Pole barns and barndominiums in Greensboro, Maryland.

The Town of Greensboro Department of Planning, Zoning & Codes Enforcement, at 111 S. Main Street, (410) 482-6222, issues permits for garages, accessory buildings, sheds and fences, each on its own form. For a shed over 200 sq ft, the town asks for four sets of plot plans with property lines and setbacks, two sets of building plans (floor plan, foundation, sections and elevations) and a signed inspection sheet, and garages and additions have a form of their own. Building corners must be staked when the application goes in.

The Zoning Administrator and the Building Inspector both sign the permit, and the form carries a fee line for Middle Department Inspection Agency. In the floodplain, accessory structures are limited to 300 sq ft of floor area and must be raised, or wet-floodproofed and used only for parking or limited storage. Greensboro includes Intensely Developed, Limited Development and Resource Conservation land and adopted a new Critical Area ordinance in August 2025, so we confirm the current Critical Area rules for any river lot.