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Planning Commission OKs text amendment to allow farm breweries in Rural Preservation District
Summary
The St. Mary's County Planning Commission voted to recommend code changes to allow a new use type, “farm brewery,” in the Rural Preservation District with site-plan and parking standards; county staff said state alcohol licensing limits what local government may regulate.
The St. Mary's County Planning Commission voted to approve a staff-drafted resolution recommending amendments to the county zoning and subdivision codes to create a new use type for “farm brewery” and to allow it as a permitted use in the Rural Preservation District.
The change would add a new use type 12C — Farm Brewery — to Schedule 50.4 (use classifications), add standards for the new use to Chapter 21 (specific regulations), establish parking at 1 space per 1,000 square feet in Schedule 64.3.0.1, and add a definition in Chapter 90 of the county code. The commission approved the resolution as presented by staff and authorized the chair to sign and transmit the recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners.
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