Preserving Quality of Life in
Apple Greene

Apple Greene Letter Proposing Options to Resolve Sewage Impacts

Community Planning Commission presentation

Staff Report Sept 17th Planning Commission hearing

CEDS Presentation @ Sept 11th Community Meeting

Marrick Properties proposal

CEDS Analysis of Marrick proposal

Shoppes@Apple Greene Sewage Plant:

• Letter to the County Commissioners requesting reasonable sewage-home setbacks

• County Commissioners' response stating they lack authority to require sewage-home setbacks

• Community's letter showing the County Commissioners have the legal authority and moral responsibility to require sewage-home setbacks

• Sewage field 30-ft from backyards where children play & 75-ft from their homes

• Sewage pond 60-ft from residential property & 155-ft from homes

• County Commissioners letter to State requesting that they look into need for reasonable setbacks

• State response to the Commissioners letter

• Applicant proposal to increase sewage buffer from 30 feet to 50 feet vs. the 700 feet provided elsewhere

• Washington Post article

• Study Regarding Areas Suitable for Drip-Irrigation on the Shoppes@Apple Greene Site

• Appendices to Areas Suitable Study

Existing Sewage Plants Similar to Shoppes@Apple Greene Plant:

• Gateway treatment plant photo

• Gateway holding pond photo

• Gateway irrigation field ponding reported to state

• Gateway permit violation notices

• Marley Run Complaint & Consent Order

• Marley Run sewage discharge reported to state

• State inspection reports verifying problems at the Gateway & Marley Run plants

Stormwater Issues:

• Apple Way culvert undercutting photo

• CEDS letter to the County detailing issues

  • First County responses to letter

  • Second responses to letter

• Cortland Lane possible slope failure photo

• North stream channel erosion:

  • CVS plat calling for channel erosion protection

  • Figure showing stream channel erosion may have advanced 70-ft since the CVS store was built

  • Winesap Court stream sediment pollution

• Stormwater easement where heavy equipment may pass very close to Apple Greene homes

Traffic impact analysis showing failure of Ward Road-MD 4 intersection 

BOARD OF APPEALS FILES

2002 Order

2008 Order

Aerial Photo

Affected Property Owners List

Board Rules of Procedure

Discharge Permit 2008

Mailed Notice

Miscellaneous Documents

Public Comments

Report to the Board of Appeals

Staff Report

Treatment Plant Illustration

SITE PLAN FILE

2002 Order

Maryland Department of the Environment

• Discharge Permit 2002

• Water Quality Certification

• Wetland Permit

Miscellaneous Documents

Site Plan Approval Conditions

• Original

• 2004 Compliance Evaluation

• 2005 Compliance Evaluation

• 2007 Compliance Evaluation

SUBDIVISION FILE

Apple Way Deed

Forest Stand Delineation

Miscellaneous Documents

Planning Commission Presentation 2003

Preliminary Plan Checklist

Site Plan Approval Conditions Original

Wetland Report

OTHER DOCUMENTS

Calvert County Zoning Ordinance

Shoppes @ Apple Greene County Slideshow

Water-Supply Potential of the Coastal Plain Aquifers in Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary’s Counties, Maryland, with Emphasis on the Upper Patapsco and Lower Patapsco Aquifers