeville that provides
opportunities for infill development in the future. Such infill should be in accordance with
designated land uses as presented in the Land Use Plan on Map #2.
Per the North County Water and Sewer Service Area Build-out Study for Caroline County, the
build-out of the potential infill or redevelopment sites in town could result in 15 new dwelling
units.2 The location of these infill and redevelopment properties within the town is shown in
Figure 1 (also identified as figure 8 in the initial report). This estimate was based on the most
aggressive growth scenario in the report, and assumed that all properties with development
potential would be developed in some way to the maximum extent possible. The residential
properties were assumed to be developed at moderate densities (average lot size of 7,000
square feet) in accordance with anticipated zoning density standards.
It can be expected that there is sufficient capacity within the existing town limits for the Town
of Templeville’s to absorb a portion of projected growth by the year 2030. Given a
projection of 15 new households in areas shown for infill and redevelopment on figure 1,
there is a capacity for approximately 37 new residents in those areas assuming a sustained
average household size of 2.50 persons per household for the town as existed in 2000 within
the current town limits. Infill and re-development within the Town will the first priority of
any sewer capacity allocated to the Town.
Figure 1
Map reproduced from “North County Water and Sewer Service Area Build-out Study Caroline County, Maryland”, December 22, 2008; prepared by
Peter Johnston and Associates
2 “North County Water and Sewer Service Area Build-out Study Caroline County, Maryland”, December 22, 2008; prepared by Peter Johnston and
Associates
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6.3.3 Growth Area Capacity Analysis
Town Expansion Area
The Town Expansion Area constitutes the future growth area, which is currently outside of
the municipal boundaries of Templeville that could be annexed. This district consists of lands,
which are currently located in both Queen Anne’s County and Caroline County, and the town
has no authority to determine land use opportunities and policies until annexation. However,
current state policies and regulations as well as the land use plan policies in both Counties
encourage new growth and development around existing communities. As a result, it is likely
that this outlying area, with cooperation and support from both Counties, will be incorporated
into Templeville should municipal water and sewer become available.
The proposed Growth Area Plan provides a concept plan that represents the town’s long-
range growth expectations and designated priorities for annexation. The “Town Expansion
Area” consists of 48 parcels totaling 324 acres in land area. The Town Expansion Area is
divided into short-term and long-term growth areas. The short-term growth area defines that
land area where growth would be expected to occur over the 20 year planning period.
Projected growth over the 20 year period would occupy roughly 1/3 the land area shown on
Map #3 as short term expansion area. The Town Expansion Area strives to:
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Identify areas most suitable for growth and where the most cost-effective infrastructure
improvements can be made
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Assure development occurs in a serviceable form
•
Build a pattern of contiguous development in keeping with current town character and
scale and foster a future development form that is consistent with other traditional small
town communities on the Eastern Shore.
•
Adequately and appropriately guide the timing, character, and pattern of growth by
preventing spot development that is not contiguous with existing density and highway
infrastructure
•
Support a land base for phased residential development within a greenbelt designed to
provide a hard edge and long-term definition of the Town of Templeville
Short-term Expansion Area
The short-term expansion area includes portions of the several large tracts surrounding current
town boundaries. Lands within the short-term area are the first phase of annexation to be
considered by the town. The majority of these lands are currently used for agriculture. This plan
anticipates that Templeville will expand in the future to the north, south and west with residential
development that is similar in scale to the existing town. The area is a logical outward extension of
the existing town boundaries that maintains identifiable municipal boundaries.
This plan envisions a street grid network that connects future development on adjoining parcels and
with the existing streets. The short-term expansion area totals approximately 77 acres. This area is
illustrated on the Land Use Plan Map in yellow and includes areas for streets and roads and
conservation corridors to manage stormwater. Map 3 provides an illustration of potential lotting
and road system pattern of development shown on the growth area concept plan map. The
proposed development layout is for illustration purposes only as lots are anticipated to be smaller
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than those shown to achieve a “smart growth” density of closer to 3.5 units per acre within this
area. With greater density more land would likely be committed to roads and stormwater
management functions leaving an estimated 42 acres of the 77 available to support approximately
147 units: a net density of 3.5 units per acre. Nevertheless, the plan illustration serves to
demonstrate the development design principles intended to guide the character of development
including connection between existing and proposed future roads, reservation of corridors for
storm-water management, and opportunities along conservation corridors and streets for alternative
trail and sidewalk connections to support pedestrian movement. throughout the community.
Long-term Expansion Area
The long-term expansion area includes the remaining portions of the parcels in the expansion area.
The town considers these lands as a logical expansion of town following the annexations of the
short-term areas. The majority of theses lands are undeveloped and used for agriculture. The
Harman Subdivision, which consists of 20 lots totaling 16.76 acres, is already developed and may
never be annexed by the Town, but is planned to be part of any shared sewer and water
opportunities in the future.
The town recognizes that development of these parcels are in the long-term future and outside of
the scope of this planning period; therefore, additional residential growth in this area is unlikely
within the 20 year planning period. Parcels within the long-term expansion area will only be
considered after parcels within the short-term area have been annexed and developed, unless a
proposal complies with the annexation criteria and policies described in the next subsection.
Table 3. Build-out Analysis of Town Expansion Area
Town Acres* Net Density Estimated New Population
Expansion Area (Dwelling Dwelling Units Increase
Units/Acre)
Short-Term 42 3.5 147 368
Long-Term 55 (30% of 182 acre area)** 3.5 192 481
Total 97 3.5 340 850
* Acres shown are acres remaining after land for roads, stormwater management and proposed parkland and conservation corridors are subtracted from
gross land area and represent about 60% of total land area. Acres shown do not include the Harman Subdivision south of Town.
** Area shown for acres to be developed in long term growth area assumes a gross density of only one unit per acre, but mandatory clustering on only
1/3 the total acres to achieve a density of approximately 3.5 residential units per acre.
As shown in Table 3 the short term and long term town expansion areas combined can support an
estimated 329 new households. Assuming 2.5 persons per household, the 329 estimated new
residential units or households in Templeville will generate a population increase of approximately
823 new residents at complete build-out of the Town Expansion Area. The current expectation is
that this build-out will not occur within the next 50 years. Within the more immediate 20 planning
horizon, expectations are that the town population may grow by approximately 50 new households
or approximately 125 new residents by 2030. Even these modest growth projection will be
dependent on the availability of public sewer facilities and services within the next 10 years.
Annexation Criteria & Policies
Orderly, phased development should be accomplished through the annexation process, whereby,
areas shown for short term and long term expansion become part of the town. Templeville has
defined and articulated several reasons for annexation of these areas including:
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Requiring development site design that focuses on “place-making” and smart growth
principles;
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Ensuring that new development is in scale and harmony with the existing community
character;
•
Enabling and requiring Smart Growth densities for new development;
•
Requiring appropriate stormwater Best Management Practices (BMP’s) to enhance and
protect water quality in area stream systems;
•
Minimizing the future development of on lot septic systems in areas surrounding the town.
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Ensuring an adequate tax base providing sufficient public services to residents.
Properties designated within the mapped short-term expansion area, or municipal growth area
will be considered candidate areas eligible for future annexation. This policy includes small
properties where annexations will be undertaken to clarify boundaries, prevent "enclaves,"
and/or extend service to areas in need of municipal services for health or safety reasons when
such services can be provided by the Town.
Prior to annexing any land area not included in the Town Expansion Plan, the town will first
consider appropriate amendments to this Comprehensive Plan and will follow the procedural
requirements for comprehensive plan amendments and annexation established in State law
(Articles 66B and 23A), including those of Maryland House Bill 1141. This will ensure that the
proposed annexation is consistent with the goals and objectives of this comprehensive plan,
that appropriate consideration has been given to the adequacy of public facilities and services,
and that County and State agencies are afforded an opportunity to comment on the
proceedings. In addition, the following annexation policies will apply to future annexations:
•
Proposed annexation areas will be economically self-sufficient and will not result in
larger municipal expenditures than anticipated revenues, which would indirectly
burden existing town residents with the costs of services or facilities to support the
area annexed.
•
The costs of providing roads, utilities, parks, other community services will be borne
by those gaining value from such facilities through either income, profits, or
participation.
•
Specific conditions of annexation will be made legally binding in an executed
annexation agreement. Such agreements will address, among other things, consistency
with the goals, objectives and recommendations contained in the Templeville
Comprehensive Plan, zoning and development expectations, responsibility for appropriate
studies, and preliminary agreements concerning responsibilities for the cost of facilities
and services provided by the town. These preliminary agreements may be further
revised in a Developers Rights and Responsibility Agreement (DRRA).
•
For annexations involving larger parcels of land, the town may require appropriate
impact studies, including a fiscal impact study and an environmental impact assessment
that addresses the potential impact of the proposed annexation and planned
development on the environment of the site and surrounding area.
•
If considered necessary or appropriate, applicants for annexation shall pay the cost of
completing all studies related to expanding capacity of existing public facilities and/or
services.
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6.4 Impacts of Growth
Overview
Population growth will have impacts on public services and facilities provided by the town and
Queen Anne’s County and/or Caroline County. The growing population will be served by the
proposed North Caroline County Water and Sewer Service Area as delineated by the Maryland
Environmental Service (MES). The following table summarizes the estimated potential impacts
on public facilities and services associated with town growth. Infill and redevelopment within
Templeville will result in the potential for an additional 15 residential units. The impacts of
potential “in-town” growth for Templeville from 2010 to 2020 are summarized in Table 4.
Impacts include total projected dwelling units from infill and redevelopment, projected
population increases, sewer and water, as well as demand for other public facilities and services
such as schools, libraries, police, recreation land demand, and fire and rescue (emergency
services).
Table 4: Potential Impacts of “In-Town” Growth on Public Facilities & Services
Classification and standard used Infill/Redevelopment Areas
Total New Dwelling Units 15
Total Population Increase (assumes 2.5 persons per household) 37
Sewer (gallons per day) GPD (250 per dwelling unit) 3,750
Water (gallons per day) GPD (250 per dwelling unit) 3,750
School (new students) (.476 per dwelling unit) 7
-High School (.154 per dwelling unit) 2
-Middle School (.107 per dwelling unit) 2
-Elementary School (.215 per dwelling unit) 3
Library (gross floor area) GFA (.25 sf per unit) 3.7
Police (personnel) (1.6 officers per 1,000 pop). .06
Recreation Land (acres) (30 acres per 1,000 pop)* 1.1
Fire and Rescue (Emergency Services)
-Personnel (one per 500 pop) .07
-Facilities (gross floor area) GFA (.7 sf per pop) 25.9
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1. Maryland Department of Planning – MDP: Municipal Growth Element Model (Smart
Growth lot size, underbuild assumptions, school enrollment multipliers, and
recreation land demand);
2. Maryland Department of the Environment – MDE: Water and Wastewater Capacity
Management Plans (sewer and water gpd demand estimates – 250 gpd per dwelling
unit);
3. American Library Association (library facility square footage multiplier);
4. International Association of Police Chiefs and other organizations (personnel
multiplier);
5. 2000 U.S. Census for Templeville /Maryland Department of Planning Population
Projections;
6. International City Management Association. (fire personnel multiplier); and
National Planning Standard (fire facility square footage multiplier).
* Recreation land standard represents land provided by State, County, and Town.
Beyond the impacts of potential infill development or re-development of lands within the
current corporate limits, growth in designated areas for future annexation will also prompt
demands on public facilities and services. Additional growth is anticipated in areas for potential
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annexation shown on Map 3 as “Short-term Town Expansion Area”. Potential growth in these
areas could represent an additional 147 residential units through future annexation over time.
Table 5 reflects the potential impacts that development in future growth and annexation areas
may have on sewer and water system demands, as well as demands on other public facilities and
services such as schools, libraries, police, recreation land demand, and fire and rescue
(emergency services).
Table 5: Potential Impacts of future growth in designated growth and annexation areas on
Public Facilities & Services
Classification and standard used Short-Term Town Town Expansion
Expansion Area Area (Short &
Long-term)
Total New Dwelling Units 147 329
Population Increase (assumes 2.5 persons per household) 368 823
Sewer (gallons per day) GPD (250 per dwelling unit) 36,750 82,250
Water (gallons per day) GPD (250 per dwelling unit) 36,750 82,250
School (new students) (.476 per dwelling unit) 70 157
-High School (.154 per dwelling unit) 23 51
-Middle School (.107 per dwelling unit) 16 35
-Elementary School (.215 per dwelling unit) 32 71
Library (gross floor area) GFA (.25 sf per unit) 37 82
Police (personnel) (1.6 officers per 1,000 pop.). 0.5 .8
Recreation Land (acres) (30 acres per 1,000 pop.)* 11 24.7
Fire and Rescue (Emergency Services)
-Personnel (one per 500 pop.) 0.7 1.6
-Facilities (gross floor area) GFA (.7 sf per person) 258 576
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1. Maryland Department of Planning – MDP: Municipal Growth Element Model (Smart
Growth lot size, underbuild assumptions, school enrollment multipliers, and
recreation land demand);
2. Maryland Department of the Environment – MDE: Water and Wastewater Capacity
Management Plans (sewer and water gpd demand estimates – 250 gpd per dwelling
unit);
3. American Library Association (library facility square footage multiplier);
4. International Association of Police Chiefs and other organizations (personnel
multiplier);
5. 2000 U.S. Census for Templeville /Maryland Department of Planning Population
Projections;
6. International City Management Association. (fire personnel multiplier); and
National Planning Standard (fire facility square footage multiplier).
