The Place Area layer was developed for use within the Maryland Growth and Conservation Interactive Map. It was developed using the following layers as provided by Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), Sustainable Communities (Sustainable Communities, 2024), RISE Zone (RISE, 2024), and Enterprise Zone (Enterprise, 2024),and as provided by the Maryland Department of Planning (MDP), Priority Funding Area (PFA, 2024), Septic Growth Tier (Septic Growth Tier, 2024), Generalized Zoning (Generalized Zoning, 2021), and the Future Growth Areas from the previous version of this model (Planning Area, 2014). Fields include: CO - MdProperty Viewjurisdiction code (four-letter county or Baltimore City code). JURSCODE - MdProperty Viewjurisdiction code (four-letter county or Baltimore City code). Municipality – The name of the municipality as found within the Municipalities layer maintained by the Maryland Department of Planning. Planning Area – The designated geographic targeted area as defined by state and local partners: Targeted Growth and Revitalization (areas identified by DHCD for revitalization or investment); Established Communities (existing population centers with infrastructure that are not identified as targeted growth and revitalization areas); Future Growth Areas (areas identified in the 2014 layer as possible future development centers that have not been converted to established communities or targeted growth areas); Large Lot Development Areas (existing development mostly lacking infrastructure); Rural Resource Areas (broadly defined areas for conservation). Comment – Field for comments from MDP. This layer was most recently updated in February 2026. This layer will be updated annually within the first quarter of the year.