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Planning commission certifies multiple water and sewer master‑plan amendments, flags state permit for Shamrock Farm
Summary
Carroll County Planning and Zoning Commission certified fall amendments to the 2023 Water and Sewer Master Plan — including requests from towns and an unincorporated-site application for the Shamrock Farm training facility — and voted to forward them to the Board of County Commissioners and the Maryland Department of the Environment after public hearing. Commissioners recorded repeated requests for state permit details on the Shamrock site (60,000 gpd wastewater capacity).
The Carroll County Planning and Zoning Commission on Nov. 18 certified a package of amendments to the county’s 2023 Water and Sewer Master Plan and voted to forward those certified changes to the Board of County Commissioners with a recommendation to adopt and submit them to the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) following public hearings.
Secretary Daley told the commission staff had packaged four fall amendments — two requested by municipalities and two for unincorporated areas — and asked whether the commission preferred to act on them individually or collectively. Commissioners certified amendments affecting the Freedom Sewer Service Area, an unincorporated proposal tied to the Shamrock Farm training facility, the City of Taneytown, and numerous parcels in Mount Airy. Each certification vote passed with five recorded ayes and one abstention (Commissioner Gordon).
The most contested item was a July request…
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