Princess Anne Historic District: Pre-Application Checklist
You’ve probably been there: you walk past a house on your street in Princess Anne, the one with the wraparound porch and the dentil molding along the…
Reference sections
Land Use & Zoning9
- Right to Farm Disclosures: Common Somerset County Errors
- Municipal Growth Element: Maryland planning rules explained
- Special exception permits in Somerset: application checklist
- Grandfathered zoning in Somerset: avoiding abandonment traps
- Somerset County site plan review: a step-by-step guide
Community Development9
- Somerset community grants: choosing the right funding
- Neighborhood Business Works loans: Somerset application steps
- CDBG application errors: how to save Somerset projects
- Somerset business incentives: Enterprise Zone or PFA?
- Crisfield revitalization grants: application steps
Infrastructure & Environment9
- Tax ditch maintenance in Somerset: five request steps
- Resource Conservation Areas: Somerset County RCA rules
- Chesapeake Bay critical area permit: application steps
- Somerset County flood mitigation: choosing the right method
- Living Shorelines: How They Protect Somerset County
Civic Engagement8
- Citizen-led planning initiatives: Somerset prep checklist
- Somerset community surveys: the right channel for your feedback
- Public records in Somerset: MPIA request steps
- Somerset planning commission meetings: speaker checklist
- Citizen advisory committees in Maryland planning explained
News
Maryland Watershed Implementation Plans: A Simple Guide
A notice about a septic upgrade, a wetland project near Crisfield, or a new Chesapeake Bay restoration effort can feel like three separate stories.
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Public hearing testimony in Somerset County: submission steps
A public hearing in Somerset County is not a single moment when residents either speak or stay silent. For many zoning, legislative, and land-use…
Affordable Housing in Somerset County: How to Choose
Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, establishes the framework for tenant-based rental assistance nationwide. In Somerset…
Rezoning petitions in Somerset: the change or mistake rule
One hundred point three eight acres of Somerset County land sat on the wrong side of the zoning map for years. In January 2020, Gary King filed a…
Stormwater plan submission in Somerset: a pre-filing checklist
You pulled the building permit packet off the counter, and somewhere between the cover sheet and the third sub-folder, the word "stormwater" started…
Somerset County Housing Rehabilitation: Step-by-Step Guide
For a Somerset County homeowner, the first question is not whether the roof leaks, the wiring is unsafe, or the house needs an accessibility…
Somerset County Farmland Subdivision: A Step-by-Step Guide
Seven lots. That is the hard line drawn in Somerset County's Subdivision Ordinance between a process you can handle administratively and one that…
Rural Development Grant Checklist for Somerset Projects
If you're running a nonprofit on the Lower Eastern Shore and you've sketched out a plan to expand a community kitchen in Crisfield, rehab…
Somerset MD Public Meetings: Workshops vs Hearings
Maryland Land Use Code §3-203 mandates that a local planning commission hold at least one public hearing before recommending the adoption of a…
Critical area buffer mistakes in Somerset County
The 100-foot Buffer does not negotiate. Neither does the possibility of a fine of up to $10,000 per day when Somerset County treats a Chesapeake Bay…
Somerset County zoning variance: step-by-step guide
In Somerset County, a zoning variance is not a general request for permission to build something the zoning code does not allow. It is a narrowly…