Developers present Glaze Pine mixed-use PUD; Navy and residents raise encroachment and noise concerns

Liberty Home Builders and its development team presented plans April 23 to the St. Mary's County Planning Commission for Glaze Pine, a roughly 210-acre mixed-use planned unit development (PUD/X) on property fronting Hermanville Road and Maryland Route 235 in Lexington Park. The public hearing drew technical presentations from county staff, the developer's consultants and utilities officials, and multiple public speakers who expressed both support for green-building features and sharp concerns about military encroachment and noise.

Bob Boles of the Department of Land Use and Growth Management introduced the application (PUD number ZPUD0614500003) and staff materials, noting the property's split zoning (majority Office Business Park, OBP; also RL and CMX) and that the project proposes a mix of office space (staff cited a concept figure of 1,000,200 square feet) and about 1,100 residential units on approximately 210.3 acres. John Norris, attorney for the applicant, and Guy Curley, owner of Liberty Home Builders, described the project as a "live-work-play" mixed-use community incorporating green-building elements such as gray-water recycling, open space and pedestrian connections; the development team also provided updated landscaping and site sheets and referenced joint land-use study materials from the Navy.

Developer presentations emphasized environmental and design measures. Mark Garner (project manager / LEED AP) and Larry Abel (site and landscape design) outlined street connectivity, pedestrian paths, roundabouts, sidewalks, stormwater…