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Caroline County enacts three zoning bills, adds R‑3 townhouse district and allows mini‑storage in village centers

Caroline County Commission · March 17, 2026
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Summary

The Caroline County Commissioners on March 17 enacted three legislative bills: an administrative process for zoning‑map corrections, a change allowing warehouse/mini‑storage by special use in Village Center zoning, and a cleanup creating an R‑3 multiple‑family residential district with townhouse regulations. Commissioners discussed utility and septic limits for townhouse development.

Caroline County commissioners unanimously enacted three zoning bills during their March 17 legislative session, establishing new procedures for routine map corrections, permitting mini‑storage in village centers by special use exception and restoring an R‑3 multiple‑family residential district with townhouse rules.

The board moved into a legislative session for third readings and took up the three bills that were introduced Feb. 10 and had a second reading and public hearing March 10. Matt Barrell summarized the schedule and the purpose of the measures: "All 3 of all 3 of these bills are on the exact same schedule..." (Matt Barrell).

Why it matters: the package makes three narrow but practical changes to local land‑use rules — an administrative correction…

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