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Frederick County Planning Commission recommends denial of rezoning for Houdershell property over unresolved buffer agreement
Summary
At its Nov. 6 meeting the Planning Commission voted 7–5 to recommend denial of rezoning application 07/24 for William and Barbara Houdershell, citing the absence of a finalized multi‑party agreement to waive buffer requirements between the applicant and an adjoining industrial property owner.
The Frederick County Planning Commission voted 7–5 on Nov. 6 to recommend denial of rezoning application 07/24, a request to change a 5‑acre property at 8183 Valley Pike from M1 (Light Industrial) to RA (Rural Areas) for William and Barbara Houdershell. Commissioners said they could not approve the rezoning without a finalized, recorded agreement that would waive adjacent buffer requirements.
The application covers a 5‑acre parcel in the Bat Creek Magisterial District, just south of the town limits of Middletown and between Routes 11 and I‑81. Staff told the commission they had facilitated negotiations between the applicant and an adjoining industrial property owner and that a draft multi‑party agreement — intended to memorialize a waiver of the ordinance buffer — had been…
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