PUBLIC NOTICE
Water & Sewer Service Category Amendment 2023 Spring Cycle
The Charles County Commissioners will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 6:00 p.m., in a hybrid format, both virtually and in person at the Charles County Government Building, 200 Baltimore Street, La Plata, Maryland, to consider requested amendments to the Charles County Comprehensive Water & Sewer Plan. Individuals or representatives of groups wishing to make oral or written comments are encouraged to attend the hearing.
Applications for amendments to the Water and Sewer Categories are reviewed on a semi-annual basis, with application deadlines in February and August. The Department of Planning & Growth Management received two applications for amendments prior to the February 2023 deadline.
BHT Properties Group (10885 & 10897 Demarr Road) and St. Charles Community, LLC (Windward Neighborhood)
are requesting changes to the water and sewer categories for their respective properties. The requested changes in both applications are from water category W-5 to category W-3 and from sewer category S-5 to category S-3.
In-person: Speaker sign-up will begin 30 minutes (1/2 hour) prior to the hearing at the Charles County Government Building (200 Baltimore Street, La Plata) and will end at the commencement of the hearing.
Virtually: Call (240) 776-6709, between 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, to register to speak. Once registered, citizens will receive a virtual link to testify between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. after in-person speakers testify. If you are not available to speak when your name is called, we have the right to move on to the next caller. Each speaker will be allotted three (3) minutes.
Written or voicemail comments may be submitted in lieu of oral testimony, or to expand upon oral testimony, and will be accepted Friday, October 6, 2023, starting at 8 a.m. through Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 5p.m. for:
E-Comment: https://www.charlescountymd.gov/government/public-comments/public-hearing-comments/2023-spring-cycle-water-and-sewer-category-amendments
Phone message: call 301-645-0652
Mail: Commissioners of Charles County, 200 Baltimore Street, La Plata, Maryland 20646.
Comments sent by mail must be received no later than Tuesday, October 24, 2023.
Those citizens with special needs may contact Maryland Relay Service TDD 1-800-735-2258.
The associated documents for this item will be available for inspection in the Department of Planning and Growth Management or online at: https://bit.ly/Spring2023WSAmend. For more information, please contact the Lead Planner, Ben Yeckley, at 301-645-0645 or by email at YeckleyB@CharlesCountyMD.gov.
BY ORDER OF THE CHARLES COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Reuben B. Collins, II., Esq., President
In the event the notified meeting is canceled due to inclement weather or acts of nature beyond the control of the County, all items scheduled to be discussed or heard at the meeting will be rescheduled to a later date at 6:00pm in the County Commissioners Meeting Room.
