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Caroline County enacts two zoning changes, holds hearings on BZA term limits and wastewater rules
Summary
Commissioners unanimously enacted two zoning bills to allow regulated cannabis facilities and to codify permit-denial authority for properties with outstanding violations, and held public hearings on board‑of‑zoning‑appeals term limits and wastewater treatment facility classifications.
Caroline County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to enact two amendments to the county zoning code and held public hearings on two additional zoning measures.
The commissioners enacted Legislative Bill 2025-001, which amends Chapter 175 of the Caroline County Code to permit certain cannabis facilities under regulated conditions, and Legislative Bill 2025-002, which adds a code provision allowing the zoning administrator to deny a permit if the subject property has an unremedied state or county law violation, except where the permit application would remedy that violation.
Those two bills were read on their third reading and passed after floor motions. No individual roll-call votes were recorded in the meeting transcript; county staff stated the measures passed unanimously.
Why it matters: The cannabis bill implements state cannabis law by adding specific use categories and…
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