Leonardtown planning commission reviews 2025 building-permit totals, annexations and FEMA map updates

The Planning and Zoning Commission received the town’s 2025 annual report from a Maryland Department of Planning representative, who said the town issued 40 building permits in 2025, including 37 townhouses and four single-family dwellings. The presenter described recent annexations — including a roughly 16‑acre Hall property and a Cedar Lane parcel — and said those changes require an updated municipal boundary and modified zoning map to be sent to the state for recordation.

The presenter also said the town incorporated minor required language changes in its ordinance to reflect updated FEMA flood maps and provided commissioners with a revised zoning map showing the newly annexed parcels and other zoning adjustments. The report included a bottom section listing projects currently at concept or design phases that the town expects to review in 2026.

Commission members asked for clarifications on specific projects; staff confirmed that the Fenick Street/Courthouse Drive project had obtained necessary county approvals and a waiver to allow four parking stalls along Courthouse Drive and that the project is scheduled to return to the commission for final review in July.

A motion to approve the 2025 Maryland Department of Planning annual report and forward it to the state was made, seconded and approved by the commission without a detailed roll-call recorded in the transcript. The commission then moved on to routine administrative business.

The commission’s next scheduled actions for the items mentioned are: final review of the Fenick Street project in July and submission of the updated municipal boundary and zoning map to the Maryland Department of Planning.