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Worcester County delays decision on rezoning request near Ocean City after split testimony
Summary
Commissioners heard a contested rezoning request from Casa Holdings LLC to reclassify 1.66 acres from A2 agricultural to a commercial district. After testimony from the applicant and neighbors and debate over sewer EDUs and neighborhood character, commissioners tabled the application to allow an amended C1 proposal to return to the Planning Commission.
The Worcester County Commissioners on Feb. 17 heard a public hearing on rezoning case 4‑52, a petition by Casa Holdings LLC to reclassify about 1.66 acres near Maryland Route 611 from A2 (agricultural) to C2 (general commercial).
Planning staff entered the Planning Commission file and said the Planning Commission recommended rezoning on the basis of a change in the character of the neighborhood. Attorney Hugh Cropper, representing the applicant, urged the commissioners to approve a rezoning that…
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