* Recreation land standard represents land provided by State, County, and Town.
Implications of Growth
A review of Tables 4 and 5 indicate that the implications of growth on the town will be
significant at build-out. For example, the combined impacts of growth through infill and
potential future annexations will result in an increase of up to 157 new students in the County
School system. While such impacts are moderate, they represent projections for demands and
impacts at build-out, which can be expected over a period in excess of 50 years.
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Table 6 provides a more realistic assessment of impacts that might be anticipated within a 20
year planning horizon based on the rate of growth projected over the next 20 years as identified
earlier in this Chapter. It is estimated that the town will sustain an increase of approximately
50 new households or 125 new residents over the period, resulting in a total town population
projection of 207 residents by the year 2030.
This section projects the impacts that the roughly 50 person increase in the planning period will
have on public services and facilities in and around the Town of Templeville. It should be noted
that important related material also appears in other elements of this comprehensive plan, and
that the entire document must be reviewed in order to obtain a clear and complete picture.
Table 6: Potential Impacts of future growth over the 20-year planning Horizon
on Public Facilities & Services (includes infill and growth in designated expansion areas)
Classification and standard used Infill/Redevelopment and/or Expansion
Areas
Total new Dwelling Units 50
Added Population Increase (assumes 2.5 persons per household) 125
Sewer (gallons per day) GPD (250 per dwelling unit) + 1,000 gallons for non-residential use 13,500
Water (gallons per day) GPD (250 per dwelling unit) + 1,000 gallons for non-residential use 13,500
School (new students) (.476 per dwelling unit) 23.8
-High School (.154 per dwelling unit) 7.7
-Middle School (.107 per dwelling unit) 5.3
-Elementary School (.215 per dwelling unit) 10.7
Library (gross floor area) GFA (.25 sf per unit) 12.5
Police (personnel) (1.6 officers per 1,000 pop). 0.2
Recreation Land (acres) (30 acres per 1,000 pop)* 3.7
Fire and Rescue (Emergency Services)
-Personnel (one per 500 person) 0.2
-Facilities (gross floor area) GFA (.7 sf per person) 87.5
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1. Maryland Department of Planning – MDP: Municipal Growth Element Model (Smart
Growth lot size, underbuild assumptions, school enrollment multipliers, and
recreation land demand);
2. Maryland Department of the Environment – MDE: Water and Wastewater Capacity
Management Plans (sewer and water gpd demand estimates – 250 gpd per dwelling
unit);
3. American Library Association (library facility square footage multiplier);
4. International Association of Police Chiefs and other organizations (personnel
multiplier);
5. 2000 U.S. Census for Templeville /Maryland Department of Planning Population
Projections;
6. International City Management Association. (fire personnel multiplier); and
National Planning Standard (fire facility square footage multiplier).
* Recreation land standard represents land provided by State, County, and Town.
Water and Sewerage Facilities
Currently, the Town of Templeville is not on a central wastewater collection system, and
residents utilize on-site septic systems. In addition, the residents of Templeville draw their water
from private wells. Contamination of the drinking water supply from failing septic systems is a
major issue currently facing the town.
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Templeville lies within the proposed North County Water and Sewer Service Area as delineated
by the Maryland Environmental Service (MES). It is anticipated that upon the project’s
completion, all existing residences will be connected to the central water and sewer system.
Also, ten additional EDUs were allocated for new lots.
The projected growth of the town will moderately increase the capacity needs of both water and
sewage treatment and distribution/collection facilities. It is assumed that both the sewage
generation and water needs of each household are 250 gallons per day (gpd), as per standards
used by the Maryland Department of the Environment. Given that 250 gpd measure, total
demand for both water and sewage treatment generated over the next 20 years by the town will
require an additional 12,500 gpd (125 persons x 250 gpd). The design capacity of the new
facility should accommodate the waste and water treatment demand of 12,500 gpd resulting
from projected growth in population over the 20 year planning horizon.
Fire and Police Protection
Police service is currently provided through the Maryland State Police. The projected 125
additional people projected in Templeville over the next 20 years will place additional demands
on local public safety and police resources. A national standard used by the International
Association of Chiefs of Police and other agencies when calculating needs for police is 2.6
police offices for every 1,000 persons of population. Based on that standard, 0.2 police officers
would be needed to provide full-time protection in the town.
Emergency response services such as firefighting, medical service and rescue are provided
Sudlersville Station 6 and the Marydel Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. A national standard used
by the International City Management Association when calculating needs for fire protection
and rescue personnel is 1 per every 500 persons. The fire facility square footage multiplier of 0.7
gross floor area (GFA) per person was used to calculate facility needs. Based on these
standards, 0.2 emergency service personnel and 87.5 GFA would be needed for fire and rescue
services.
Templeville’s assessable tax base increases due to population and/or business growth,
emergency services funding should correspondingly increase to support the additional demand
for services, thus ensuring adequate emergency services and personnel for the future are
commensurate with increased population. The town and counties may need to monitor this
funding source in the future to assure its adequacy.
Schools
Templeville is located within the Queen Anne’s School District. Population and enrollment
projections, as well as facility needs are provided in the Board of Education of Queen Anne’s
County Educational Facilities Master Plan, June 2008.
The growth of Templeville over the next 20 years will have minor impacts on the Sudlersville
Elementary, the Sudlersville Middle School and the Queen Anne’s High School. The student
yield from the 50 units projected to be approved and built over the next 20 years is estimated
per school as follows:
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Sudlersville Elementary: 10.7
Sudlersville Middle: 5.3
Queen Anne’s High: 7.7
Total: 23.8
These estimates are then compared to the State Rated Capacity of each school to determine the
impacts.
Sudlersville Elementary
Per the County Educational Facilities Master Plan, the elementary school is currently 82%
utilized of the State Rated Capacity of 562, with 461 students enrolled. The projected 11 new
students from Templeville will increase enrollment to 472 within 20 years, increasing the
utilization to 83%, which will not overtax the school. According to the Board of Education in
2008, growth is anticipated to be slow but steady growth throughout the District increasing
utilization to 137% by 2017. Upcoming updates of the Master Plan will need to address capacity
increase of the facilities to accommodate future growth.
Sudlersville Middle School
Per the County Educational Facilities Master Plan of 2008, the middle school is presently
utilized near capacity at 96% of the State Rated Capacity of 374, with 359 enrolled students.
The projected 5 new students from Templeville will increase enrollment to 364 within 20 years,
increasing the utilization to 97%. According to the Board of Education in 2008, the utilization
is projected to be 151% by 2017. A renovation/ addition project will replace the existing middle
school. A request for planning in FY2009 and funding in 2010 has been submitted to IAC.
Queen Anne’s High School
Per the 2008 Master Plan, the high school is utilized beyond capacity at 102% of the State Rated
Capacity of 1,156, with 1,179 enrolled students. The projected 8 new students from Templeville
will increase enrollment to 1,187 within 20 years, increasing the utilization to 103%. According
to the Board of Education in 2008, the utilization is projected to be 92% by 2017. The existing
building is anticipated to continue to house high school students for years to come; however,
both existing high schools in the District are over capacity and the need for a third high school
is in the District’s future. A request for FY 2011 has been submitted in the District’s Capital
Improvement Program request.
Library Services
Templeville presently has no town library branch, and patrons must use the Sudlersville
Memorial Library. An American Library Association standard suggests 0.25 square feet of
library space for each residential dwelling. By that standard, population growth in Templeville
over the next 20 years would necessitate an increase of 12.5 square feet of library space. This
modest demand should not prompt needs for expansion of facilities over the next 20 years.
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Parks and Recreation
Community facilities located within the town include the Templeville Community Park (1.22
acres), which currently includes a pond, open space and recycling receptacles. A State standard
recommends 30 acres of parkland per 1,000 persons. The 125 additional persons in the town
will generate a need for 3.7 acres of parkland.
As growth occurs, the demand for an additional 5 acres of parkland will need to be assessed by
both town and county officials. Some portion of this parkland may be provided by the town as
development occurs through mandatory requirements for dedication of recreation lands as a
condition of development approval or an alternative requirement for payment of a fee-in-lieu of
dedication for use by the town to purchase land. Some portion of the demand for recreation
land should be shared by the County, since Templeville could serve as a center for recreation
land and facilities that are used by County residents.
Additional Facility Needs
Additional community facilities located within the town include the new Templeville
Community Center and the historic Community Hall. The Community Center serves as a
church for two different religious groups, a meeting room for the Town Council, and a
multifunctional facility for citizens to gather in. The Community Hall is an historic African
American School Building that was moved from Delaware to the town in 1950. It is currently
used as the Grange meeting hall.
The town recognizes that any gain in population will require an equivalent increase in municipal
meeting space, town administrative staff, and municipal services (street repairs, trash collection,
etc.). The existing Town Hall may prove to be limited in its size to handle these functions in the
future.
A review of staffing levels for both administrative and public works employees should be
conducted periodically (or every five years) to determine adequacy. Expansions of the Town
Hall, Town staff, and municipal services can be made and funded as the assessable tax base in
the town expands and may be considered in conjunction with planning for a community center
and meeting center to satisfy all needs under one roof.
In the future, large-scale developments with significant potential impacts will be required to
conduct a fiscal impact analysis to determine if revenues will cover the cost of public services
and facilities. If a shortfall is determined, the town will require a Developer Rights and
Responsibilities Agreement (DRRA) that includes offsetting fees, or may enact appropriate
impact fees.
Recommendations to Mitigate the Impacts of Growth
Greenbelt
It is the intention of Templeville to provide a Greenbelt around the Expansion Area. The
purpose is to create an edge or terminus to the proposed development and a distinguishing
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feature adjacent to the rural land uses in the Counties. The Greenbelt would be made up of
open space lands that would be prevented from development by a variety of means, including
acquisition, dedicated easements or other land conservation techniques. These lands would be
within the Expansion Area and would be considered in tabulation of the gross density of the
area. Within these Greenbelt parcels near town portions of the parcel would be permitted to
develop in exchange for conservation easements on remaining portions of each parcel that
would remain in agricultural or agri-business use. Combinations of low intensity recreation and
conservation uses would also be permitted, such as forest conservation, passive recreation
activities, hiking/biking trails and agricultural uses.
Acquisition of parcels that would make up the Greenbelt could occur as part of the
development review process by dedication of individual areas of open space. Larger or
connecting parcels may be acquired by fee simple purchase by the town or a land conservancy.
Protection of Sensitive Areas
The Town of Templeville is relatively flat with no major water courses within the current town
boundaries. There are no known habitats of threatened and endangered species within or near
the town. Sensitive areas include small-scattered areas of non-tidal wetlands. Beyond current
town boundaries are two small drainage ditches, which could effect future development in the
Expansion Areas. A conservation corridor/ buffer is proposed around these streams, or
drainage areas which will also be needed to support stormwater management functions.
Vision of Templeville’s Future Character
Templeville is expected to remain a largely residential community with limited employment
opportunities locally. The crossroads nature of Templeville will continue to provide convenient
access to towns and areas east and west along Route 452 and Route 302. In addition, the
proximity to Dover will provide convenient access to large employment centers and consumer
services. The areas around Templeville are expected to remain agriculturally oriented, due in
large part to participation in agricultural preservation programs.
Managing Development Form and Character
This Comprehensive Plan for the Town of Templeville is the first step in allowing the town to
have its own planning authority. Growth occurring around the Templeville of today will be
expected to maintain a similar appearance with connected and compact development. The
Templeville transportation and growth plan sets forth a vision to create a town center with
mixed-uses surrounded by a grid street network, neighborhood parks and conservation
corridors.
The town will adopt and use development review procedures and legislation to insure that
future growth is consistent with this Plan. Accordingly, zoning ordinances, subdivision
regulations and other development controls that manage development form and character will
be implemented. In addition, future developments within the Expansion Areas will be subject
to annexation and the provision of public water and sewer facilities.
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Orderly development should be accomplished through the annexation process, whereby, they
become part of the town. Community quality objectives for these expansion areas should be clearly
stated at the time of annexation and be based on the following design principles:
(cid:1)
New neighborhoods should accommodate a mix of uses;
(cid:1)
New neighborhoods should be compact and identifiable with visually discernible boundaries;
(cid:1)
New neighborhoods streets should extend existing street patterns to enhance views and
landmarks;
(cid:1)
Street blocks should be consistent with existing block patterns and help describe component
neighborhoods, suggesting the role of the street as a channel for social interaction;
(cid:1)
All parking should be accommodated through a mix of on-street and unobtrusive off-street
strategies, avoiding large-scale parking lots;
(cid:1)
New neighborhoods should be visually coherent and establish community character through
consistent rules of organization and architecture;
(cid:1)
Streets in new neighborhoods should be visually bounded with street trees, sidewalks, and
front-yard design elements to create visual layers and contribute to the intimacy of
streetscape;
(cid:1)
Most important, new neighborhoods and their settings should make a positive contribution
to the existing town character.
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7 TRANSPORTATION
Primary access to the Town of Templeville is by Maryland Route 454, which connects to
Marydel to the east and Maryland Route 302, which connects to US Route 301 to the west.
Minor collector routes to surrounding areas include Bear Pond Road and Templeville-Peters
Corner Road.
Templeville is within a short drive of Dover, Delaware at a driving distance of less than 20
miles. Other close regional cities include Wilmington, Philadelphia, Annapolis, Baltimore, and
Washington D.C, all of which are within 2 hours driving time.
