PUBLIC NOTICE 

"Buckingham and Morgnec public landings will be temporarily closed to the public on
Saturday, April 26, 2025 and Sunday, April 27, 2025 for local fire companies scheduled drills." 


Kent County Government - Planning, Housing, and Zoning

R. Clayton Mitchell, Jr. Kent County Government Center
400 High Street
Chestertown, MD 21620
Tel: (410) 778-7423
Fax: (410) 403-4171 

Hours of Operation:
8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Monday - Friday

  

Administrative Hearing Agendas: Meeting Packet for Hearing on April 11, 2025 at 10:30AM

 

For building/demolition application forms, and other supplementary forms, click here.

 

The Department of Planning, Housing and Zoning serves the present and future inhabitants of Kent County, Maryland by:

  • Conducting immediate and long-range planning;
  • Providing for the preservation and enhancement of the attractiveness of the county through good design and arrangement and by assuring the provision of adequate public utilities, services and facilities;
  • Protecting Kent County's significant natural and historic resources and historic areas against destruction or encroachment;
  • