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Commissioners approve rezoning of 150-acre Snow Hill parcel from E‑1 to A‑1 after planning commission recommendation
Summary
The Worcester County commissioners unanimously approved Rezoning Case 451 on Oct. 21, 2025, reclassifying about 150 acres on the north side of Public Landing Road in Snow Hill from E‑1 (estate) to A‑1 (agricultural).
The Worcester County commissioners unanimously approved Rezoning Case 451 on Oct. 21, 2025, reclassifying about 150 acres on the north side of Public Landing Road in Snow Hill from E‑1 (estate/residential) to A‑1 (agricultural).
Planning staff and the Planning Commission recommended the change, saying the parcel is a working farm subject to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife conservation easement recorded in June 2009 that precludes subdivision. Staff told commissioners the E‑1 zoning, which permits uses such as major subdivisions and certain nonagricultural special exceptions, conflicted with both the conservation easement and the comprehensive plan’s agricultural land–use category.
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