The Templeville transportation and growth plan sets forth a vision to create a town center
surrounded by a grid street network. Refer to Map 3 – Growth Area Plan and Map 4 – Road
Classification. Future development of the Town Expansion Area should incorporate
comprehensive transportation planning. These areas should include collector roads, which will
allow for primary circulation routes through out the planning area, as well as local roads, which
provide connections between the collector roads, the proposed town center and potential future
developments. Areas being developed should allow for connections to future development
areas, to insure appropriate connectivity between existing and new neighborhoods and between
residential neighborhoods and local activity centers.
As described in the Municipal Growth Element herein, new neighborhoods streets should
extend existing street patterns to enhance views and landmarks. In addition, street blocks
should be consistent with existing block patterns and help describe component neighborhoods,
suggesting the role of the street as a channel for social interaction. All future roads should
include either sidewalks or walking paths, visually bounded with street trees to safely allow for
pedestrian and bicycle travel throughout the town.
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Map 4. Road Classification
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8 COMMUNITY FACILITIES
Community facilities located within the Town include the Templeville Community Park and the new
Templeville Community Center, which serves not only as a church for two different religious groups,
and as a meeting room for the Town Council, but also as a multifunctional facility for citizens to
gather in. Growth planned as shown on Map 3 proposes additional parkland be provided in
proximity to the cemetery. As noted, the future development of the Town in accordance with the
Plan is dependent on the availability of future public wastewater treatment facilities. If such facilities
are not developed based on current County feasibility assessment, the Town will explore alternative
options to support growth, or revise this plan in future updates.
9 WATER RESOURCES ELEMENT
The “Water Resources Plan Element” (WRE) is mandated to assure compliance with the
requirements of Maryland House Bill 1141 (HB 1141). The purpose of the WRE is to provide
additional layers of planning for water resources in relation to existing use and proposed land
use, based on an analysis of growth and development trends to assure demands for water
supply can be satisfied as Town growth occurs and to assure measures are taken to minimize
impacts to water quality.
The Templeville WRE is directly linked to a number of other Plan elements. They include: 1)
the Land Use Plan; 2) the Municipal Growth Element; 3) Community Facilities; and 4)
Resource Conservation elements. The Water Resources element addresses three major areas
including water (both supply and quality), wastewater treatment and discharge, and stormwater
management.
Among other things, preparation of the WRE is an exercise intended to test water resource
capacity limits, determine the potential implications of water resource issues for future growth,
and facilitate development of coordinated management strategies. The Town of Templeville
represents a very small portion of the much larger Choptank River watershed. Since water
resource protection issues are of concern watershed wide, much of the effort to protect or
enhance water quality will be dependent on County and State actions and programs.
Nevertheless, this plan element evaluates Templeville’s role in protection of water resources in
this larger context.
The WRE establishes a clear relationship between existing and proposed future development.
It further establishes the relationship between drinking water sources and wastewater facilities
that will be necessary to serve that development and measures to limit or control the
stormwater and nonpoint source water pollution that will be generated by new development.
Specifically, the statutory requirements are:
•
Identify drinking water and other water resources that will be adequate for the needs of
existing and future development proposed in the land use element of the plan,
considering available data provided by the Maryland Department of the Environment
(MDE).
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•
Identify suitable receiving waters and land areas to meet the stormwater management
and wastewater treatment and disposal needs of existing and future development
proposed in the land use element of the plan, considering available data provided by
MDE.
•
Adopt a WRE in the comprehensive plan on or before October 1, 2009, unless
extensions are granted by Maryland Department of Planning (MDP) pursuant to law.
Zoning classifications of a property may not be changed after October 1, 2009 if a
jurisdiction has not adopted a WRE in its comprehensive plan.
This element of the Plan assesses the Town’s drinking water sources and wastewater treatment
and their ability to support existing and future development. The Town of Templeville has
prepared this Water Resources Element to assure the Town will focus growth to areas best
suited to use any future planned water and wastewater infrastructure; to nurture efficient
patterns of growth, protect and preserve the natural environs, promote economic growth, and
support diversity of living environments in the Town.
Water Resources
The Town of Templeville, Queen Anne’s
County and Caroline County lie within the
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain (NACP)
aquifer system. The NACP system extends
from the North/South Carolina border to
Long Island, New York. In Maryland, the
NACP is bounded in the west by the Fall Line
and in the east by the Atlantic Ocean. The
Coastal Plain system consists of sand and
gravel aquifers interspersed with layers of silt
and clay called confining beds. Beneath this
The Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Aquifer
system lies a layer of consolidated rock at
System
depths ranging from zero at the Fall Line to Source: A Science Plan for a Comprehensive Regional
about 8,000 feet at Ocean City. Assessment of the Atlantic Coastal Plain Aquifer System
Templeville has no water system. Current residents utilize individual wells to draw water from
surficial aquifers and in some cases may utilize confined aquifers for supply sources. A
confined aquifer has a layer of clay or fine silt above it (a ‘confining’ layer) that allows very little
water to travel vertically into the aquifer. Confined aquifers receive recharge from leakage
through confining beds from surficial aquifers and lateral movement of water from adjacent
aquifers and thus are less vulnerable to drought conditions.
Water quality in the confined aquifers that could serve as community water supply sources in
the future is generally good. In 2003, Maryland Department of the Environment conducted
Source Water Assessments for 19 community water systems and 9 non-community systems
located in Caroline County. MDE researched and identified potential sources of contamination
for confined aquifers and analyzed each water system for susceptibility to pollutants originating
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at the land surface. MDE concluded that due to the protected nature of confined aquifers, the
water supplies were not susceptible to surface contaminants. Some naturally occurring
pollutants, such as arsenic and fluoride, do pose a risk to water systems supplied by the Aquia
and Piney Point Aquifers but do not exceed EPA’s maximum contaminant level (MCL). Tests
conducted as part of MDE’s Source Assessments indicated that that arsenic and fluoride levels
measured less than 50 percent of the EPA’s MCL in Templeville’s water supply.
In 2000, USGS recorded that surface and groundwater withdrawals in Caroline County totaled
21,380,000 gallons per day. Unlike counties on the western shore, the largest water use in
Caroline County was irrigation, which averaged 15.48 million gallons per day. The amount of
groundwater withdrawn for irrigation purposes in the County is nearly five times higher than
the next heaviest use (mining) and more than six times higher than domestic use.
Watershed Characteristics and Conditions
Templeville drains into the Choptank River Basin, which is a State-designated 6-digit watershed.
State designated 8 digit watersheds (a subset of the 6-digit basin) within the Choptank Basin
include the Tuckahoe River, Upper Choptank, and Lower Choptank Watersheds. 58% of
Caroline County including the Town of Templeville is located in the Upper Choptank
Watershed. The Town’s location is at the northernmost reaches of the Upper Choptank.
The Upper Choptank River Watershed covers approximately 118,000 acres of land in Caroline
County. Land use within the Caroline portion of the watershed is predominantly agriculture (59
percent), followed by forest (29 percent), urban land (8 percent), and wetlands (3 percent). As
of 2005, the largest source of nitrogen in the Choptank River Basin was agriculture (70 percent).
Agriculture was also the largest contributor of phosphorus (62 percent) and sediment loads (85
percent). In 2007, agricultural land contributed more than two-thirds of the total nutrient loads
in the Basin.
A significant portion of the land in the Basin is drained via public ditches that were dug decades
ago, primarily to drain land for farming. These ditches cover 368 miles, and including their
buffers, occupy 70,137 acres of County land. They are generally kept clear of plants and other
vegetative growth, which contributes to increased stream flows and speeds delivery of nutrients
to water bodies before they have had a chance to be absorbed into the soil.
The Upper Choptank River is included on the State’s 2008 Integrated Report as a Category 5
impaired water body, with increases in total nitrogen and phosphorus recorded between 2006
and 2008. Category 5 indicates that a water body is impaired and an assignment of Total
Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) for nitrogen and phosphorus is needed, but not yet established.
The watershed has been cited for several impairments including biological, fecal coliform,
nutrients and sediments. A watershed plan prepared for the Upper Choptank in 2003
recommended a number of strategies to address water quality issues; a plan update is currently
scheduled and will include the establishment and funding of a long-term cover crop program,
implementation of improved maintenance and buffer programs for public drainage ditches,
better enforcement of local sensitive areas protection measures, flood protection and
stormwater management ordinances, and management policies for on-site sewage disposal
systems.
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Upper Choptank
River Watershed
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Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
A TMDL is a calculation of the maximum amount of a pollutant that a body of water can
receive and still meet water quality standards. Point sources include urban stormwater systems
and wastewater treatment plants with direct discharge permits into waterways (National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permits-NPDES). Non-point sources are all discharges
other than point source discharges, including stormwater runoff from land and erosion of
stream and river banks. A TMDL is used as a regulatory mechanism to identify and implement
additional controls on both point and non-point source discharges in water bodies that are
impaired from one or more pollutants and are not expected to be restored through normal
point source controls.
TMDLs establish limits or “caps” on the amount of pollutants permitted from point and non-
point sources through an allocation system. A primary determinant of future growth is the
assimilative capacity of local receiving waters for the input of pollutants. Assimilative capacity is
expressed in the TMDLs for the receiving waters.
According to a report issued by DNR in 2002, the impairments in the Upper Choptank and
Tuckahoe Creek watersheds “will be the subject of TMDL programs within the next few years.”
However, to date no nutrient TMDLs have been set for either watershed, or for any of Caroline
County’s major tributaries or sub watersheds, however, MDE’s Statewide Implementation Plan
includes data on basin nutrient loads and “recommended” nutrient caps the Choptank River
Basin.
Caroline County’s allocations of the load caps for each basin were determined by using the
percentage of Caroline County land in each basin, and calculating Caroline County’s share using
the same percentage of each basin’s caps. Caroline County comprises about 40 percent of the
land in the Choptank River Basin. Table 71 identifies possible loading caps for County portion
of the basin assuming the County would be allocated 40 percent of the total recommended caps
that are yet to be established.
Table 7: Possible future Nutrient Caps for Caroline
County Portion of Choptank River Basin
Source Nitrogen Cap Phosphorus Cap
(lbs/yr) (lbs/yr)
Point Sources 70,076 6,510
Non Point Sources 705,124 64,890
Total Sources 775,210 71,400
Source: Caroline County Dept. of Planning, Codes and Engineering, 2008.
An estimate of nutrient loads to the watershed from point and non-point sources within the
Town of Templeville are provided later in this Chapter.
Watershed Improvement Initiatives
The Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) provides the framework for managing the nation’s water
resources. Water quality standards were developed “to restore and maintain the chemical,
physical, and biological integrity of the Nation’s waters” (Clean Water Act §101). The standards
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include designated uses for waterways as well as specific criteria that indicate whether or not the
uses are able to be achieved in each waterway. Uses are identified through a public process and
are based on the use and value of the water body for 1) public water supply; 2) protection of
fish, shellfish, and wildlife; and/or 3) recreational, agricultural, industrial, and navigational
purposes.
A waterway is identified as impaired when it no longer meets the water quality criteria
established for it and it is unable to achieve the use for which it is designated. All of Caroline
County’s major tributaries – Choptank River, Marshyhope Creek and Tuckahoe Creek – are all
listed as impaired on the State’s 2008 Integrated Report (formerly the 303(d) list).
A report on water quality in Maryland issued by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2004 indicates
that the combination of soil and aquifer conditions and the regional predominance of
agricultural land use are responsible for the concentrations of nitrogen, phosphorus, and
pesticides in streams and rivers on the Eastern Shore. While there are other, lesser contributors
to nutrient levels in the region’s tributaries including septic systems, wastewater treatment
plants, and urban and suburban chemical applications, the study noted that primary sources of
nutrients on the Delmarva Peninsula are inorganic fertilizer, and that the concentrations of
nitrogen, phosphorus, and herbicide compounds in streams on the Delmarva Peninsula are
similar to those in other predominantly agricultural areas of the United States.
In addition to the Federal Clean Water Act, a number of Federal and State programs exist to
provide support for achieving Bay water quality goals and assurance that goals can be
reasonably met, including:
Bay Restoration Fund Enhanced Nutrient Reduction (ENR)
The Bay Restoration Fund (BRF) ENR program uses funding from public sewer taxes to
provide up to 100 percent state grant funds to local governments to retrofit or upgrade sewage
treatment plants to reduce the nutrient levels in plant discharge to 3 mg/l total nitrogen (TN)
and .3 mg/l total phosphorus (TP). Upon completion of an ENR upgrade, the permitting
authority (MDE) requires the permittee to make a best effort to meet the load goals, providing
reasonable assurance of implementation. At present funding is targeted only for major
wastewater treatment plants treating 500,000 GPD or greater volumes of wastewater.
The Maryland Water Quality Improvement Act
The Maryland Water Quality Improvement Act “requires that comprehensive and enforceable
nutrient management plans be developed, approved and implemented for all agricultural lands
throughout Maryland.” This act specifically requires that nutrient management plans for
nitrogen be developed and implemented by 2002, and plans for phosphorus to be done by
2005. To date Dozens of Caroline County farmers are enrolled in cost-share programs to
implement agricultural BMPs. These programs are managed by the Maryland Agricultural Water
Quality Cost-Share Program (MACS), Maryland Department of Agriculture’s NRCS, and FSA,
and University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service. At the end of 2008, over 80 percent
of Caroline County farms were implementing nutrient management plans; nearly one-fifth of all
farms utilized some form of conservation tillage.
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The cumulative result of the buffers, wetlands and cover crops was a total reduction of
nutrients (466,155 lbs. of nitrogen and 99,012 lbs. of phosphorus) in the Choptank River Basin,
where the farms enrolled in these programs were located. However, the total reduction of
nutrients fell far short of the Choptank Basin Tributary Goals.
