Planning commission asks commissioners for more time to rewrite citizen-sponsored TDR amendment

At a May 2025 meeting, the Queen Anne's County Planning Commission agreed to seek an extension from the County Commissioners so staff and the applicant can reword a citizen-sponsored text amendment that would change rules for the county's transfer-of-development-rights program.

The amendment, introduced in the planning commission meeting by Stephanie Jones, long range principal planner, would permit administrative subdivisions or reconfigurations of parcels created when development rights are lifted under the county's TDR program. Jones told the commission the current code "says that those transfer of parcels cannot be subdivided or reconfigured," and that the program's deed restrictions historically preserve soils and open space for agricultural uses.

Planning Director Amy Mordock said staff is not making a formal recommendation at this time and wants the commission to discuss the "nuances between reconfiguration [and] administrative subdivision" before the amendment goes to the County Commissioners.

Jeffrey Thompson, counsel…