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Planning director briefs commission on state solar siting bill, ADU and cannabis legislation
Summary
Amy Mordock, Queen Anne's County planning director, told the Planning Commission on Feb. 13 that county staff and MACo are opposing a state bill that would preempt local siting authority for solar and battery storage and that staff will testify at a Senate committee hearing.
Amy Mordock, Queen Anne's County planning director, used the commission's Feb. 13, 2025 meeting to summarize several state and local legislative items affecting county land use and zoning.
Mordock said the county and the Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) are opposing what she described as the Renewable Energy Certainty Act — identified in staff remarks as Senate Bill 931 with a cross‑filed House Bill 1036 — because the bill would preempt local zoning for siting both solar facilities and battery storage. Mordock said the county had participated in a summer work group and had negotiated compromises intended to streamline local reviews while preserving setbacks, landscaping and soil‑removal standards; she said industry representatives withdrew from that collaborative effort and the current bill represents a broader preemption of local siting…
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