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Council introduces state-mandated critical-area ordinance with limited local discretion
Summary
County staff introduced Legislative Bill 2026-02 to repeal and reenact Chapter 125 to align with the Maryland Critical Area Commission model ordinance; staff said most provisions are state-mandated but proposed an administrative variance to speed some homeowner requests.
County law and planning staff introduced Legislative Bill 2026-02 on Feb. 17, describing it as a repeal and reenactment of Chapter 125 of the Wicomico County Code to implement Critical Area Resource Protection consistent with the state model ordinance.
Andrew Illuminati, Department of Law, told the council the package largely reflects the Critical Area Commission's model regulations and that "the vast majority of this is not something the…
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