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Indian Head adopts resolution correcting Robinson Terminal Critical Area mapping, returns about 3.16 acres of growth allocation
Summary
The Town of Indian Head on May 4 adopted Resolution 05-01-26 to affirm a Planning Commission Decision that reduces and reconfigures the Robinson Terminal Intensely Developed Area from 6.76 to 3.82 acres, correcting a decades-old cartographic error and returning roughly 3.16 acres of Growth Allocation to the town.
Mayor Brandon Paulin said the Town Council on May 4 adopted a resolution to accept the Planning Commission's Decision and Order that revises the Robinson Terminal property's Critical Area mapping and reduces the Intensely Developed Area (IDA) from 6.76 acres to 3.82 acres.
The change, embodied in Resolution 05-01-26, corrects what Mayor Paulin described as "there was a cartographic error that happened decades ago as Critical Area maps were updated," a transposition in the maps that had reduced the town's available Growth Allocation. The Planning Commission adopted its Decision and Order on March 18, 2026; the council voted to adopt that decision by voice vote, 2 Ayes, 0 Nays.
Why it matters: Growth Allocation limits how much land a municipality can designate as Intensely Developed Area within the state Critical Area program; reconfiguring the Robinson Terminal IDA restores roughly 3.16 acres of unused Growth Allocation to Indian Head. According to the Planning Commission's calculations discussed in the Decision and Order, the town will have used 22.66 acres of the 39.55 acres allocated by Charles County, leaving about 16.89 acres remaining after this correction.
Details: The Planning Commission originally reviewed a 6.76-acre conversion from Limited Development Area to Intensely Developed Area. After subsequent revisions to expand critical-area buffers, reduce limits of disturbance and reduce wetland impacts and residential unit counts, the applicant revised the request to 3.82 acres of IDA. The Planning Commission's Decision and Order (March 18, 2026) and the maps referenced as Exhibit A and Exhibit B were incorporated into the resolution and will be forwarded to the Critical Area Commission for review.
Council action: Mayor Brandon Paulin introduced the motion to adopt Resolution 05-01-26 and Councilwoman Cassandra Stillwell seconded. The council adopted the resolution by voice vote (2 Ayes, 0 Nays). The resolution directs the town to file the Decision and Order and the associated maps with the Critical Area Commission for its review and final acceptance.
What happens next: The town will transmit the resolution, the Planning Commission Decision and the updated maps to the Critical Area Commission for its administrative review and any required approvals; the Decision and Order will serve as the town's local action supporting the map correction.
