EASTON, MARYLAND — A 12,750-square-foot pole building on Canvasback Drive and a donation-bin use on Elliott Road are the two proposals before Easton's staff development review team Thursday, Oct. 22.
Both are pre-submission proposals, an early look by town staff before formal applications. The session starts at 1 p.m. in Council Chambers at the Easton Town Office, 14 S. Harrison Street, with a half-hour set aside for each.
The first, case 2026-1866, comes from McCuen Canvasback Drive for 29501 Canvasback Drive, Lot 16, in the CG zoning district. In an Oct. 7 letter to the town's Planning and Zoning Department, Shawn McCuen describes a commercial pole building sectioned off into four to six units for local businesses to use. The letter asks staff which businesses are allowed and what setbacks apply under the current zoning, and seeks early feedback on stormwater management, architectural requirements and the timeline and order of later town applications.
The second, case 2026-1867, comes from Planet Aid for a donation-bin use at 8168 Elliott Road, also in the CG district. Planet Aid's own handout in the review materials describes it as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that helps communities reuse textiles.
The materials also include an Oct. 1 property maintenance notice from the town to the owner of 8168 Elliott Road, Easton Business Center LLC. It says a Sept. 30 inspection found a violation of the zoning ordinance's donation-bin rules, which limit a bin to 31 square feet of ground area and 6 feet of height and require a permit. The notice asks that the donation bins in the Staples parking lot be removed until approvals, a special exception and permits are granted, and it scheduled a re-inspection for Oct. 15. The materials do not say what the re-inspection found.
Neither proposal is a formal application yet. McCuen's letter describes the session as a step before later town applications.
Source: Town of Easton
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