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Planning commission approves Adelina Business Office concept plan, adds condition denying access to MD 231
Summary
The commission approved the conceptual site plan for the Adelina Business Office (CSPR 143116/145) with staff conditions and a modification to prohibit access onto Maryland Route 231; the vote was 7-0.
The Calvert County Planning Commission approved the conceptual site plan for the project identified as CSPR 143116/145, Adelina Business Office, at its April 16 meeting. The approval included staff's recommended conditions plus a modification to deny future vehicular access onto Maryland Route 231; the vote was 7-0.
Staff presented the conceptual plan and noted the project was submitted and reviewed by the Technical Evaluation Group. Christine Fenimore, principal planner with the Department of Planning and Zoning, told commissioners the site is 2.44 acres, zoned Rural Commercial, and has frontage on Maryland 508 (Adelina Road) and also physically fronts MD 231, though the plan proposes access only to Adelina Road. The submittal shows the existing residence near Adelina Road proposed for conversion to non-medical office use (1,630 square feet) and a proposed accessory warehouse of about 7,400 square feet, for a combined 9,030 square feet of building area.
Fenimore said the application includes required parking (staff calculated 10 spaces required and the plan provides 11) and that a traffic impact analysis (TIA) must be signed off by the Department of Public Works prior to final site plan approval. A setback reduction request to the side yard from a 50-foot requirement was submitted as part of the concept review.
Dan Kelsch, consulting engineer with COA Barrett, told the commission the property owner did not yet have a specific tenant identified and that similar small businesses have operated at nearby properties. During discussion a commissioner requested an explicit record notation to prevent future access onto MD 231; applicant representatives confirmed the owner intends to replat and include a denial-of-access note on the replat, so the commission elected to adopt that as a modification to the staff conditions.
A commissioner moved to approve the conceptual site plan with the staff conditions and the modification denying access to MD 231; the motion passed 7-0.
Next steps identified in staff materials include DPW sign-off on the TIA (if required by DPW) and final site plan review by the planning commission administrator, followed by ministerial sign-off and recordation steps. The planning commission noted that denial of access can be implemented as a record plat notation during replatting and that the applicant had indicated willingness to record that note.
