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St. Mary’s planners keep Piney Point as a town center, citing sewer hookup moratorium
Summary
After hearing public feedback and technical constraints, planners reached consensus to leave Piney Point’s town-center designation in the draft St. Mary’s County 2050 plan, noting a moratorium on new public sewer hookups limits future development regardless of map label.
Leanne, the project presenter for the St. Mary’s County 2050 comprehensive plan, told the commission that public comments asked that Piney Point be downgraded from a town center to a village center but that staff recommended reviewing the language. After discussion focused on infrastructure constraints, the commission expressed a consensus to keep the area’s town-center designation; Leanne recorded the outcome, “We will strike it.”
Why it mattered: commissioners and staff said the overriding…
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