Some Worcester County officials are concerned the state will not consider rural input for its plan to regulate development.
The state has asked for comments on “Plan Maryland,” the planning initiative, but how much they will be considered is unknown.
“The governor just has to accept it and file it, and it becomes the state comprehensive plan,” Ed Tudor, director of the Department of Development Review and Permitting, said during the commissioners’ June 21 meeting.
That concerned Commissioner Madison Bunting, who has a background in surveying and planning and zoning. He was on his third reading of the extensive document.
“I think it is fair to say that the more we read, the more we became concerned,” Tudor, who began reviewing it a few months ago with Phyllis Wimbrow, his department’s deputy director, wrote in a memo to the Gerry Mason, the county’s chief administrative officer. “While there certainly are some positive ideas and laudable goals in the plan, it is our belief that the plan as written comes perilously close to an outright intrusion into local planning and zoning autonomy.”
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Plan Maryland is just plain bad for the Eastern Shore. People need to pay attention to it. It will kill us here. Thank you Richard Hall! NOT!
All local jurisdictions need to pay attention to the Plan Maryland document and voice your opinions on the MDP website. Secretary Richard Hall and his MDP Baltimore crew know many will not read the document and take action so the State will have to take over planning and zoning matters in our counties and towns. What's the point of having municipal governments if this is allowed to happen? Wake up, Maryland!!!
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