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Centreville Planning Commission
March 15, 2023
7:00 p.m.
MINUTES
The March 15, 2023 Centreville Planning Commission meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Kara Willis, Chair; in
the Liberty Building, second floor meeting room. The following members and staff were present: Kara Willis, Chair; Tim
Zuella, Vice Chair; Pat Fox, Nancy Emerick, Wendy Emerson and Jeff Kiel, Members; Steven K. Kline, Town Council
President; Daniel B. Worth, Council Member; Will Chapman, Acting Town Attorney; Chris Jakubiak, Town Planner; and
Betty Jean Hall, Administrative Assistant.
Review of Minutes from Previous Meetings
a. Ms. Willis moved to approve the February 1, 2023 work session minutes as amended. Ms. Emerson seconded
the motion, which passed unanimously.
b. Ms. Willis moved to approve the February 15, 2023 meeting minutes as submitted. Mr. Zuella seconded the
motion, which passed unanimously.
c. Ms. Willis moved to approve the March 1, 2023 work session minutes as submitted. Mr. Zuella seconded the
motion, which passed unanimously.
Citizen Comment
No citizens provided comments.
Appearances
a. Informal Architecture Discussion – Proposed Queen Anne’s County Board of Education Bldg. – Jeremy
Kline and Rick Kleponis, WGM Architects
• Mr. Jeremy Kline described the interior of the structure as building blocks that are approximately
4,000 square foot modules where one or two departments will be housed.
• The translucent insulated fiberglass panels will allow high diffused daylight into the building.
• The exterior is now comprised of brick, translucent panels, and metal roof and wall panels.
Old Business
a. Draft Comprehensive Plan Discussion
• Ms. Willis moved to open public comment regarding the draft comprehensive plan until a public hearing
is set. Ms. Fox seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.
• Ms. Willis reviewed the track changes that occurred during previous work sessions.
• Text concerning the Technology Enterprise District (TED) was inserted where Light Industrial District
was struck.
• Mr. Jakubiak stated everything south of the extension of Taylor Mill Road is designated as farmland
preservation.
• Pg. 22; last paragraph, middle of last sentence beginning at: west side of U.S. Route 13 should be Route
301 End the sentence after 301, strike through the remainder. The 310 acres will need to be readjusted.
• Page 53; 2nd bullet, middle of sentence: featuring commercial at street level and residential apartments
above with a mix of commercial and attached residential buildings such as townhouse clusters as infill
and redevelopment.
• Page 53; last bullet: As noted on future land use map this plan recommends that the CBD be extended
along the north side of Railroad Avenue to Little Hut Drive and the full length of the east side of
Pennsylvania Avenue.
• PUD topic: Mr. Jakubiak stated this is about the large parcels within town that already have zoning
districts on them. The Town’s conventional approach is a designated zoning district. It is Euclidian
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zoning, looking at the subdivision regulations and make the streets a certain width, the land is subdivided,
and all the lots must be a certain size.
• Placing a PUD over an existing R-1 zone would allow the land to be developed at an R-3 zone’s
flexibility. PUDs do not increase the allowable density.
• Currently PUDs are an option that a developer must apply for. PUDs are approved through meetings and
public hearings by the Planning Commission and Town Council. Town Council reviews a general
development plan and preliminary site plan which is a role the Planning Commission typically occupies.
• The Draft Comprehensive Plan encourages PUDs as the preferred approach to development but that they
be required on large tracts of land, not optional and not up to the developer. The expectations for a PUD
would be codified into the Ordinance. The Planning Commission and Town Council would maintain
their traditional roles.
• Mr. Jakubiak stated if you want to encourage more infill residential development you would keep the
zoning in the draft plan the way that it is right now. The other alternative is to not use PUD at all, zone
everything R-1 which is the lowest density and then you get more predictable development patterns, a
safer review process, a cookie-cutter development and the result is fewer houses because you wouldn’t
have the flexibility to move everything around and the minimum lot size is going to be 15,000 square
feet.
• Ms. Willis instructed the Commissioners to read the PUD and TND language in the zoning code and
review the subdivision regulations table to assist in deciding what we want future neighborhoods to look
like before moving forward on making recommendations in the draft plan.
Adjournment
There being no further business, Ms. Willis moved to adjourn the March 15, 2023 Planning Commission meeting.
Mr. Kiel seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 9:43 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Betty Jean Hall
Administrative Assistant
Action Items
• Approved the February 1, 2023 work session minutes as amended.
• Approved the February 15, 2023 meeting minutes as submitted.
• Approved the March 1, 2023 work session minutes as submitted.
• Opened public comment regarding the draft comprehensive plan until a public hearing is set.
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