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Owner seeks rezoning for 8.27-acre Goddard Road parcel; commissioners hold public hearing
Summary
The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County opened and closed a public hearing April 29 on a request to change the land‑use and zoning designation for 20698 Goddard Road in Great Mills from Rural Preservation to Mixed Use Medium Intensity and to add the property to the Lexington Park Development District.
The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County opened and closed a public hearing April 29 on a request to change the land‑use and zoning designation for 20698 Goddard Road in Great Mills from Rural Preservation to Mixed Use Medium Intensity and to add the property to the Lexington Park Development District.
The rezoning application, filed by property owners Robert and Robin Belden, would change the parcel’s land use and zoning to MXM (Medium Intensity Mixed Use). The applicant’s attorney, Chris Longmore, told commissioners the owners’ intention is to develop a DOD‑support facility for IPT Corporation with office, light manufacturing and maintenance uses and that they currently “have no intention to develop this with any residential use.”
County planning staff told the board the parcel is 8.27 acres and lies immediately adjacent to existing MXM zoning along Route 5. Under MXM rules the base residential…
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