The Calvert County Board of County Commissioners will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, at 6 p.m. in the Commissioners Hearing Room, 175 Main Street, Prince Frederick, MD 20678. In the event that public comments conclude before 7 p.m., the Board has committed to recessing the meeting until 7 p.m., then reopening the meeting to allow those not able to comment earlier an opportunity to express their views. The public hearing time, date, and location may be revised due to emergency, such as inclement weather, without further publication, and may be confirmed by calling any number listed below on the date of the hearing. At the Hearing, the Board will consider and receive comments regarding the following documents, and the Calvert County Planning Commission’s recommendations on the same documents:
Proposed amendments to the Calvert County Comprehensive Plan;
Proposed amendments to the Huntingtown Town Center Master Plan;
Proposed amendments to the Solomons Town Center Master Plan;
Proposed amendments to the St. Leonard Town Center Master Plan;
Comprehensive Revision and Replacement of the County Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Maps;
Text Amendment 24-01, Amendments to the Dunkirk, Owings, Prince Frederick, Lusby and Solomons Town Center Zoning Ordinances to reduce density to 4 units per acre;
Text Amendment 24-02, Amendments to the Dunkirk, Owings, Huntingtown, Prince Frederick, St. Leonard, Lusby and Solomons Town Center Zoning Ordinances to remove Architectural Review Committees;
Text Amendment 24-03, Amendments to the Dunkirk, Owings, Huntingtown, Prince Frederick, St. Leonard, Lusby and Solomons Town Center Zoning Ordinances to remove the Land Use Charts;
Text Amendment 24-04, Amendments to the Prince Frederick, Lusby and Solomons Town Center Zoning Ordinances to Increase Transferable Development Right (TDR) requirements;
Text Amendment 24-05, Amendments to the Dunkirk, Owings, Huntingtown, Prince Frederick, St. Leonard, Lusby and Solomons Town Center Zoning Ordinances to update Zoning Ordinance references;
Text Amendment 24-06, Amendment to the Prince Frederick Town Center Zoning Ordinance to increase residential parking requirements.
Interested persons are urged to view the proposed amendments to the comprehensive plan and town center masters plans, the zoning ordinance and zoning map updates, and the proposed text amendments in their entirety by either contacting the Department of Planning & Zoning at 410-535-1600, ext. 2356, towncenterupdate@calvertcountymd.gov or ZOupdate@calvertcountymd.gov or by viewing them on the County website:
www.calvertcountymd.gov/publichearings, or
www.calvertcountymd.gov/2031/Comprehensive-Plan, and
www.calvertcountymd.gov/608/Town-Centers-and-Architectural-Review, and
www.calvertcountymd.gov/ZoningOrdinanceUpdate.
This public hearing will be streamed live at www.youtube.com/CalvertCountyGov. If you wish to listen or comment via telephone, please call: 301-715-8592; meeting ID 899 4188 8251; Passcode: #; Request to Speak: *9. Individuals may submit written comments in advance of the public hearing. Written comments must be received by 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. For the proposed plan amendments, comments may be submitted to the Town Center Update email towncenterupdate@calvertcountymd.gov, or to the Board of County Commissioners at 175 Main Street, Prince Frederick, MD 20678. For the draft zoning ordinance, zoning maps, and proposed text amendments, comments may be submitted to the County’s Zoning Ordinance Update email: ZOupdate@calvertcountymd.gov or Attn: ZO Update, 205 Main St., Prince Frederick, MD 20678. The draft ordinance, maps, amendments, or plans may be substantively modified, revised, amended or otherwise changed based upon comments received at the public hearing.