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Planning commission approves adding personal storage and warehousing uses in Office Business Park zone
Summary
After a staff presentation and limited questions, the Planning Commission approved a zoning text amendment to allow personal storage and warehousing in the Office Business Park (OBP) zone, with the expectation that general standards will be set in Chapter 51 to prevent large retail uses.
The St. Mary’s County Planning Commission voted Oct. 27 to add use number 64 (personal storage) and use number 78 (warehousing and storage) to the Office Business Park (OBP) zoning designation.
Philip Shire of the Department of Land Use and Growth Management told the commission the amendment is intended to align the OBP zone’s allowed uses with the county comprehensive plan goal of providing land for offices, labs and warehouses. He said roughly two-thirds of the county’s OBP acreage lies in the…
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