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Council opens first reading to rezone 103 Park Avenue from R-2 to R-3; Planning Commission previously denied request
Summary
ICHOR LLC requested rezoning of 103 Park Avenue from R-2 to R-3 to allow conversion to a two-family dwelling. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended denial; the council held a first reading and scheduled a public hearing likely for the first meeting in June.
Pocomoke City — The Mayor and Council opened the first reading of Ordinance 20250-5, a zoning map amendment request by ICHOR LLC to rezone 103 Park Avenue from R-2 to R-3 so an existing structure could be converted into a two-family dwelling.
The council’s staff report and the ordinance text state the Worcester County land-records references and tax-account identifiers for the parcel. The Pocomoke City Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed the request on April 16, 2025, and voted to deny it, issuing findings of fact and a notice of decision. The ordinance text as read recounts both the commission’s denial and the staff report recommending approval; the council read the ordinance into the record as a first reading.
Council members clarified that a first reading and a published public hearing do not equate to a final decision and that the public hearing will likely be scheduled for the first meeting in June, pending procedural requirements for notice and publication. A council speaker emphasized that the wording in the ordinance historically reads as “do not adopt the findings of fact” from the Planning Commission in similar items, but that the reading itself does not mean the council has already decided the case.
The transcript does not record a final council decision on the rezoning during the excerpt; the item remains at first reading and will proceed to the advertised public hearing for public input and final council consideration.
