Leonardtown Planners To Review Commercial, Housing Projects
Leonardtown’s Planning and Zoning Board will meet Monday, March 16, at 4 p.m. to review concept plans for a professional center along Route 5 and a quadruplex residential development on Miss Bessie Drive.
The proposed McIntosh Professional Center includes two 12,000-square-foot flex space buildings on a three-acre lot adjacent to Guy Distributing and behind Domino’s. The neighboring parcel, formerly the site of Pennie’s Bar, was recently approved for a Tractor Supply Company store. W.M. Davis Development is listed as the owner and developer for both projects.
According to a town staff report, plans for the McIntosh site have been under consideration for more than 20 years. A previous set of development plans was approved in 2005 and later renewed in 2008 and 2012. That proposal included a three-story, 47,000-square-foot hotel, more than 31,000 square feet of retail space, 11,000 square feet of office space, as well as a restaurant and a bank.
Original McIntosh concept drawing
The current concept plan calls for two buildings divided into four 60-by-50-foot units each, which could accommodate retail, office or similar uses. The development would include 98 parking spaces and landscaping that exceeds town requirements, according to the staff report. Access to the site would be provided by a shared entrance and exit on Route 5, using a common road with the planned Tractor Supply store.
McIntosh Professional Center concept plan proposal
The three-acre parcel is currently largely forested. Plans show about 2.6 acres of disturbance during construction, with roughly 1.5 acres covered by impervious surfaces when completed.
“The proposed development has been designed to minimize impervious areas as much as possible while meeting the requirements of the Town of Leonardtown,” according to notes on the concept plan.
McIntosh Professional Center facade drawings
The board will also review plans for a quadruplex on about 0.44 acres on Miss Bessie Drive. The two-story building would include four residential units and face the road, with a driveway leading to 10 parking spaces behind the structure.
Quadruplex concept proposal
Site plans show portions of the driveway and parking area extending beyond a 10-foot side buffer and 30-foot rear buffer shown on the Singletree Phase 8 record plat. However, the Singletree property is zoned Planned Urban Development–Mixed Use, which waives buffer requirements under Chapter 155 of the town’s zoning ordinance. The mayor and Town Council retain authority to enforce those buffer requirements if they determine it is necessary.
Quadruplex initial renderings
W.M. Davis Development is also listed as the developer for the Miss Bessie Drive project. The company is planning another project in Leonardtown, G&H Residences, a three-story apartment building on Washington Street that recently received concept plan approval from the Planning and Zoning Board.
The Planning and Zoning Board meeting will be held at the Town Council building at 22670 Washington St. in Leonardtown. Meeting documents can be found here.
