Planning commission forwards zoning map‑correction process and reestablishes R‑3 language, urges smaller side/rear setbacks
Jan 14, 2026
The commission advanced a text amendment to allow the planning director to administratively correct minor zoning‑map errors and voted to reestablish the R‑3 residential district language (including townhouse supplemental regs), forwarding the package with a recommendation to set minimum side and rear setbacks to 10 feet to match R‑1/R‑2.
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Caroline County long‑range planner Olivia Laudato presented a draft zoning text amendment Jan. 14 to create an administrative procedure allowing the planning director to correct minor technical or clerical errors in the county’s zoning maps when clear, objective evidence shows the map does not reflect lawfully adopted zoning.
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