Tributary Strategies
Tributary Strategies are river-specific cleanup strategies that detail the "on-the-ground" actions
needed to reduce the amount of nutrients and sediment flowing into the Chesapeake Bay.
When all 36 strategies are added together, cleanup plans will be in place in every part of the
Chesapeake Bay’s 64,000 square-mile watershed. The strategies outline how the Bay states and
the District will develop and implement a series of “best management practices” to minimize
pollution. This includes planting new riparian forest buffers, upgrading sewage treatment plants,
implementing nutrient management on farms, wisely managing storm water runoff, and other
innovative programs to accelerate the restoration of the Bay and its rivers.
Each strategy is tailored to that specific part of the Bay watershed - there is no "one-size- fits-
all" strategy for the entire Bay watershed. Pollution reduction actions needed in rural
watersheds, like the Choptank River Basin, vary greatly from those needed in more urban areas.
The strategy prepared for the Upper Choptank in 2003 recommended a number of strategies to
address water quality issues. As noted earlier, a plan update is currently scheduled for the
coming year.
Water System
Water supply
Currently, the Town of Templeville is not on a central water system, and residents draw their
water from private wells. Templeville lies within the proposed North County Water and Sewer
Service Area as delineated by the Maryland Environmental Service (MES). The MES Service
Area encompasses the entire corporate limits of Goldsboro (not including the East Star
property), Marydel (not including Marydel, Delaware), Henderson, and Templeville (including
the Queen Anne’s County portion) as well land in Caroline County located adjacent to the
municipalities.
Currently, Caroline County in cooperation with the Maryland Environmental Service and a
consultant are evaluating the feasibility of serving the four town area including Templeville with
public wastewater treatment and collection facilities. If determined feasible, the Town
anticipates that upon the project’s completion, construction of wastewater facilities will ensue
and all existing residences of Templeville will be connected to the central sewer facilities but
water supply will continue to be provided by private wells. The County created a Sewer and
Water Authority in 2008 to serve the Town and region but there are no immediate plans to
provide public water system services presently.
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Projected Water Demand
The North County Water and Sewer Service Area Build-out Study for Caroline County
estimated potential demand for public water based on an estimate of the maximum build-out
potential of properties under alternative policy scenarios. The most aggressive growth scenario
in the report, Policy 4, assumed that all properties with development potential would be
developed in some way to the maximum extent possible. Policy 4 estimated a total demand of
water consumption to be 583,750 gallons per day for the entire study area. It was estimated that
Templeville and surrounding County areas including the Harman Development would
contribute 32,250 gpd towards this demand.
This Plan also calculates future water demand in Templeville. A per-household water usage
multiplier of 250 gpd (MDE estimate of single-family household daily water usage) was applied
to projected dwelling unit increases forecast for the Town. Water demand is based on existing
dwellings as well as potential units, which may be built through infill development of vacant and
underutilized lots within the current municipal boundary and/or in Town designated municipal
expansion areas. Water demand is projected in Table 8. Figures shown do not include demand
for water supplies in surrounding County Areas.
The Town estimates that development will create demand for 20,750 gpd of water to support
existing and projected development. This estimate is generally consistent with the most
aggressive estimates projected in the North County Study when County located residential units
are not included. As noted, this demand for water will probably be met by individual private
wells during the 20 year planning period. However, this figure also serves as starting point for
design of a future water system, which would require a confined aquifer source of supply, and
water distribution and storage facilities. Such facilities would prove beneficial in providing
adequate flows to enhance firefighting in future years.
Table 8: Templeville Projected Water Demand based on projected
population growth within the Corporate limits (infill) and in designated
municipal growth areas.
Increase
Year 2007 2010 2020 2030
2010-2030
Population* 82 82 132 207 125
Household Units** 33 33 53 83 50
Water (GPD) 8,250 8,250 13,250 20,750 12,500
Notes:
* Projections based on incremental 10-year projections established by methodology defined in Chapter # (Municipal Growth
Element). Projection includes existing population plus increased population based on assumption that 50 units will be built on and
occupied by 2030 as a result of infill, redevelopment and/or growth in the designated Expansion Areas.
** Household units projection assuming a sustained average of 2.5 persons per household as evident in 2000.
Wastewater Treatment System
The North County Water and Sewer Service Area Build-out Study for Caroline County
estimated potential demand for wastewater treatment based on an estimate of the maximum
build-out potential of properties under alternative policy scenarios. The most aggressive growth
scenario in the report, Policy 4, assumed that all properties with development potential would
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be developed in some way to the maximum extent possible. Policy 4 estimated a total demand
of wastewater treatment to be 583,750 gallons per day for the entire study area. It was estimated
that Templeville would contribute 32,250 gpd towards this demand.
This Plan also calculates future wastewater treatment demand in Templeville. A per-household
wastewater flow multiplier of 250 gpd (MDE estimate of single-family household daily flow)
was applied to projected dwelling unit increases forecast for the Town. Wastewater treatment
demand is based on existing dwellings as well as potential units, which may be built through
infill development of vacant and underutilized lots within the current municipal boundary
and/or in Town designated municipal expansion areas.
Table 9: Templeville Projected Wastewater Demand based on projected
population growth within the Corporate limits (infill) and in designated
municipal growth areas.
Increase
Year 2007 2010 2020 2030
2010-2030
Population* 82 82 132 207 125
Household Units** 33 33 53 83 50
Water (GPD) 8,250 8,250 13,250 20,750 12,500
Notes:
* Projections based on incremental 10-year projections established by methodology defined in Chapter # (Municipal Growth
Element). Projection includes existing population plus increased population based on assumption that 50 units will be built on and
occupied by 2030 as a result of infill, redevelopment and/or growth in the designated Expansion Areas.
** Household units projection assuming a sustained average of 2.5 persons per household as evident in 2000.
The Town calculates that development will by the year 2030 will create demand for treatment
of 20,750 gpd, which is generally consistent with the most aggressive estimates projected in the
North County Study, when County residential units are not included. The design wastewater
treatment system capacity of any proposed facility should provide adequate wastewater
collection and facilities necessary to treat these wastewater flows to the year 2030 and satisfy
any demands imposed by wastewater treatment facilities that serve County areas that are not
located in the short term municipal growth area..
Point Source Pollution Considerations
Point sources are measurable inputs of pollutants that are discharged into streams, rivers and
lakes via pipes or drains, primarily from industrial facilities, and municipal treatment plants.
Since Caroline County does not currently operate any wastewater treatment facilities, that serve
Templeville, issues related to managing or reducing point source nutrient loads delivered from
municipal wastewater treatment plants are not addressed in this Plan.
The Town of Templeville does share the Choptank River Basin with numerous municipalities
that operate public wastewater facilities (Denton, Preston, Cambridge, Easton, St. Michaels,
Trappe, East New Market, Secretary, and Hurlock). As shown in Table 5, Point Source
discharges in the Upper Choptank portion of the Choptank River basin represent 8.3% of
Nitrogen loadings to the watershed and 11.7% of Phosphorus loadings.
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Table 10: Upper Choptank River Watershed Sources of Impairment
Watershed Nitrogen Phosphorous Sediment
Point Source 8.3% 11.7% 0.0%
Non-Point Source
• Agricultural Land 72.7% 66.6% 86.9%
• Mixed Open Land 6.5% 12.2% 4.4%
• Urban Land 5.6% 7.7% 3.4%
• Forest Land 5.4% 0.8% 5.2%
• Atm. Dep. 1.6% 1.0% 0.0%
Source: Maryland Tributary Strategy Choptank Basin Summary Report for 1985-2003 and Caroline County Dept. of Planning, Codes and
Engineering, 2008.
The Caroline County proposed water resources element of the County’s recent plan update (in
preparation) identified possible point source loading caps recommended by Caroline County for
the County portion of the Choptank River Watershed assuming that Caroline would be
allocated 40 percent of the total recommended caps that are yet to be established ( a percentage
equivalent to the County’s proportionate land area in the basin). Point Source load limits
established in these prospective TMDLs were 70,076 lbs. per year for Nitrogen (TN) and 6,510
lbs. per year for Phosphorus (TP).
Review of available data indicates that the combined flows from wastewater treatment facilities
in the Caroline County portions of the Choptank River Watershed are within TMDL limits that
may be established in the next few years. Table 6 identifies estimated 2007 point source loads
generated from municipal plants located in Caroline County. Total nitrogen loadings from
municipal treatment facilities discharging into the Caroline portion of the Choptank River basin
are 34,155 lbs/yr. This figure includes all nitrogen loadings shown in Table 11 excepting
loadings from the Federalsburg WTP. These totals represent roughly ½ the total prospective
point source TMDL, indicating current loadings are sustainable. This also indicates that
additional point source loads that may be brought about by possible future North County
Wastewater facilities serving Templeville and other Towns can be absorbed within the
prospective TMDL limit. This conclusion assumes that the future TMDLs assigned to the
Upper Choptank will remain consistent with those currently recommended, and that load
allocations are based on land area rather than the number of point sources throughout the
entire Choptank Watershed.
Table 11: Caroline County Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facilities Effluent
Nitrogen and Phosphorus concentrations and loadings
2007 2007
CONCENTRATION AVG FLOW LOAD
Design
Wastewater System 2007 Avg Daily Capacity
Flow (mgd) (mgd) TN mg/l TP mg/l TN lbs/yr TP lbs/yr
Denton 0.349 0.800 8.10 1.18 8,605 1,254
Federalsburg 0.274 0.750 19.85 0.68 16,557 570
Greensboro 0.111 0.280 47.92 3.29 16,192 1,112
Preston 0.058 0.116 11.34 1.00 2,016 177
Ridgely 0.134 0.180 18.00 3.00 7,342 1,224
Totals
50,712 4,336
Source: Chesapeake Bay Program and Caroline County Dept. of Planning, Codes and Engineering, 2008.
Note: Total Nitrogen (TN) is the sum of Organic Nitrogen, Ammonia, TKN or Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen, and Nitrate+Nitrite
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The same findings apply to Phosphorus loadings since Upper Choptank loadings in 2007
totaled 3,766 lbs/year; representing approximately 58% of total prospective loadings to be
allocated. Since TMDL’s have not yet been set for the Upper Choptank Creek Watershed no
conclusion can be drawn regarding the ability of the Watershed to assimilate projected loads.
If more restrictive TMDL limits are established, the State will need to give consideration to
BNR/ENR technology upgrades to “minor” wastewater treatment facilities, (facilities treating
less than 500,000 GPD). Likewise, if the North County wastewater treatment system utilizes
spray irrigation land application treatment technologies, watershed loading rates may be lower
than if other treatment technologies are utilized.
The Chesapeake 2000 Agreement outlined a goal for Maryland towns and counties to work
cooperatively to achieve a 40 percent reduction from 1985 Bay nutrient levels. This goal was
applied to point and non-point sources of pollution. State and Federal funding to reduce point
source loads has been concentrated on upgrades to the state’s 66 major treatment plants
because they are estimated to contribute 95 percent of wastewater flow into the Bay. The
required reduction in major WWTP nutrient loads is made with plant upgrades to first BNR
then ENR technology, which reduces total nitrogen (TN) load to 3mg/l and total phosphorus
(TP) to .3mg/l.
Current MDE, funding policies indicate that ENR upgrades to smaller plants will begin only
after all major plant upgrades are completed, and then only if funding is still available. Most
minor plants are at secondary treatment levels and concentrations of Nitrogen are at 18
milligrams per liter or less.
EPA and MDE need to consider developing programs in conjunction with local governments
to monitor projected growth and increases in flow allocations and resulting impacts from small
plants that provide access to funding to support restoration efforts for Towns. This includes
exploring the feasibility of continuing funding for the Bay Restoration Fund program to ensure
ENR upgrade funding for all minor plants and providing funding support to facilitate
wastewater treatment facilities in North Caroline County to attenuate the current impacts of
failing and/or potentially failing septic systems.
Point Source Strategy
•
Encourage the Chesapeake Bay Program and MDE to support provision of wastewater
treatment facilities to support identified needs for such services in Northern Caroline
County Towns including Templeville.
•
If construction of wastewater treatment facilities does not prove financially feasible or
practical, seek funding assistance to remediate on-site septic systems to reduce nutrient
loads within the watershed.
•
Design Wastewater Treatment facilities to minimize nutrient concentrations and
loadings to the upper Choptank River Basin.
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Encourage use of water conservation fixtures and design techniques in new
development to reduce flows to the future proposed wastewater treatment facility.
Non-Point Source Pollution and Stormwater Management Considerations
Non-point source pollution occurs when rainfall, snowmelt, or irrigation runs over land or
through the ground and gathers pollutants. Pollutants are then deposited into streams and rivers
or introduced into ground water. Stormwater runoff is a significant contributor to non-point
source pollutant loading. As of 2005, the largest non-point source of nitrogen in the Choptank
River Basin was agriculture (70 percent). Agriculture was also the largest contributor of
phosphorus (62 percent) and sediment loads (85 percent).
According to the Maryland Tributary Strategy Choptank Basin Summary Report for 1985-2003,
the Town of Templeville, together with other Urban Uses in the Watershed contribute
approximately 5.6% of non-point source nitrogen loadings, 7.7% of the non-point source
phosphorus loadings and 3.4% of the sediment loadings to watershed tributaries.
