Analysis of Gas Prices in Howard County, Maryland



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4.4 Underlying Zoning


As part of RESI’s land planning analysis, zoning regulations pertaining to gasoline service stations were summarized for each of the eight counties including Howard County. Figure 8 below depicts the regulation of gas stations by jurisdiction, both in terms of number of zones and stations. For the full excerpts from each county’s zoning code, please refer to Appendix B. Figure 9 portrays this information in map form.

Figure : Regulation of Gas Stations by Jurisdiction, 2012



County

Permitted Outright

%

CUP/SE

%

Nonconforming/ Prohibited

%

Incorporated Areas

%

Total35

Zones




























Anne Arundel

9

10%

6

23%

19

67%

--

--

34

Baltimore City

0

0%

14

23%

6

77%

--

--

20

Baltimore

4

10%

0

0%

38

90%

--

--

42

Carroll

3

6%

1

2%

7

93%

--

--

11

Frederick

5

31%

0

0%

10

69%

--

--

15

Harford

5

31%

0

0%

11

69%

--

--

16

Howard

2

5%

6

16%

28

79%

--

--

36

Montgomery

6

7%

19

23%

56

69%

--

--

81

Stations




























Anne Arundel

8

4%

156

82%

11

6%

16

8%

191

Baltimore City

0

0%

156

100%

0

0%

0

0%

156

Baltimore

222

94%

0

0%

14

6%

0

0%

236

Carroll

26

48%

0

0%

5

9%

23

43%

54

Frederick

30

35%

0

0%

5

6%

50

59%

85

Harford

59

74%

0

0%

21

26%

0

0

80

Howard

2

3%

44

61%

26

36%

0

0

72

Montgomery

12

6%

130

63%

36

17%

29

14%

207

Square Miles




























Anne Arundel

3

0.8%

312

74.9%

91

21.9%

10

2.4%

416

Baltimore City

0

0.0%

65

80.3%

19

22.9%

0

0.0%

81

Baltimore

105

17.6%

0

0.0%

493

82.4%

0

0.0%

599

Carroll

6

1.3%

2

0.5%

425

9.6%

16

3.6%

449

Frederick

20

1.8%

0

0.0%

611

92.2%

32

4.8%

663

Harford

8

1.8%

0

0.0%

357

81.1%

75

17.1%

440

Howard

2

1.1%

35

14.1%

215

85.2%

0

0.0%

252

Montgomery

2

0.4%

16

3.2%

424

85.4%

54

11.0%

496

Sources: OPIS, RESI
Figure : Regional Gas Station Locations

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Sources: County planning offices, OPIS, RESI


As shown in Figure 8, the greatest number of gas stations can be found in Baltimore City, followed by Montgomery County. Howard County has the fewest number of stations following Carroll County. Compared to the population in Harford and Frederick Counties, which are more rural in nature, Howard County has relatively few gas stations per capita. Gas stations per capita are represented in Figure 15, Gas Stations per Capita (1,000) by County, 2007–2011, in Appendix A.3. It is also apparent from the map that gas stations are primarily located near population centers and major roadways.



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