Planning Commission Agenda — 2026-04-09

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QUEEN ANNE’S COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2026
REVISED AGENDA – 03-27-2026
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You may also participate on Zoom using the following link from our website: QAC.ORG/PublicComment. This
option will be available ten (10) minutes before the start of the meeting.
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
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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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