Stormwater runoff is part of the natural hydrologic process. Human activities and landscape
changes resulting from urbanization can alter natural drainage patterns and add pollutants to
rivers. Urban runoff is often a significant source of water pollution, including flows discharged
from urban land uses into stormwater conveyance systems and receiving waters.
In the past, efforts to control the discharge of stormwater focused on quantity (e.g. drainage,
flood control etc.) and only to a limited extent on quality. More recently, awareness of the need
to improve water quality has increased. With this awareness Federal, State and, Local programs
have been established to reduce pollutants contained in stormwater discharges to our
waterways. These programs promote the concept and practice of preventing pollution at the
source, before it can cause environmental problems.
In a growing number of communities, a primary determinant of future growth is the
assimilative capacity of receiving waters for stormwater runoff associated with land use change.
Assimilative capacity is expressed in the TMDLs for the receiving waters.
Templeville’s Projected Non-Point Source Loading
To assist municipalities with preparing calculating nutrient loading loads, MDE developed
nutrient loading rates for various land uses classifications. Land use acreage totals are applied to
a formula developed by MDE that includes soil factors, average annual rainfall and impervious
surface percentages (impervious surface percentages vary according to land use – generally,
developed land has a higher percentage of impervious surface than undeveloped land). The
result is a per-acre rate of loading for each land use. The “Developed Land” per acre rate of
loading was applied to the Town of Templeville since it reflects primarily residential
development with only two small commercial uses currently located in Town.
Table 24:
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Caroline County Estimated Loading Rates - 2008
Table 12: Templeville estimated non-point source loading rates and loads (2009 and 2030)
Estimated
Estimated Acres of Developed Nitrogen Loading Phosphorus Loading Estimated Nitrogen
Phosphorus Load
Land* Rate (lbs/ac) Rate (lbs/ac)** Load (lbs)**
(lbs)
Year 2009
8.77 1.14 421 55
48 acres
Year 2030†
8.77 1.14 640 83
73 acres
Net Increase --- --- 219 28
Notes: Loading rates are based on MDE/CBP land use load estimates.
* “Developed” includes residential, commercial, industrial and institutional land uses.
** Represents average load per acre of all acres.
† Year 2030 estimates based on assumption that 50 units will be built on and occupied by 2030 as a result of infill, redevelopment and/or
growth in the designated Expansion Areas and encompass a total area of 25 acres.
Table 7 illustrates estimated nitrogen and phosphorous loadings from stormwater runoff based on projected growth in the Town through 2030.
Estimates shown in Table 12 indicate that approximately 219 additional pounds in Nitrogen
loading and 28 additional pounds in phosphorus loading can be expected as a result of infill,
redevelopment and/or growth in the short-term expansion area.
These estimates further assume that the loading rates per acre will remain the same through the
period to 2030. Greater use of Best Management Practices (BMPs) for management of
stormwater quality, which is expected in future Town development, could reduce the projected
increases in nitrogen and phosphorus loadings.
Therefore, it would appear that Templeville’s growth will represent a very small proportion of
total TMDL’s likely to be allocated for non-point sources, and can be readily accommodated in
watershed-wide context.
This conclusion of course does not take into account the demands on the assimilative capacity
of the watershed from other growth or activities within the watershed (e.g., County growth and
Agricultural use) and underscores the importance of coordinated land use and growth
management strategies based on sound watershed planning principles. It also underscores the
importance of inter-jurisdictional coordination and cooperation between Caroline County,
Queen Anne’s County, Templeville, and the needs of both Counties to support the Agricultural
industry’s efforts to reduce non-point loadings in the Watershed.
For both TMDLs, Maryland has several well established programs that will be drawn upon: the
Water Quality Improvement Act of 1998 (WQIA), the Clean Water Action Plan (CWAP)
framework, and the State's Chesapeake Bay Agreement's Tributary Strategies for Nutrient
Reduction. Also, Maryland has adopted procedures to assure that future evaluations are
conducted for all TMDLs that are established. The implementation of point source nutrient
controls will be executed through the use of NPDES permits. The NPDES permit for the
Templeville WWTP will have compliance provisions, which provide a reasonable assurance of
implementation.
Finally, Templeville’s Land Use and Municipal Growth Plans reflect “smart growth” strategies.
They are designed to concentrate development adjacent to the existing developed areas within
the corporate limits. Growth will be permitted on annexed lands at net densities ranging from 2
to 4 units per acre. The result is development concentrated in cluster form with annexation of
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additional lands limited over the next 20 years. This approach maximizes opportunities to
minimize deterioration in the Upper Choptank River watershed.
Water Resources Goals and Objectives
The Water Resources goal for Templeville is:
(cid:2)
to maintain a safe and adequate water supply and secure County support to provide
wastewater treatment facilities to serve projected growth; to take steps to protect and
restore water quality; and to meet water quality regulatory requirements in the Upper
Choptank River watershed.
Objectives to support this goal are:
(cid:2)
Assure that existing water supply sources and/or any future planned public water
system satisfies projected demand.
(cid:2)
Assure that any future planned public wastewater collection and treatment system can
satisfy projected demand without exceeding its permitted capacity.
(cid:2)
Assure that the Town’s stormwater management policies reflect the most recent state
requirements, and encourage Low Impact Development (LID) practices in both new
development and by existing homeowners.
(cid:2)
Maintain land use patterns that limit adverse impacts on water quality.
(cid:2)
Focus growth to areas best suited to utilize the planned water and wastewater
infrastructure efficiently.
(cid:2)
If Wastewater collection and treatment facilities cannot be cost-effectively provided to
the Town, seek State financial assistance for upgrades of existing on-site septic systems
to achieve best available technology for nitrogen removal
(cid:2)
Work with the County and/or the Town of Goldsboro to document allocation of
sufficient future sewer capacity to support the objectives of this plan.
(cid:2)
Work with Caroline County and the State of Maryland to seek PFA certification of the
proposed growth area as a PFA in the County Sewer and Water Plan and
Comprehensive Plan to permit MDE approval of future wastewater treatment facilties
to support growth within the designated growth area.
(cid:2)
Explore the feasibility of adopting a Wellhead Protection Program and ordinance to
protect well water supplies.
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Water Resource Strategies and Recommendations
Beyond establishing a land use planning framework that is supportive of water quality
protection efforts, the Town can also initiate measures that further support sound management
of stormwater flows to improve water quality. These include:
(cid:2)
Use of “Environmental Site Design (ESD) Principles to manage Stormwater in new
development. The Maryland Stormwater Management Act of 2007 is based upon
Environmental Site Design (ESD) Principles, which attempt to mimic natural hydrology
on developed sites. The Stormwater Management Act of 2007 is based upon 13 core
principles, which are listed below:
1. Increase onsite runoff reduction volumes
2. Require a unified early ESD map
3. Establish nutrient–based stormwater loading criteria
4. Apply ESD techniques to redevelopment
5. Integrate ESD and stormwater management together at construction sites
6. Provide adequate financing to implement the Act and reward early adopters
7. Develop an ESD ordinance that changes local codes and culture
8. Strengthen design standards for ESD and stormwater practices
9. Ensure all ESD practices can be adequately maintained
10. Devise an enforceable design process for ESD
11. Establish turbidity standards for construction sites
12. Craft special criteria for sensitive and impaired waters of the state
13. Implement ESD training, certification and enforcement
The Town should consider adopting Stormwater Management Regulations or seek support
for County stormwater management assistance to incorporate these principles in standards
for future development and site planning.
(cid:2)
Promoting bio-retention as a means of treating stormwater runoff. Bio-retention, such
as a rain garden, provides stormwater treatment that enhances the quality of
downstream water bodies by using soil and both woody and herbaceous plants to
remove pollutants from stormwater runoff.
(cid:2)
Consider the implementation of a lot coverage limit on all new development.
(cid:2)
Encourage water quality improvements for existing development through stormwater
management techniques such as rain barrels, rain gardens, and native planting plans.
Rain gardens (see figure 1) are vegetated surface depressions, often located at low points in
landscapes, designed to receive stormwater runoff from roads, roofs, and parking areas. The
gardens’ sandy soils allow stormwater to infiltrate quickly to the native soils below and
eventually contribute to groundwater recharge. Pollutants and nutrients in stormwater runoff
are removed by rain garden vegetation and soils through biological and physical processes such
as plant uptake and sorption to soil particles. In comparison with stormwater release to
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receiving waters through conventional storm drain systems, infiltrating stormwater through rain
gardens reduces peak flows and stressor loadings.
(cid:2)
Utilize Low Impact Development (LID) stormwater management techniques and
devices in new developments to minimize flows and attenuate impacts near their source.
These include:
•
Bioretention or vegetated depressions that collect runoff and facilitate its infiltration
into the ground. These include rain gardens as discussed above. (See figure 1)
Figure 2. Bioretention Area
Source: Prince Georges County DER
•
Infiltration Trenches: Trenches filled with porous media such as bioretention
material, sand, or aggregate that collect runoff and infiltrate it into the ground.
•
Dry Wells: Gravel- or stone-filled pits that are located to catch water from roof
downspouts or paved areas.
Figure 3. Dry Well Schematic
Source: Stormwater Management for Maine, 1995.
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Filter Strips: Bands of dense vegetation planted immediately downstream of a
runoff source designed to filter runoff before entering a receiving structure or water
body.
Figure 4. Filter Strip
Source: Low Impact Design Manual, US Army Corps of Engineers, 2004
•
Inlet Pollution Removal Devices: Small stormwater treatment systems that are
installed below grade at the edge of paved areas and trap or filter pollutants in
runoff before it enters the storm drain.
•
Grassed Swales: Shallow channels lined with grass and used to convey and store
runoff.
Figure 5. Grassed Swale Schematic
Source: NVPDC, 1991. In EPA, 1999d.
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Permeable Pavement: Asphalt or concrete rendered porous by the aggregate
structure.
•
Permeable Pavers: Manufactured paving stones containing spaces where water can
penetrate into the porous media placed underneath.
•
Rain Barrels and Cisterns: Containers of various sizes that store the runoff delivered
through building downspouts. Rain barrels are generally smaller structures, located
above ground. Cisterns are larger, are often buried underground, and may be
connected to the building’s plumbing or irrigation system. Rain barrels and cisterns
are low-cost water conservation devices that reduce runoff volume and, for very
small storm events, delay and reduce the peak runoff flow rates. Both rain barrels
and cisterns can provide a source of chemically untreated 'soft water' for gardens
and compost, free of most sediment and dissolved salts.
Figure 6. Rain Barrel
Source: Maryland DNR Green Building Program.
Figure 7. Cistern
Source: Texas Guide to Rainwater Harvesting.
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Soil amendments: Minerals and organic material added to soil to increase its capacity
for absorbing moisture and sustaining vegetation.
•
Tree Box Filters: Curbside containers placed below grade, covered with a grate,
filled with filter media and planted with a tree in the center.
Figure 8. Manufactured Tree Box Filter
Source: Virginia DCR Stormwater Management Program.
•
Vegetated Buffers: Natural or man-made vegetated areas adjacent to a water body,
providing erosion control, filtering capability, and habitat.
Sources:
• Draft Caroline County Comprehensive Plan, Water Resources element, Caroline County Planning Department, April, 2009
• “North County Water and Sewer Service Area Build-out Study Caroline County, Maryland”, December 22, 2008; prepared
by Peter Johnston and Associates
• The Water Resources Element: Planning for Water Supply and Wastewater and Stormwater Management; publication #26 from the
Maryland Department of Planning “Models and Guidelines” series.
• Sustainability of the Groundwater Resources in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of Maryland, USGS Fact Sheet FS 2006-3009.
• Vokes, Harold E., and Jonathan Edwards, Jr.1974, Geography and Geology of Maryland. Maryland Geological Survey. Bulletin
19.
• A Science Plan for a Comprehensive Regional Assessment of the Atlantic Coastal Plain Aquifer System in Maryland. (Open-File Report
2007–1205), by Robert J. Shedlock, David W. Bolton, Emery T. Cleaves, James M. Gerhart, and Mark
• R. Nardi, U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Geological Survey, prepared in cooperation with the Maryland
• Geological Survey, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the Maryland Department of the Environment.
• US Geological Survey Estimated Use of Water in the United States County-Level Data for 2000.
• Maryland’s 2006 TMDL Implementation Guidance for Local Governments, Maryland Department of Environment, May
• 24, 2006.
• Water Quality in the Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, 1999–2001, U.S. Geological Survey
• Circular 1228, Judith M. Denver, Scott W. Ator, Linda M. Debrewer, Matthew J. Ferrari, Jeffery R. Barbaro, Tracy C.
Hancock, Michael J. Brayton, and Mark R. Nardi, 2004.
• Maryland Tributary Strategy Choptank River Basin Summary Report for 1985-2005 Data, Maryland Department of Natural
Resources Tidewater Ecosystem Assessment, August 2007.
• Moving Water, Report to the Chesapeake Bay Cabinet by the Public Drainage Task Force Dr. Wayne H. Bell, Chair, Center
for the Environment and Society, Washington College, October 2000.
• Moving Water, A Report to the Chesapeake Bay Cabinet by the Public Drainage Task Force, Washington College and the
Institute for Governmental Service at University of Maryland College Park, October 2000.
• Statewide Tributary Strategy Implementation Plan, Choptank Trib Team/Public Comment Tracking Matrix, 6-23-06
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10 HISTORIC PRESERVATION
The Town was originally a stagecoach stop known as Bullock Town. The Town name was changed
to Templeville, for the Temple family, in 1847. One of several historic cemeteries located near the
town dates back to the 1700s and is the resting place of members of the Temple family. Templeville
was originally incorporated in 1865; the charter was renewed in 1947.
