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Board continues Thomas Wedding Estates site‑plan public hearing; stormwater permit still pending
Summary
The Howard County Drainage Board continued a public‑hearing review of a proposed chapel and event center called Thomas Wedding Estates after neighbors raised drainage and wetland concerns and staff said the stormwater permit had not been issued.
The Howard County Drainage Board continued a public hearing on a proposed one‑lot subdivision and site plan for Thomas Wedding Estates, a 6.57‑acre venue proposed to include a chapel, event center and parking, after staff said a required stormwater permit had not been obtained and neighbors raised concerns about wetland, ravine and tile drainage.
Why it matters: The developer proposes a 99‑space parking area and an event center designed for roughly 200 people; county staff said the site will drain to a detention basin that discharges under County Road 1150 East to Wildcat Creek. Neighbors said existing drainage runs through a ravine that carries runoff from hundreds of acres and worried that new surface flow could overload or alter farm drainage and aging ravine channels.
At the hearing Tory Tripp,…
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