URDL: Defining Baltimore County’s Invisible Wall

For the average Baltimore County resident, the URDL sounds like boring planning jargon. But for developers, community activists, and County Council members, it is the “third rail” of local politics. Touch it, move it, or even whisper about changing it, and you risk political electrocution.

Here is why that imaginary line dictates your commute, your property value, and the future of the county—and why the fights over it are about to get even uglier.