Zoning Brunswick Forward: A Zoning Code Rewrite
February-March 2025 Public Survey

Your Use of the Zoning Code

The City of Brunswick, Maryland, is embarking on a two-year process of updating the City’s Zoning Code and we want to hear from you! Brunswick's recently adopted Comprehensive Plan, Brunswick Forward, established a new vision for the City. The zoning ordinance is the primary tool to accomplish the development goals set up in Brunswick Forward. Updating the zoning ordinance is also an opportunity to make sure that the zoning ordinance is functioning as intended, is easy to use, understandable, and free of unnecessary barriers. Please answer the survey questions to the best of your ability! The survey consists of multiple choice questions with optional questions to explain your choice. There are 15 questions with the final questions covering contact information to keep you informed!

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* 1. How familiar are you with the City of Brunswick’s zoning code?

Not at all

Slightly familiar

Somewhat familiar

Moderately familiar

Extremely familiar

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* 2. How have you used Brunswick’s zoning code? [Select all that apply]

Researched procedures for making changes to my property

Researched permitted uses in a specific zone

Researched parking requirements

Researched signage requirements

Researched development standards for my home (yard setbacks, lot coverage, fence, height, etc.)

Other (please specify)

None of the above

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* 3. If you have familiarity with the zoning code, which best describes your experience understanding it?

Easy to understand

Average. After reviewing a few times I understood it

Difficult to understand. I depend on staff to explain the zoning code

Some parts are easy and others are difficult to understand

Other (please specify)

I have never used the zoning code

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* 4. If you have familiarity with the zoning code, which standards or components do you find challenging, unclear, or confusing? [Select all that apply]

Permitted and conditional uses available in different zone districts (e.g., childcare facilities, apartments, duplexes, drive-thrus, retail storefronts, etc.)

Administration and procedures (e.g. the application process, development approvals, requirements to give notice, public input opportunities)

Dimensional standards (e.g., building height, building and parking setbacks, lot areas) for different zones

Site design (e.g., building placement, parking, landscaping, screening)

Overlay districts (MXD, PUD)

Conservation District standards (e.g., lot coverage, architectural style, building materials, building height)

Sign standards (e.g., type, size, and location of signs)

I don’t have familiarity with the zoning code

Other (please specify)

None of the above (I don't find any areas confusing)

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* 5. Based on the last question: if you selected any standards/components as challenging, unclear, or confusing, please elaborate on what you find unclear or confusing.

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* 6. If you have familiarity with the zoning code, which development procedures do you believe could be improved to produce a more fair, predictable, or timely process? [Select all that apply]

Zone change (i.e., rezone of a parcel from one zoning district to another)

Variances from development standards (height, setback, lot width, lot area)

Special exception approval (receiving permission to do something on a property the zoning ordinance permits only under certain special circumstances)

Appeals of decisions

Conservation District requirements (i.e., the process of requiring projects located in the Conservation District to follow design standards)

Planned Unit Development (PUD) or Mixed Use Development (MXD) overlay approval (e.g., regulatory process that provides developments flexibility from the traditional standards of the zone according to the two overlays)

I don’t have familiarity with the zoning code

Other (please specify)

None of the above (No procedures need to be updated)

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* 7. If you selected any development procedures that could be improved to produce a more fair, predictable, or timely process, please elaborate on what you think could be improved.

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Zoning Brunswick Forward: A Zoning Code RewriteFebruary-March 2025 Public Survey

Your Use of the Zoning Code

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* 1. How familiar are you with the City of Brunswick’s zoning code?

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* 2. How have you used Brunswick’s zoning code? [Select all that apply]

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* 3. If you have familiarity with the zoning code, which best describes your experience understanding it?

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* 4. If you have familiarity with the zoning code, which standards or components do you find challenging, unclear, or confusing? [Select all that apply]

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* 5. Based on the last question: if you selected any standards/components as challenging, unclear, or confusing, please elaborate on what you find unclear or confusing.

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* 6. If you have familiarity with the zoning code, which development procedures do you believe could be improved to produce a more fair, predictable, or timely process? [Select all that apply]

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* 7. If you selected any development procedures that could be improved to produce a more fair, predictable, or timely process, please elaborate on what you think could be improved.

Zoning Brunswick Forward: A Zoning Code Rewrite
February-March 2025 Public Survey