Wicomico County Legislative Issues
• Adopted a bill to protect its commercial fishing industry, establishing a reconciliation board for Somerset’s “Right to Fish” law. • Perdue Agribusiness has a PFAS chemical leak near its facility. Homeowners in affected areas have been contacted and are receiving free water testing and purifiers. • Salisbury City Council passed a density amendment in the Central Business District, doubling allowable unit density from 40 to 80 units per acre. No parking requirement remains in place for new development. • Salisbury and Wicomico County will separate their Planning & Zoning Departments by late summer 2025. • The proposed FY26 budget decreases property taxes to $0.80 per $100 of assessed value. • Teachers' pension supplemental grant from the state is being halved.
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