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County commissioner cites Navy opposition, ACUZ limits as factor in Lexington Park townhouse debate
Summary
A St. Mary’s County commissioner described a recent reversal by a Navy official on a 91-townhome Patuxent Village project in Lexington Park and said Air Installation Compatible Use Zone limits have constrained redevelopment. The planning commission recently voted 4-3 on the project and the county has left the public record open for seven days.
A St. Mary's County commissioner said a recent reversal by a Navy official and long-standing Air Installation Compatible Use Zone (ACUZ) constraints are complicating a redevelopment plan in Lexington Park.
The commissioner said the project, called Patuxent Village, would add 91 townhomes adjacent to the ACUZ and that a Navy captain who had previously said he was neutral on the project has since changed his position. "He said, they were neutral," the commissioner said of the earlier meeting with the Navy, and later added, "he reached out and said, hey. Look. I am I've changed my mind."
The commissioner said the county planning…
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