Planning Commission

Staff

Name Title Email Phone Number
Carolyn Sunderland Deputy Director of Planning Email 410-535-1600 x2380
VACANT
 Planning Commission Administrator/Secretary    
Becky Parkinson Development Review/Clerk to the Planning Commission   410-535-1600 x2377
Christine Finamore Principal Planner Email 410-535-1600 x2321
 Olivia Vidotto Planner III Email 410-535-1600 x2379
Amalia Pleake-Tamm Environmental Planner III   410-535-1600 x2501
Judy Holt Planner II Email 410-535-1600 x2489
 Colleen Anglin Environmental Planner II   410-535-1600  x2332

Overview

Appointed by the Board of County Commissioners, the Planning Commission serves as a citizen review board on county planning decisions. The Planning Commission is both an advisory and decision-making body. Planning Commission activities include:

  • Reviews and makes recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners on the Comprehensive Plan, town center master plans and other policy plans necessary to guide county development.
  • Makes recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners regarding zoning of land, amendments to the ordinances, the development of public structures and services, land acquisitions and other development and growth related issues.
  • Reviews and approves the recommendations for subdivision of land for residential and commercial use and proposed site plans for the future development of individual sites.

These recommendations and actions are performed in coordination with the Development Review Section and the Policy Section staff of Planning & Zoning.

Regular Meetings

Held monthly at 7:00 pm on the third Wednesday of each month with the exception of December 2022 which is the second Wednesday, December 14, 2022. Special meetings/Work Sessions/Public Hearings are held as needed.
Watch past Planning Commission Meetings in our Meetings on Demand Library.

The 2022 Regular Planning Commission meetings are hybrid. 

(Harriet E. Brown Community Center (HEBCC), 901 Dares Beach Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 and Zoom)
Planning Commission meetings are also live-streamed. See Meetings-On-Demand page at:
https://www.calvertcountymd.gov/1501/Meetings-On-Demand  

Members: There shall be seven members appointed by the Board of County Commissioners. Current members, which are term limited, are:
Chair Maria Buehler, Vice Chair Greg Kernan, Steve Jones, Wilson Freeland, Dr. Richard Holler, John Toohey, and Lisa Williams.