Planning Commission Agenda — 2026-04-09

QUEEN ANNE’S COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA

THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2026

REVISED AGENDA – 03-27-2026

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8:45 A.M. CALL TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

PUBLIC COMMENTS

UPDATES:

Legislation and Legal Matters Miscellaneous Staff Items Queen Anne’s County Comprehensive Solid Waste Plan, 2026-2035 Stephanie Jones, Principal Planner Solid Waste Plan

PROJECTS:

MAJOR SUBDIVISION SUB #25-07-0475

Bishop’s Meadows – Phase III 110 Warrington Farm Lane, Queenstown, MD Proposing to create (1) new residential lot as part of a Major Subdivision plan in the Suburban Residential (SR) and Suburban Estate (SE) Zoning Districts.

Requesting Major Subdivision approval.

Kirby & Associates, Inc.

Doug Summers, County Planner Staff Report Location Map Site Plan

BREAK

CITIZEN SPONSORED TEXT AMENDMENT APPLICATIONS:

County Ordinance #26-04 – Hink BB Holdings, LLC c/o Ryan Showalter:

§ 18:1-34.D Airport Protection and Kent Island Gateway (APKIG) District To add boat sales and repair and marinas to the list of individual uses/or tenant space that can occupy more than 65,000 square feet of gross floor area.

Mary Ellen Gray, Senior Planner Staff Report County Ordinance #26-05 – Three Seas, LLC c/o Brendan Mullaney:

§ 18:1-58.B Additional uses and regulations To amend the required distance and point of measurement from which the entrance and exit from a property that contains fuel pumps, underground fuel storage tanks and islands, including canopies are required to be from any intersection.

Stephanie Jones, Principal Planner Staff Report County Ordinance #26-06 – Deep W, LLC and Robert A. Schauber c/o Brendan Mullaney:

§ 18:1-21.E Suburban Commercial (SC) District To increase the maximum impervious surface ratio for commercial and industrial uses in the SC District that were operating prior to December 31, 2025 from 0.45 (45%) to 0.80 (80%).

Stephanie Jones, Principal Planner Staff Report County Ordinance #26-07 – Lot 3, LLC c/o Joe Stevens:

§ 18:1-26 Waterfront Village Center (WVC) District To increase the by-right maximum nonresidential floor area ratio from 0.30 (30%) to 0.40 (40%) and remove the bonus standard that allows for a floor area ratio of 0.40 (40%).

Mary Ellen Gray, Senior Planner Staff Report County Ordinance #26-08 – Lot 3, LLC c/o Joe Stevens:

§ 18:1-26 Waterfront Village Center (WVC) District To add additional provisions to allow commercial apartments within the WVC District to locate the commercial apartment dwelling unit on any same floor, including the first floor.

Mary Ellen Gray, Senior Planner Staff Report __________________________________________________________________________________________________

Planning Commission Agenda – April 9,2026 Page 2 of 3 County Ordinance #26-09 – Thompson Farms, LLC c/o Jeff Thompson, Managing Partner, and Shirley F. Sheaffer:

§§ 18:1-101 and 104 Transfer of Development Rights To amend the Transferable Development Rights (TDR) standards to allow a transferor parcel, designated as Open Space, to be subdivided through the administrative subdivision process to accommodate lot line adjustments, but not to be reconfigured or for the creation of a new lot.

Stephanie Jones, Principal Planner Staff Report County Ordinance #26-10 – W. Calvin Gray and Queen Anne’s Farm & Land, LLC c/o Jeff Thompson:

§ 18:1-98 Noncontiguous Development, Application and Standards To amend and allow Open Space on a developed parcel and noncontiguous parcel to be subdivided by way of administrative subdivision, but not reconfigured or create additional lots.

Stephanie Jones, Principal Planner Staff Report County Ordinance #26-11 – Shirley F. Sheaffer c/o Jeff Thompson Noncontiguous Development, Application and Standards To amend and allow the open space on the noncontiguous parcel to be administratively subdivided (but not reconfigured) by way of administrative subdivision, but not create additional lots.

PLANNING COMMISSION SPONSORED TEXT AMENDMENT:

County Ordinance #26-12 § 18:2 Forest Conservation Act Repeal and replace of § 18:2 Forest Conservation Act to address SB 526 and HB 1511 Mary Ellen Gray, Senior Planner Doug Summers, County Planner Staff Report

PUBLIC COMMENTS

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