Chapter 1: Town Centers and Chapter 3: Dunkirk Town Center Master Plan (Dec 2025 Draft)
Calvert County
Description
The December 2025 draft master plan for Dunkirk Town Center and the countywide Town Centers chapter was scheduled for public hearing, with a staff memo from planner Tay Harris.
Impact summary
The boundary change itself doesn't add development, but commissioners want to know what could be built on the parkland before signing off.
At a glance
- Hearings
- 2
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 2
Last vote · Planning Commission
A recommendation. The council’s outcome is not on record here.
Last discussed Mar 18, 2026.
Meeting timeline (2)
Planning Commission Public Hearing - Mar 18, 2026
A continuation of the Dunkirk hearing — the commission recommended adopting the updated Dunkirk chapter and overarching Town Centers chapter.
Planning Commission Public Hearing - Feb 18, 2026
The Dunkirk master plan update proposes adding the district park and park-and-ride to the town center boundary plus road, transit, and environmental recommendations. Commissioners kept the record open pending staff answers.
Related issues (4)
Dunkirk Town Center boundary expansion
The plan proposes adding the Dunkirk District Park and the state-run park-and-ride into the town center boundary. Commissioners probed whether that could invite future development of parkland and what benefit inclusion provides.
Master Plan of Town Centers adoption
The draft Dunkirk Town Center Master Plan gets its public hearing February 18, 2026 — the same night as the solid waste plan hearing.
Upper Mill Creek restoration
Developed land in the upper Mill Creek watershed hit 38.8% with 14% impervious surface in 2023 — past the 10% threshold where streams show distress. The plan revision aims to limit new pavement and require stormwater controls in the proposed Edge Commercial District.
Prince Frederick Town Center Master Plan and EC-zoned land
Roughly 50-60 acres of employment-center-zoned land near Prince Frederick could be folded into the town center, potentially allowing apartments and townhouses. Commissioners worried about more traffic and density, and voted to redesignate it "edge commercial" — commercial only — and restart public review.
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