Note: The transcript states the meeting as March 9, 2026, but the supplied metadata indicates the meeting date is March 24, 2026. The summary uses the supplied date.
The Frederick Planning Commission held a hearing on March 24, 2026, at 6:00 PM. The meeting covered approval of minutes, a continuance, the 2026–2027 calendar, the Capital Improvements Program (CIP) recommendation, and numerous site plan and zoning text amendment items. All votes were 4-0 unless otherwise noted.
Okay, it is 6 p.m. and we're gonna go ahead and get started. We have a pretty large agenda this evening. So welcome to the March 9th, 2026 Planning Commission hearing of the City of Fredericks Planning Commission. Before we begin tonight's proceeding, I'd like to give a little background of the Planning Commission and the procedures that we will follow this evening. Members of the Planning Commission are all residents of the city and are volunteers appointed by the mayor and board of aldermen, now known as City Council. The Commission is made up of five regular members and one alternate. Its powers and duties are assigned by the Charter of the City of Frederick and described in Section 202 of the Land Management Code. All of tonight's cases have been appropriately advertised pursuant to Section 301 of the Land Management Code, and cases tonight will be presented to the Planning Commission in the following format. Introduction of the case, presentation of the case, and initial recommendation by staff, commission questioning of staff, applicant or authorized agent remarks regarding the case, commission questioning of the applicant, public comment, applicant response to public comment, commission discussion and questions, and finally commission action. In support of the Planning Commission, staff members from the city's planning, engineering, and legal departments are all in attendance. Anyone wishing to speak publicly tonight regarding any application, including members of the public, must be sworn in prior to giving their comments. All speakers must begin their comments by providing their name and general address for the record. Members of the public will have three minutes to give comments, and anyone representing a group will have 10 minutes to give comments. The timer clock will show you your remaining time. At this time, everyone planning to give testimony tonight, please stand and raise your right hand to be sworn in. Do you solemnly swear or affirm that the responses given and the statements made in this hearing before the planning commission will be the whole truth and nothing but the truth? If so, answer I do. All right. Thank you. Good evening. On our regular announcements, we will have the Planning Commission workshop at 2 p.m. on Monday, March the 16th at 2 p.m. in this room. Later that evening, we will have the citywide community outreach meeting at 6 p.m. Also in this room. The materials for both of those will be posted online and streamed. We have a couple of additional announcements this evening. The planning department will be presenting an introduction to the East Street Corridor form-based code at this coming Thursday, March 12th City Council work session, which is held at City Hall and begins at 6 p.m. It's also streamed on the public meetings page. The purpose is to provide a basic overview of what the FBC that's form-based code consists of and the steps that we have taken thus far in the process. And finally, on our last announcement, we'd like to congratulate Commissioner John Temple for his appointment and present him with a certificate. That is all. Thank you. Okay, next on the agenda we have approval of minutes. So I'll be looking for a motion for the approval of the February 9th Planning Commission minutes. I move for the approval of the February 9th, 2026 Planning Commission meeting minutes. Seconded. Okay. That is a motion by Commissioner Buono, a second by Commissioner Temple. All in favor. Aye. Aye. So that is an approval of the February 9th, 2026 Planning Commission minutes. Next, I'm looking for a motion for approval of the February 17th, 2026 Planning Commission workshop minutes. Motion to approve the February 17, 2026 Planning Commission workshop minutes. Second. That is a motion by Commissioner Temple, a second by Commissioner Roby. All in favor? Aye.