Early businesses included the Whitely Hotel, which also served as a station in the Underground
Railroad during the Civil War. Templeville was a safe haven for Underground Railroad escapees,
because of its many free black households and sympathetic Irish immigrants. By reaching Templeville
and moving northeast along present-day Delaware Route 11, escapees avoided the numerous slave
catchers between Dover and Smyrna, Delaware. The hotel was razed when Maryland Route 454 was
widened.
There are a few remaining historic sites in Templeville:
Robinson House (1840-1850): The Robinson House, located outside the town, is a two-story five-
bay frame dwelling with brick chimneys on the inside of the house. The house forms an L-shape
with a rear kitchen wing. The Robinson House is an example of mid-19th Century Federal
architecture. At present, the house has been covered with aluminum siding.
Templeville School (1900-1920): The
Templeville School, located outside the
town, is a small one-room frame building
with a gable roof. The structure still has its
original shingles and temple-fronted porch,
typical of the revival in classical
architectural styles for public buildings in
the late 19th an early 20th Centuries. The
Templeville School is a very simple
structure, however, the windows add
interest to the design. Each of the
building’s side facades have a set of
elongated 9 by 9 windows, which are side
by side. The resulting effect allows light to
penetrate the interior and the east to west
orientation keeps the inside cool.
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In addition to the original historic sites, Templeville acquired an African American School Building
that was moved from Delaware to the town in 1950. It is currently used as the Grange meeting hall.
Outside of the Town boundaries, is the Templeville Cemetery. The land for the cemetery was
purchased at the beginning of the 20th century by William Perkins who bought it from the Richard
Family. The Mayor of Templeville, Helen Knotts is the current caretaker.
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11 NATURAL RESOURCES & SENSITIVE AREAS
The Maryland Economic Growth, Resource Protection and Planning Act of 1992 added the
requirement to Article 66B that comprehensive plans contain a Sensitive Areas Element, which
describes how the jurisdiction will protect the following sensitive areas:
o Streams and stream buffers,
o 100 year floodplain,
o Endangered species habitats,
o Steep slopes, and
o Other sensitive areas a jurisdiction wants to protect from the adverse impacts of
development.
In addition, in its 2006 session, the Maryland Legislature passed House Bill 1141, which
included expanding sensitive areas elements of comprehensive plans to include wetlands and
agricultural and forest resource protection or conservation areas.
The Town of Templeville is relatively flat with no major watercourses within the current town
boundaries. There are no known habitats of threatened and endangered species or steep slopes
of 15 degrees or greater within or near the Town. There are also no 100 or 500 year floodplains
as mapped per the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) prepared by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA). The incorporated town and the proposed Expansion Areas are
also outside of the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area.
Sensitive areas include small, scattered areas of non-tidal wetlands. Non-tidal wetlands include
important environmental conditions that support plant and animal habitats important to our
rural landscape. These wetland areas also support important groundwater recharge functions.
As a step toward achieving sensitive areas protection, non-tidal wetlands should be protected
from development impacts. The State also has a Non-tidal Wetlands Program administered by
the Maryland Department of the Environment.
Beyond current town boundaries are two small drainage ditches, which could effect future
development in the Expansion Areas. As displayed in the Land Use Plan, conservation
corridor/ buffers are proposed around these streams, which will also serve for stormwater
management.
Managing growth and development in Templeville must be balanced with consideration for the
natural resources that are essential to the Town’s quality of life. The conservation and
protection of natural resources and sensitive areas will be crucial to preserving the character of
Templeville.
Future development in and around Templeville should be directed away from sensitive
environmental areas and guided towards areas where environmental impacts would be less
severe. Regardless of location, all future development should be subject to minimum
performance standards for environmental protection and natural resource conservation.
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This Plan sets forth the following objectives and recommendations:
a. The Town should adopt environmental protection programs and ordinances in
compliance with State law.
b. As new development occurs within the Templeville growth area, every effort should be
made to ensure that it is designed and built to avoid and/or minimize adverse impacts
to environmentally sensitive areas.
c. Perennial and intermittent streams and adjoining natural buffers should be protected
from the adverse effects of development. The Town should adopt stream buffer
protection regulations. A 50 to a 100 foot no disturbance buffer should be adopted for
the intermittent streams/ drainage ditches.
d. Non-tidal wetlands should be protected from the adverse effects of development as
prescribed by State and Federal Regulations.
e. Forested areas should be protected from the adverse effects of development as
mandated by the State Forest Conservation Act.
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Map 5. Conservation Lands & Natural Resources
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IMPLEMENTATION
This Comprehensive Plan for the Town of Templeville is the first step in allowing the Town to have
its own planning authority. The planning process should capture the Templeville’s vision of how it
wants to shape and integrate residential neighborhoods and commercial uses into the future
development scheme, and the desired type, design, quantity, and location for development. The
Town will adopt land development ordinances, project review procedures, and legislation to insure
that future growth is consistent with this plan. This section presents specific policies, ordinances and
tools that could be adopted to manage development.
11.1 Growth Management
This Comprehensive Plan is Templeville’s first step in its comprehensive planning process. It is
not intended to be a stand-alone document but will support and, in turn, be supported by
related planning programs which the town will undertake in its implementation process, which
may include, but is not limited to the following:
o Zoning Ordinance
o Subdivision Ordinance
o Capital Improvement Budget
This Comprehensive Plan along with the proposed documents, when used concurrently, will be the
basis for directing and managing growth in Templeville.
11.2 Land Development Ordinances
11.2.1 Zoning Code, Subdivision Regulations and Zoning Map
The primary and most urgent recommendation of this plan is that the Town of Templeville develop
and approve land use ordinances in the form of a zoning ordinance, zoning map, and subdivision
ordinance. The fact that the Town of Templeville does not have a zoning code or zoning map in
place means that translating the future land use map from this plan into a zoning map will involve the
actual crafting of a new zoning code. A zoning ordinance, zoning map, and a subdivision ordinance
maybe created in the form of separately adopted ordinances or in the form of a unified land-
development ordinance. This step should be completed before the town contemplates any
annexation.
Ordinances should be crafted with the aim of maintaining Templeville’s rural village character
atmosphere, encouraging a healthy mix of retail and residential uses, ensuring adequate service levels
to properties within the town, and preserving environmentally sensitive areas. The zoning ordinance
should be structured to support the future land use portion of this comprehensive plan (see Map 2 –
Land Use Plan) with new zoning districts. Regulations also should ensure that growth and
development is properly channeled into appropriate areas. Issues that should be addressed in the new
code include creating a town center with commercial uses, promoting a grid street network and
pedestrian orientation, creating parkland, and planning for stormwater management with the existing
drainage ditches.
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The specific zoning regulations that deal with lot size and setbacks should be examined to ensure
encouragement of the type of village development appropriate to Templeville. This also will ensure
that property owners of existing buildings, rebuilding on small lots commonly found in the older
sections of Town, are given the flexibility needed to accomplish infill and redevelopment. In
consideration of the need to provide affordable housing, the zoning regulations should permit
accessory dwellings.
The new subdivision ordinance should address how land is subdivided and developed. Subdivision
regulations primarily ensure that new roadways and utilities will be laid out in an efficient and safe
manner, whether as a town road or a private way. These regulations can also enhance the “livability”
of neighborhoods by providing for walking paths, retention of existing vegetation, generous plantings
of street trees, common spaces within a subdivision, and appropriately-sized roadways that are
pedestrian-friendly and well integrated with existing topography. The ordinance should include a
clear process for subdivision application that demonstrates coordination with the appropriate
agencies charged with providing sewer service and highway access.
In light of possible new development in the future, as well as infill and redevelopment, it is important
to ensure that development codes and regulations guide development in a manner that is consistent
with the recommendations of this Plan. This includes promoting place-making principles through
good design practices. At a minimum, the zoning ordinance should accomplish the following:
o Promote, in accordance with present and future needs, the safety, morals, order,
o convenience, prosperity, and general welfare of the citizens of Templeville, Maryland and its
environs;
o Provide for efficiency and economy in the process of development;
o Require appropriate and best use of land, for convenience of traffic and circulation of people
and goods, for the use and occupancy of buildings, for healthful and convenient distribution
of population;
o Foster good civic design and arrangement; and
o Ensure adequate public utilities and facilities by regulating the location and use of buildings,
structures, and land for trade, industry, and residence and regulating and limiting or
determining the height and bulk of buildings and structures, the area of yards and other
spaces, and the density of use.
The zoning map must be consistent with the zoning ordinance to reflect the policy direction of this
Comprehensive Plan. The zoning map will reflect Templeville’s current corporate boundaries and the
by-right zoning applied to these areas. The zoning map also should be prepared concurrent with the
zoning ordinance.
Land Use Districts of this Comprehensive Plan include the following: 1) Neighborhood
Conservation; 2) Neighborhood Commercial; 3) Neighborhood Exempt; 4) Neighborhood
Exempt; and 5) Conservation Corridor. It is the purpose and the intent of comprehensive
planning to translate these planning areas into zoning districts. In this regard, details regarding
each planning area are provided in the Land Use Element.
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11.2.2 Town Center/ Neighborhood Commercial
The Templeville Land Use Plan places focus on establishing an identifiable town center on
Barclay Road in the area of the existing commercial uses and the Grange Meeting Hall. The
town center can be described as a future central community district containing residential,
commercial, institutional, and recreational uses. It is envisioned that this area will serve as a
focal point for the community by providing central access to residential, neighborhood
commercial and recreational uses.
The town plans to maintain its rural village scale by keeping it existing features of the
community intact while creating a vibrant mixed-use town center with contiguous residential
development in the short-term growth area. As development occurs outside the current
boundaries of Templeville, it will become increasingly important for the town to be vigilant in
keeping the focus on the town center, so as not to draw important services and community
features away from the center of town.
To create a town center, it is recommended that Templeville adopt a Neighborhood
Commercial District with flexible zoning provisions, such as an overlay or floating zone, that
allow for varied uses in this area of the town. Zoning standards for this planning area should
provide for the expansion of existing non-residential uses, and where appropriate, creation of
new compatible uses, including local government uses, recreational uses, and apartments over
commercial establishments. The town envisions use of the Grange Meeting Hall as a
community center with pedestrian walkways to the existing park, as well as public parking in
this area.
In addition, Templeville should develop design standards and guidelines for all commercial
development. These should include the design of the building, landscaping, parking
requirements, lighting, and signage. All such new buildings should be compatible with the scale
and character of the Town. Great care should be exercised to ensure that the entrances into
Templeville do not deteriorate into an unattractive strip of commercial uses and/or storage
facilities. These “gateways” provide the first impressions of the Town to outsiders.
11.2.3 Neighborhood Conservation
The Comprehensive Plan proposes a Neighborhood Conservation District to protect the
Templeville’s rural village character. The primary objectives for these areas involve maintaining
the existing residential scale of the neighborhoods and allowing compatible infill and
redevelopment. Historic properties located in these districts may be appropriate for adaptive
reuse strategies. Zoning for these areas should allow for setback variances and other exceptions
to retain the historic nature of the community. Design guidelines for appropriate infill and
reconstruction projects would be applicable.
Particular concerns that should be addressed through appropriate zoning standards and
guidelines include:
o Connectivity – appropriate vehicular and pedestrian connections between onWsite and
offsite transportation systems.
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o Circulation – consistency with the area wide vehicular and pedestrian circulation
concepts of the Comprehensive Plan.
o Parking – flexible parking requirements.
o Compatibility – essential elements of compatible project design, e.g., design, pattern,
alignment, size, and shape.
11.2.4 Planned Development (PD)
Planned Developments are an extremely flexible development type characterized by mixed land uses
and variations within uses, such as single-family homes alongside townhouses and retail. Often parks,
trails, and common spaces are integrated into the site plan. Unique approaches to roadways,
circulation and parking can also be proposed. In general, when considering a PD application the
reviewing board works with the applicant to achieve a superior design outside the normal constraints
of existing zoning. PDs are frequently provided by special permit in conjunction with an overlay or
floating zone.
This zoning district should be applied to apply to large vacant tracts and annexed lands. The zoning
and subdivision ordinances should include standards for a new residential zoning district that would
permit a variety of housing types at an effective net density of about 3.5 dwelling units per acre. To
accomplish this end the Town will include provisions for planned, mixed-residential communities in
the revised zoning ordinance. The PD ordinance will permit “smart neighborhoods,” exhibiting the
following characteristics:
o Integrated mix of residential and open space uses,
o Range of housing types and densities,
o Compact design,
o Interconnected grid street network designed to balance the needs of all users, with sidewalks
and on-street parking,
o Open spaces integral to the community,
o Location adjacent to and extending the fabric of existing development, and
o Incorporate neo-traditional design, such as grid street patterns, use of alleys, shallow front
yards, traditional architecture and a pedestrian orientation.
11.2.5 Performance Standards and Environmental Protection
The Eight Visions for Maryland, as expressed in Article 66B of the Annotated Code, encourage
stewardship of the land as a universal ethic. In addition, the Planning Act of 1992 requires the
Town to adopt policies for the protection of sensitive environmental areas.
The zoning ordinance should set forth standards that meet expectations for stream buffers,
non-tidal wetlands and other environmental features consistent with State law. In addition, the
Town should encourage development design that maintains or enhances green infrastructure,
and incorporates low impact design through best stormwater management practices for water
quality and quantity management.
