Planning staff flags zoning-table errors, calls for fixes to RPC overlay and RV districts

Nov 6, 2025

Planning Director Sarah Franklin told the Chesapeake Beach Planning & Zoning Commission on Nov. 5 that a review of the town's land-use classification table found multiple inconsistencies with the adopted comprehensive plan, and that the Residential Planned Community (RPC) overlay for Richfield Station appears to have been applied in a way that removed clear underlying zoning on the map.

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Planning Director Sarah Franklin told the Chesapeake Beach Planning & Zoning Commission on Nov. 5 that a review of the town's land-use classification table found multiple inconsistencies with the adopted comprehensive plan, and that the Residential Planned Community (RPC) overlay for Richfield Station appears to have been applied in a way that removed clear underlying zoning on the map. "I went through the old land use table, the new land use table, evaluated everything for where the changes happened and whether that was consistent with the comprehensive plan," Franklin said.

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