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Commissioners adopt final ordinance rezoning Pax River Village Center to high-intensity mixed use
Summary
After a July 15 preliminary vote, the board on July 29 signed the final ordinance approving rezoning and future land-use redesignation for portions of the Pax River Village Center outside the air-installation-compatible-use zone (ACUZ) to high-intensity mixed use (MXH). One commissioner recorded a no vote citing Navy concerns.
The Commissioners of St. Mary—s County on July 29 approved and signed a final ordinance that rezones portions of the Pax River Village Center (portions outside the Air Installation Compatible Use Zone) to high-intensity mixed use (MXH), completing an item the board first voted on July 15.
Department of Land Use and Growth Management staff told the board the draft ordinance included the required findings and was cleared for legal sufficiency; the final text was based on materials presented by staff, the applicant and public testimony and on the commissioners— July 15 action. "The motion on July 15 directed staff to prepare a final ordinance with the required findings," staff said.
Commissioner Randy Guy announced a conflict of interest and abstained from the July 15 discussion; during the July 29 final action one commissioner opposed on national-security grounds. "I'm voting no because the U.S. Navy has officially said that they are concerned that this would risk citizen safety and potentially jeopardize the mission of Pax River Naval Air Station, so I cannot support," Commissioner (name given in transcript) said during the vote.
The motion to approve the final ordinance carried 3-1 (with one abstention), according to the clerk—s announcement at the meeting. The ordinance applies only to properties outside the ACUZ; staff said the designation and findings reflect presentations, public comment and commission discussion from earlier hearings. The county will publish the signed ordinance and the required findings of fact in the usual local record.