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All future development should be subject to minimum performance standards for
environmental protection and natural resource conservation. Performance standards protect
natural processes such as flooding, stormwater runoff and groundwater recharge, and prevent
development on sensitive lands and in sensitive resource areas. An example of a performance
standard is a 50 to a 100 foot no disturbance buffer for the existing intermittent streams/
drainage ditches. The purpose is to prevent environmental degradation, and promote public
health, safety and welfare.
11.2.6 Buffering, Screening, and Landscaping Standards
Buffering, screening, and landscaping are techniques for minimizing the impacts between
incompatible land uses using either natural or human-made features that address visual, light,
and sound impacts. Buffers and screens serve to reduce conflicts between incompatible land
uses, minimize soil erosion, reduce storm water runoff, and enhance community appearance. In
addition, buffers can provide pedestrians with a sense of security from automobile traffic.
Screens are generally used to reduce visual impact using fences, walls, trees, or shrubs. Buffers
are used to reduce light and sound impacts, using water, hills, berms, groupings of trees, or
other landscaped features. Buffers require undisturbed or vegetated areas between designated
uses.
Buffering, screening, and landscaping requirements should be included in the zoning ordinance
and applied where different land uses abut, to all large-scale and nonresidential developments,
and to residential and nonresidential developments along transportation corridors. The Plan
should provide policies for uses which require buffering, as well as modification or elimination
of buffer requirements where needed to promote mixed-use or workable neighborhoods.
Requirements should be administered during the site plan review process.
11.2.7 Administrative/ Site Plan Review
The zoning and subdivision ordinance should include provisions regarding non-conforming
uses, special exceptions, conditional uses and board of appeals. It should also include site plan
requirements, including submission requirements for plans and permit applications. Site plan
submissions should include a detailed plan showing existing and proposed site features in
accordance with a set of requirements and review criteria. Site Plan Review assures that, in
addition to health and safety issues, proposed structures and site work are well integrated into
the context of the neighborhood and the unique characteristics of the site itself.
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11.3 Annexation
The Town should adopt annexation criteria, policies and procedures. The Town will follow the
procedural requirements for annexation established in State law (Articles 66B and 23A),
including those of Maryland House Bill 1141. This will ensure that the proposed annexation is
consistent with the goals and objectives of this comprehensive plan, that appropriate
consideration have been given to the adequacy of public facilities and services, and that County
and State agencies are afforded an opportunity to comment on the proceedings.
Conditions of annexation approval will be based on maintaining or improving the level of
community service, preserving open space, ensuring connected contiguous development, and
providing methods by which public facilities and services would be extended and funded.
Annexation policies to apply to future annexations are set forth in the Municipal Growth
Element.
11.4 Building Codes
Templeville should adopt the 2000 International Building Code. As part of the enforcement of
building codes, the Town’s building inspector views the exterior of each property and develops
a list of those properties that require remediation. Those that have obvious and major defects
are noted and their property owners are given a written listing of deficiencies.
Property owners are given an appropriate time limit within which to make the necessary repairs.
If a property is too deteriorated that it causes a danger to the health and safety of the
community and a hazard of residents, the Town can initiate condemnation proceedings against
the property owner as provided in the building codes and by Maryland law and civil procedure.
11.5 Transportation Infrastructure
Planning for infrastructure improvements is a key component of managing development.
Streetscape planning should address both vehicular and pedestrian connectivity and safety, as
well as aesthetic issues such as lighting and signage, and traffic calming. Because expanded
infrastructure is necessary to support growth in population, improved efforts are needed to
coordinate the timing of new development with provisions for infrastructure, and how such
improvements are going to be financed. Providing for transportation infrastructure involves a
comprehensive look at community land use, economic development, and capital improvement
financing. It is important to create these plans in conjunction with environmental and
community development issues relevant to the community.
There are many tools available for providing transportation infrastructure:
o Use a Capital Improvements Plan.
o Create official maps to reflect proposed right’s of way and require their dedication as
part of the development approval process.
o Finance infrastructure improvements through special assessment districts.
o Require construction and dedication of streets by the Developer.
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Comprehensive Plan, Town of Templeville, MD
Appendix A
Review Comments from the Maryland Department of Planning
Draft Comprehensive Plan 2009 Update
Town of Templeville
Overview
The Maryland Department of Planning (MDP) reviewed the draft Comprehensive Plan
Update for the Town of Templeville dated July 2009. The draft plan was submitted for 60-day
review in accordance with Article 66B of the Code of Maryland Regulations and was received
by MDP on Jul 9, 2009. The 60-day review period ended on September 8, 2009. The Town
has scheduled a public hearing on the draft plan for September 21, 2009 in accordance with
§3.07(b)(1) of Article 66B.
MDP also reviewed the draft Plan for adequacy of the Water Resources Element (WRE) and
Municipal Growth Element (MGE) in accordance with the requirements of House Bill (HB)
1141. The following are review comments from the Maryland Department of Planning.
General Comments on the Draft Comprehensive Plan
• The Town is to be commended for the significant work and quality effort that resulted
in this Comprehensive Plan.
• The Town of Templeville has new or additional water and sewer service areas that
were recently established through the 2008 amendment to the North Caroline County
Comprehensive Plan mainly to address public health concerns due to failing septic
systems. The boundaries of these service areas incorporate the Town’s municipal areas
and surrounding County lands. The service areas outside of the Town limits include
the Town’s future growth areas, however the county lands that these new service areas
include are not State certified Priority Funding Areas (PFA) but do include existing
community sewerage systems and known areas of failing septic systems. There is
additional County land that is vacant and not certified PFA. These areas are not
eligible for water or sewer service from State funded infrastructure projects that
increased capacities as of January 1, 1997. This funding restriction should be made
clear to the Towns and the County as reimbursement issues may affect local budgets.
It has been discussed, with the County, that the County land inside of the service area
limits will be designated as “receiving areas” within the County’s TDR program.
Comments on the Municipal Growth Element
MDP has reviewed the Town’s Municipal Growth Element and determined that, although
some of the requirements of HB 1141 have been sufficiently addressed, the draft Plan in its
current state does not meet all of the requirements of this legislation. The following comments
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identify revisions that should be considered for the final Plan in order to comply with this
legislation.
• The Department appreciates the Town’s acknowledgment that a primary goal of the
plan is to develop a zoning ordinance. This information is necessary because it helps
drive policy decisions as to whether the City could accommodate future growth by
changing an areas zoning thus allowing additional density or if it is necessary to annex
lands.
• How does the Town intend on preserving its Greenbelt? How would expansions
occur?
• Please review the Existing Land Use Map on page 13, as there appears to be a table
superimposed on the map.
• The Maryland Department of Planning appreciates the attempt at including population
projections and a capacity analysis identifying the build-out potential in the Town.
• According to the plan, Templeville’s 2000 population is 80. The Town’s 2030
population is 207 or an increase of 127 people over the thirty year period. The amount
of infill development is not clear. According to the plan, Templeville has 52 acres of
infill development (according to the plan’s 3.5 dwelling unit per acre figure) which
will provide 15 units or 37 people (based on the average household size of 2.5).
However, Figure 1 on page 20 identifies 43 acres of infill development. Please clarify
what land is included in each figure and decide on one figure to use throughout the
analysis.
• It is recommended that Table #3 on page 22 differentiate between developable acreage
vs. total acreage. The net growth area of 97 acres multiplied by 3.5 dwelling units per
acre results in 340, not 329 as stated in the table. The population changes from 823 to
850.
• The Comprehensive plan includes a long and short term Town Expansion Area where
future growth is to be concentrated. Templeville is comprised of 48 acres, and the 2
Expansion Areas combined total 97 acres (roughly 3 times the size of the town). This
amount of growth area appears aggressive in light of the Town’s limited water and
sewer availability. In the context of planning for development, it is important to strive
for a balance between land supply and demand for future growth. If you provide too
little land for development (be it on greenfields, redevelopment or infill) and the cost
of land will become too high or redevelopment may spill over to adjacent
jurisdictions. On the other hand, if you provide too much land for development, it will
tend to be used inefficiently. In addition, plans and growth controls will be
marginalized because there are an abundance of locational options for each new
development.
• It was not apparent within the text of the plan if the 2.5 persons per housing unit size
projection is based on 2000 Census Data or a 2030 projection. MDP recommends that
a 2030 population projection also be included as the number of persons per housing
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unit will change by the horizon year. This projection would then be compared to the
capacity analysis. It could also help in the identification of:
o Public services and infrastructure that will need to be upgraded and outlining
future visions of land use, development and preservation.
o Associated finance mechanisms to pay for infrastructure-related
improvements.
• The Town should provide information on more detailed finance mechanisms to pay
for these upgrades. If it is the Town’s intent that developer(s) absorb infrastructure
expenses associated with major development, what portion of the costs should
developer(s) absorb? Should the developer(s) donate land for a school site, pay for the
update of a treatment plant, or increase capacity for public water? Under what
conditions should the developers provide such assistance?
Comments on the Water Resources Element
The Town of Templeville does an excellent job meeting the majority of the WRE
requirements of HB1141. By addressing the following comments, the WRE will conform to
the requirements of HB1141. The most important comments to include are in bold. The WRE
does not yet effectively address the following purposes of the law and/or State guidance, as
follows:
• Identify suitable receiving waters and land areas to meet the stormwater management
and wastewater treatment and disposal needs of existing and future development
proposed in the land use element of the plan, considering available data provided by
MDE (Section 1.03(iii), Article 66B).
• The WRE should identify strategies to protect current and future water sources from
pollution (MDP Models and Guidelines (M&G) 26, page 27).
• The WRE should estimate the future demand for water by reviewing population
projections and associated commercial, industrial and agricultural water demand
(MDP M&G 26, page 27).
• The WRE should estimate the approximate number or range of additional households
and associated commercial and industrial wastewater demand that could potentially be
supported in the planning area (MDP M&G 26, page 33).
General Comments on the WRE
• Under the “Water Resources Goals and Objectives” section (page 47), please remove
the word “existing” from the fifth objective bullet as there is neither community nor
public water or sewer service in the Town at the present time.
• In addition, under the “Water Resources Goals and Objectives” section (page
47), it would be helpful to add a bullet to discuss the creation of an allocation
process for the management of the Town’s sewer capacity agreement with the
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Town of Goldsboro if and when that agreement for wastewater service is reached
and amended into the County Water and Sewer Plan.
• The plan discusses its growth area and the issues regarding Issues and Development
Limitations on page 19. The extension of sewer service from the Town of Goldsboro
is the resolution to the failing septic systems in and around Templeville. The plan
should discuss that the service will be allocated for that purpose only and that service
to other development or users will require the new service area to be a certified
Priority Funding Area or receive a special exception from the Maryland Smart Growth
Coordinating Committee. The identified sewer service area must be approved by MDE
once it is amended into the Caroline County Water and Sewer Plan. This amendment
process has not yet taken place.
• The Infill and Redevelopment Analysis discussion (page 20, Section 6.3.2) should
conclude with the same restrictions noted above. This discussion should indicate that
infill and redevelopment within the current PFA will be the first priority for any sewer
capacity allocated to the Town from Goldsboro.
• The Growth Area Capacity Analysis discussion (Page 21, Section 6.3.3) is helpful to
the two comments made above however; the two growth areas triple the size of the
current Town. It would be helpful to discuss the “developable” acreage vs. the total
acreage as this will highlight the double asterisk (**) footnote and define the net
growth area of 97 acres versus 133 acres. Also, if one multiplies 97 acres times 3.5
housing units per acre, the result is 339.5 units in the growth area, not 329 as stated in
Table 3. The population total figure would also be larger, approximately 849 people
versus 823 new residents.
• Page 47, Water Resources Goals and Objectives:
o 5th Objective bullet, remove the word “existing” as there is neither, community
or public, water or sewer service at the time of this discussion.
o Add a bullet to discuss the creation of an allocation process for the
management of the Town’s sewer capacity agreement with the Town of
Goldsboro if and when that agreement for wastewater service is reached and
amended into the County Water and Sewer Plan.
• The Town should institute a water and sewerage education program to inform the
current residents and new residents on the conditions, challenges, and best
management of the Towns water resources and septic system care and maintenance.
Comments on the Water Demand Analysis
• Table 6 (page 27) details potential impacts of future growth on public facilities and
services such as water. The table does not appear to include non-residential
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demand for water services. Although there are only 2 small commercial uses in
the town (page 46), one of the land use goals (page 10) is to encourage commercial
growth in the Town. Please ensure that this non-residential water demand data is
included in the table.
• It would be helpful if the plan included more information on the wells that provide
water to the Town’s residents including such information as the average depth of
wells.
Comments on the Proposed Methods for Protecting Source Water
• There is no discussion of source water protection in the WRE. Please add this
discussion to the plan.
Comments on the Sewer Demand Analysis
• The final Plan should note that the Caroline County Water and Sewer Plan has not
been amended appropriately to date. The County is preparing the needed service area
timing categories and service policies for amendment to the County’s WSP to address
the limits and restrictions within the service areas.
• Table 6 (page 27) details potential impacts of future growth on public facilities and
services such as sewer. The table does not appear to include non-residential
demand for sewer services. Although there are only 2 small commercial uses in
the town (page 46), one of the land use goals (page 10) is to encourage commercial
growth in the Town. Please ensure that this non-residential sewer demand data is
included in the table.
Comments on Identifying Suitable Receiving Waters
• The plan does not yet discuss the suitability of the receiving waters. Since TMDLs
have not yet been established for the Upper Choptank Creek Watershed to date, the
WRE should state that since TMDLs have not yet been set, it is not possible to discuss
the suitability given the lack of information at this time. Please add this discussion to
the plan.
