Steep slope runoff concerns in Chesapeake Ranch Estates
Calvert County
Summary
Neighbors downstream of the Reed property fear construction runoff will damage their homes. The applicant came back with a permanent earth berm and stone outlet to steer water onto a protected green space lot, and the board approved with those protections as conditions.
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Last discussed Jan 8, 2026.
Impact analysis
Mitigation plantings and a bonded two-year survival requirement are required on the roughly 6,000-square-foot clearing.
The Reeds, who can finally build on a grandfathered lot that is otherwise unbuildable.
Downhill neighbors on lot 186 remain worried about stormwater, though the design aims to send none their way.
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