Patuxent Research Refuge and Beltsville Agricultural Research Center - Zoning Classification (Protecting Patuxent Research Refuge Act)

Summary

The bill directs the local zoning authority—either a county or the Maryland‑Washington Regional District council—to designate federally owned portions of the Patuxent Research Refuge and the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center as open‑space or reserved‑open‑space zones. It also bars any changes that would allow commercial, industrial, or residential development, even if the land is later sold, leased, or otherwise encumbered. The measure aims to preserve these research and natural areas from future development.

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