• The plan estimates that the non-point source loading rates “will remain the same
through the period to 2030. Greater use of Best Management Practices (BMPs) for
management of stormwater quality, which is expected in future Town development,
could reduce the projected increases in nitrogen and phosphorous loadings” (page 26).
The plan should note, however, that even with BMPs, the projected growth within the
town will have an impact due to the increase in impervious surfaces.
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Comments on the Transportation Element
• MDP strongly supports the Town to improve pedestrian safety by providing safe
routes for pedestrians, including sidewalks and walkways or trails throughout the
Town and in any future development areas.
• The plan mentions that all future roads should include either sidewalks or walking
paths, visually bounded with street trees to safely allow for pedestrian and bicycle
travel throughout the Town. MDP also recommends theTown to analyze existing
pedestrian and bicycle paths to indicate its network connectivity and for any missing
gaps. The Draft Plan should also discuss the improvement timeframes and funding
sources for the proposed pedestrian and bicycle facilities.
• Please also see the comments from the State Highway Authority.
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Comprehensive Plan, Town of Templeville, MD
Appendix B
Memorandum
Date: September 20, 2009
To: Mayor and Town Commissioners, Town of Templeville, MD
From: Tony Redman, AICP, Principal Planner, URS Corporation
RE: Town of Templeville Comprehensive Plan
Response to Comments provided by Maryland Department of Planning on
the draft Plan document
The following response has been prepared to address comments on the Town Plan draft.
I recommend the State comments and this response be incorporated as appendices to the
Plan to document the plan adoption process. Each question or comment posed by the
State that has prompted changes to the draft are documented and a proposed response to
that comment noting changes made are provided.
Question or comment
How does the Town intend on preserving its Greenbelt? How would expansions
occur?
Response
See following text on page 18 of the plan.
“Through annexation these lands may someday represent a larger part of the Town.
Agricultural and/or Agri-tourism land uses will be promoted to accommodate the Town’s
interest in promoting agriculture as a part of the community, and to accommodate growth
while at the same time realizing objectives to sustain a greenbelt over time. Within these
growth areas the Town proposes the future creation of a zoning district that will provide
density incentives on near town portions of farms that may be annexed in exchange for
conservation easements on remaining portions of those same farms that are further removed
the Town Center. The zoning ordinance will implement the intent of this district and after
consideration of an appropriate balance between density incentives that encourage
appropriate development forms on annexed lands and the percentage of land on farms to be
preserved through conservation easements. This concept or zoning treatment will be further
explored at such time as the ordinance is established to include this district”.
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“Greenbelt District
The greenbelt concept is a transitional land use area located at the edge of the growth area
boundaries of a municipality intended for low-density residential and agricultural uses. The
greenbelt will help create a distinct rural edge for the designated growth areas characterized
by open space, natural resources, and low density residential uses. Greenbelts are most
effective when the lands within them have been placed into some type of a conservation
program. Both the Caroline and Queen Anne’s County Comprehensive Plans support this
concept. Both Counties treat agriculture as a preferred use adjacent to Templeville and
accordingly maintain very low densities for any residential development. Currently
approximately 50% of the lands designated as the Greenbelt District surrounding Templeville
are designated as a Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation (MALPF)
easement or district lands. Future annexations within the long term expansion area would
allow opportunities place up to 50% of the long term expansion area in the Greenbelt district
over time to reinforce the adjacent County greenbelts dedicated to agricultural use. This
could be accomplished through mandatory clustering, transferred development rights and/or
in conjunction with County and State conservation and preservation programs.
Properties currently participating in a agricultural district program or easement restricted
from future development are identified on Map 2 – Land Use Plan”.
Question or comment
Please review the Existing Land Use Map on page 13, as there appears to be a table
superimposed on the map.
Response
Map reviewed and table removed.
Question or Comment
• According to the plan, Templeville’s 2000 population is 80. The Town’s 2030
population is 207 or an increase of 127 people over the thirty year period. The amount
of infill development is not clear. According to the plan, Templeville has 52 acres of
infill development (according to the plan’s 3.5 dwelling unit per acre figure) which
will provide 15 units or 37 people (based on the average household size of 2.5).
However, Figure 1 on page 20 identifies 43 acres of infill development. Please clarify
what land is included in each figure and decide on one figure to use throughout the
analysis.
Response:
Infill development represents only that future potential development that can occur within
Templeville’s current corporate limits. The total land area of the town is approximately 45
acres and most is fully developed. The estimate that 15 new households is all that can be
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accomodated in the current corporate limits. Any additional development would virtually
require annexation. As noted on page 22 of the plan; “ It can be expected that there is
sufficient capacity within the existing town limits for the Town of Templeville to absorb a
portion of projected growth by the year 2030. Given a projection of 15 new households
in areas shown for infill and redevelopment on figure 1, there is a capacity for
approximately 37 new residents in those areas assuming a sustained average household
size of 2.50 persons per household for the town as existed in 2000 within the current town
limits.”
Question or Comment:
It is recommended that Table #3 on page 22 differentiate between developable acreage
vs. total acreage. The net growth area of 97 acres multiplied by 3.5 dwelling units per
acre results in 340, not 329 as stated in the table. The population changes from 823 to
850.
Response:
Figures shown in Table #3 resulted from a math error. The table has now been corrected
as recommended and is attached.
Table 3. Build-out Analysis of Town Expansion Area
Town Acres* Net Density Estimated New Population
Expansion Area (Dwelling Dwelling Units Increase
Units/Acre)
Short-Term 42 3.5 147 368
Long-Term 55 (30% of 182 acre area)** 3.5 192 481
Total 97 3.5 340 850
Question or Comment:
It was not apparent within the text of the plan if the 2.5 persons per housing unit size
projection is based on 2000 Census Data or a 2030 projection. MDP recommends that
a 2030 population projection also be included as the number of persons per housing
unit will change by the horizon year. This projection would then be compared to the
capacity analysis. It could also help in the identification of:
o Public services and infrastructure that will need to be upgraded and outlining
future visions of land use, development and preservation.
o Associated finance mechanisms to pay for infrastructure-related
improvements.
Response:
Although a reduction in average household size would typically be expected consistent
with national trends, Templeville has a unique population largely influenced by a high
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percentage of Spanish speaking households that are larger in size. For this reason, the
average household size of 2.5 persons per household was retained for projections to the
year 2030.
Question or Comment:
The Town should provide information on more detailed finance mechanisms to pay
for these upgrades. If it is the Town’s intent that developer(s) absorb infrastructure
expenses associated with major development, what portion of the costs should
developer(s) absorb? Should the developer(s) donate land for a school site, pay for the
update of a treatment plant, or increase capacity for public water? Under what
conditions should the developers provide such assistance?
Response:
The developer will be expected to provide assistance to the Town a number of ways.
This may include participation in construction of a treatment plan or water system or
parkland. No school site is currently anticipated in this area.
All significant development will require annexation. Annexation policies enumerated in
the Plan indicate the developer will be expected to bear much of the costs of services
associated with growth. See page 25 as follows:
“ the following annexation policies will apply to future annexations:
• Proposed annexation areas will be economically self-sufficient and will not result
in larger municipal expenditures than anticipated revenues, which would
indirectly burden existing town residents with the costs of services or facilities to
support the area annexed.
• The costs of providing roads, utilities, parks, other community services will be
borne by those gaining value from such facilities through either income, profits,
or participation.
• Specific conditions of annexation will be made legally binding in an executed
annexation agreement. Such agreements will address, among other things,
consistency with the goals, objectives and recommendations contained in the
Templeville Comprehensive Plan, zoning and development expectations,
responsibility for appropriate studies, and preliminary agreements concerning
responsibilities for the cost of facilities and services provided by the town. These
preliminary agreements may be further revised in a Developers Rights and
Responsibility Agreement (DRRA).
• For annexations involving larger parcels of land, the town may require
appropriate impact studies, including a fiscal impact study and an environmental
impact assessment that addresses the potential impact of the proposed annexation
and planned development on the environment of the site and surrounding area.
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• If considered necessary or appropriate, applicants for annexation shall pay the
cost of completing all studies related to expanding capacity of existing public
facilities and/or services”.
Question or Comment:
Under the “Water Resources Goals and Objectives” section (page 47), please remove
the word “existing” from the fifth objective bullet as there is neither community nor
public water or sewer service in the Town at the present time.
Response:
This objective has been revised and now reads as follows:
(cid:1) Focus growth to areas best suited to utilize the planned water and wastewater
infrastructure efficiently.
Question or Comment:
In addition, under the “Water Resources Goals and Objectives” section (page
47), it would be helpful to add a bullet to discuss the creation of an allocation
process for the management of the Town’s sewer capacity agreement with the
Town of Goldsboro if and when that agreement for wastewater service is reached
and amended into the County Water and Sewer Plan.
Response:
The following objective has been added on page 50 in response to this comment
(cid:1) Work with the County and/or the Town of Goldsboro to document allocation of
sufficient future sewer capacity to support the objectives of this plan.
Question or Comment:
The plan discusses its growth area and the issues regarding Issues and Development
Limitations on page 19. The extension of sewer service from the Town of Goldsboro
is the resolution to the failing septic systems in and around Templeville. The plan
should discuss that the service will be allocated for that purpose only and that service
to other development or users will require the new service area to be a certified
Priority Funding Area or receive a special exception from the Maryland Smart Growth
Coordinating Committee. The identified sewer service area must be approved by MDE
once it is amended into the Caroline County Water and Sewer Plan. This amendment
process has not yet taken place.
Response:
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The following objective has been added on page 50 of the plan in response to this
comment.
(cid:1) Work with Caroline County and the State of Maryland to seek PFA certification
of the proposed growth area as a PFA in the County Sewer and Water Plan and
Comprehensive Plan to permit MDE approval of future wastewater treatment
facilities to support growth within the designated growth area.
Question or Comment:
The Infill and Redevelopment Analysis discussion (page 20, Section 6.3.2) should
conclude with the same restrictions noted above. This discussion should indicate that
infill and redevelopment within the current PFA will be the first priority for any sewer
capacity allocated to the Town from Goldsboro.
Response:
The following language has been added on page 22 of the plan in response to this
comment.
“Infill and re-development within the Town will the first priority of any sewer capacity
allocated to the Town”. (See insert just before figure 1)
Question or Comment:
The Growth Area Capacity Analysis discussion (Page 21, Section 6.3.3) is helpful to
the two comments made above however; the two growth areas triple the size of the
current Town. It would be helpful to discuss the “developable” acreage vs. the total
acreage as this will highlight the double asterisk (**) footnote and define the net
growth area of 97 acres versus 133 acres. Also, if one multiplies 97 acres times 3.5
housing units per acre, the result is 339.5 units in the growth area, not 329 as stated in
Table 3. The population total figure would also be larger, approximately 849 people
versus 823 new residents.
Response:
Adjustments made to Table 3 (see earlier comment) now address this issue and show 340
residential units and a population of 849 residents at build-out, now expected to occur in
the next 50 years.
Question or Comment:
The Town should institute a water and sewerage education program to inform the
current residents and new residents on the conditions, challenges, and best
management of the Towns water resources and septic system care and maintenance.
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Response:
The Town currently has no resources to institute such an educational program.
Question or Comment:
Table 6 (page 27) details potential impacts of future growth on public facilities and
services such as water. The table does not appear to include non-residential
demand for water services. Although there are only 2 small commercial uses in
the town (page 46), one of the land use goals (page 10) is to encourage commercial
growth in the Town. Please ensure that this non-residential water demand data is
included in the table.
Response:
Table 6 has been amended to include potential demand for 1,000 gallons per day by 2030
to support an projected 10,000 square feet of non-residential use. Formula used to project
demand is .1 gallon per day per square foot of non-residential use.
Question or Comment:
There is no discussion of source water protection in the WRE. Please add this
discussion to the plan.
Response:
There is documentation of failing septic systems and concern about impacts to current
private water supply sources. That concern is the basis for ongoing study of the
feasibility of connecting septic systems to a wastewater treatment facility. The Plan has
been amended to encourage Town exploration of the feasibility of a Wellhead Protection
Program and ordinance. Such ordinances are typically used to protect a public potable
water supply source or series of wells, not individual wells scattered throughout the
Town. Thus feasibility needs to be considered as well as Town capacity to administer
such protection measures before such an ordinance can be determined to be appropriate.
Question or Comment:
Table 6 (page 27) details potential impacts of future growth on public facilities and
services such as sewer. The table does not appear to include non-residential
demand for sewer services. Although there are only 2 small commercial uses in
the town (page 46), one of the land use goals (page 10) is to encourage commercial
growth in the Town. Please ensure that this non-residential sewer demand data is
included in the table.
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Response:
Table 6 has been amended to include potential demand for 1,000 gallons per day
wastewater treatment capacity by 2030 to support an projected 10,000 square feet of non-
residential use. Formula used to project demand is .1 gallon per day per square foot of
non-residential use.
Question or Comment:
The plan does not yet discuss the suitability of the receiving waters. Since TMDLs
have not yet been established for the Upper Choptank Creek Watershed to date, the
WRE should state that since TMDLs have not yet been set, it is not possible to discuss
the suitability given the lack of information at this time. Please add this discussion to
the plan.
Response:
The following language has been added on 47 of the plan following Table 11.
Since TMDL’s have not yet been set for the Upper Choptank Creek Watershed no
conclusion can be drawn regarding the ability of the Watershed to assimilate projected
loads.
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