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Commission directs staff to add failing-intersection APFO language to Prince Frederick town-center chapter
Summary
Commissioners asked staff to revise draft Chapter 2 of the Town Centers master plan to explicitly list five Prince Frederick intersections identified as failing under APFO criteria and to note potential consequences for future development; the commission directed staff to include the language and move Chapters 1–2 to a May 21 public hearing.
Tay Harris, long-range planner, presented draft Chapters 1 and 2 of the master plan of town centers, including a Prince Frederick town-center update and the process for prioritized plan updates. Commissioners identified typographical and content issues in the draft and sought clarification about the Bay Critical Area overlay and buffer rules. Colleen Brown of Planning and Zoning reminded the commission that the state (Maryland Department of the Environment and the Critical Area Commission) participates in critical-area approvals and that county staff confer with environmental reviewers when critical-area issues arise.
Commissioners raised traffic concerns in Prince Frederick. One commissioner cited the November 2024 Prince Frederick assisted-living traffic impact analysis identifying four failing intersections inside its scope, plus a fifth (Route 4 at Stokely Road) immediately adjacent, and argued that the town-center transportation chapter should list all five intersections and explain APFO consequences for future development. Commissioner (speaker 11) moved that staff add language listing the five failing intersections and note that APFO constraints could require remediation or delay site-plan approvals; the commission voted to direct staff to add the text and to proceed with Chapters 1 and 2 to a public hearing on May 21.
