Pocomoke City planning commission tables rezoning public hearing for case 111-2025 to April 16

Pocomoke City Planning Commission Chair Mister Brinkley and staff announced that the public hearing on rezoning case 111-2025 was being tabled to the commission’s April 16 meeting at the applicant’s request.

City planning staff said the application sought to rezone three parcels from B-2 (General Business) to R-3 (Multifamily). The parcels described in staff materials include: Parcel 1, 13.33 acres on the west side of Route 13 (Map 84, Grid 20); Parcel 2, 5.18 acres on Market Street extended (Map 84, Grid 19; tax account 01003690) owned by Cypress Nee LLC; and Parcel 3 (tax account 01-042661) owned by Southern AG LLC. Staff also noted the matter involved an applicant identified as Mason, who asked for additional time to prepare.

“My understanding is he would like additional time to prepare, so he has asked that it be rescheduled to the April 16 meeting,” the City Planner said during the meeting. A motion to table the item was made and seconded; the commission moved on after the chair called for the next agenda item.

Why it matters: rezoning from a general business district to a multifamily district would change allowable uses and density for the parcels named in the application, which can affect future development plans, required infrastructure, and neighborhood compatibility.

What happened next: the commission took no substantive action on the rezoning itself — the public hearing will be rescheduled for April 16 and the applicant will have additional time to prepare materials and testimony. Any public notices or new staff reports tied to the April hearing were not specified at the March 19 meeting.

Meeting context and next steps: staff indicated the applicant had requested the continuance and that the item will appear on the April 16 agenda. No written vote tally naming commissioners for the tabling motion was recorded in the transcript; the motion passed procedurally at the meeting.