County Council Approves Streamlined Process for New, Expanding County Biohealth Facilities
February 17, 2022
The County Council on Tuesday unanimously passed a zoning text amendment that would streamline the approval process for biohealth facilities in the county.
The Zoning Text Amendment 21-09, Office and Professional – Biohealth Priority Campus would “create a new definition for Biohealth Priority Campus that includes Life Sciences, Research and Development, or Medical/Scientific Manufacturing and Production,” according to the council staff report.
It would allow the faster process for new biohealth facilities that are least 150,000 square feet or larger. It also would be allowed for existing county biohealth facilities, such as Silver Spring’s United Therapeutics, that expand by 50,000 square feet or more.
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