It was a light evening of work for the St. Mary’s County Planning Commission, which met last week in Leonardtown.
The commission on Feb. 12 reviewed a comprehensive water and sewer amendment from W-6D (service in 6 to 10 years) to W-3D (service in 3 to 5 years) on Nancy Lane in Great Mills. The property is owned by Ronald Eugene Strickland and Karon Sue Wagener Strickland.
The proposed connection, which is for a single family dwelling, is in the Lexington Park Development District, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Wetlands and DNR’s Sensitive Species Project Review Areas.
Representing the applicant, Geoffrey Todd Nieman of Leonardtown-based Linear Surveys Inc. informed the commission that the applicant wished to subdivide her 10.18-acre land into a 1.69-acre plot to build a retirement home and “needed to have the water and sewer category changed, in order to tap into the water line.”
“I think it’s pretty cut and dried,” Planning Commission Chair Howard Thompson said.
But commission member Lynn Delahay asked for clarification.
“To tap into the left corner of the land, isn’t it normal to go to the end of property line for fire suppression so that the next man can hook in,” she said.
“Typically that’s correct,” St. Mary’s County Metropolitan Commission Assistant Engineer Anna Wells said, “but because the line that’s existing is a 4-inch line we don’t require any extension, and that is the end of the road right there. If the road is extended then the water main would have to be extended as well.”
The commission voted unanimously to approve the proposal.
Workshops comingBeing a new member of the board, Delahay asked for some updated training to be held.
“A lot of the cases we look at have to do with intersections,” she said, “so I was thinking maybe we could have a workshop or some guests come from the state and the county so that we can discuss and understand all the rules so we can make an informed decision.”
“Either there is collusion or your colleague on the board of appeals, Guy Bradley, said the exact same thing,” Deputy County Attorney John Houser said with a smile. “I think we’re going to start scheduling or rescheduling the trainings we used to do [and] talking about traffic impact studies was the one thing mentioned by name, so hopefully within the next week or two we will be coming to you with some dates, some times and some ideas about trainings.”
Myrtle Point talks postponedAn item to discuss the Woods at Myrtle Point subdivision was postponed.
“After staff reviewed the situation, it was determined that it should have been a minor subdivision and not a major subdivision,” Thompson told Southern Maryland News. “They are only creating two lots on a parcel that was previously reviewed as a minor subdivision. Basically it comes down to when they post it, it has to be right.”
Thompson expects the hearing on the matter to take place within about a month.
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