Master Plan of Town Centers, Chapter 2: Prince Frederick Center (March 2026 Draft)
Calvert County
Description
Not a private development but a county master plan amendment — the commission recommended the county commissioners adopt the updated Prince Frederick chapter with new watershed language and an Edge Commercial District.
Impact summary
It shapes what can be built in Prince Frederick for years — denser town-center development with edge commercial buffers aimed at protecting Mill Creek.
Applicant
- Name
- Calvert County Department of Planning and Zoning
- Address
- Prince Frederick Town Center, Calvert County, MD
At a glance
- Hearings
- 1
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 1
Last vote · Planning Commission
A recommendation. The council’s outcome is not on record here.
Last discussed Mar 18, 2026.
Meeting timeline (1)
Related issues (3)
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.
Dunkirk park-and-ride capacity and commuter bus routes
The plan recommends working with the Maryland Transit Administration on commuter bus routes from Dunkirk to Annapolis, New Carrollton, College Park, and Greenbelt. Commissioners questioned whether park-and-ride capacity and parking expansion would follow.
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