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Planning staff summarise major development projects on West Street, Solomons Island Road and other sites
Summary
Senior planner Mike Meekins reviewed updates on several development projects including an AutoZone redevelopment on West Street, Pearl Place mixed-use recording of the subdivision plat, West Village approvals and a new Thomas Somerville submission that crosses the city–county boundary.
Mike Meekins, senior planner in current planning, presented the committee with a routine quarterly-style update on major development projects across the city.
Meekins said demolition has begun and the building permit was released for a 7,400-square-foot AutoZone at 1942 West Street; the grading permit is pending and remaining items are bonds and agreement paperwork. Committee members discussed vehicle-centric site design and noted mitigation secured during planning review, including pedestrian and bicycle access to the WEE Trail and landscape buffering.
Meekins reported Pearl Place (Forest Drive and Old Solomons Island Road) has a recorded subdivision plat; the developer may next submit grading and building permits for the mixed-use project with multifamily above retail and 66 townhouses. West Village (161 West Street) has an approved building permit but an expired grading permit that the applicant is updating and resubmitting.
A newly filed Thomas Somerville site at 2349 Solomons Island Road was described as a long narrow parcel bisected by the city–county line; Meekins said the proposer's redevelopment would be concentrated on the City of Annapolis side but that county permitting will be required for certain stormwater connections. Planning staff and the committee identified opportunities for improved pedestrian and bicycle facilities and potential traffic-signal or intersection changes as the project advances to planning commission review.
The committee asked for clarification on a long-standing Eastport Landing entry; Meekins said a site-design review had expired and that some items on the project list will be deleted as expired or completed. No formal planning approvals or council votes were taken in this committee session.
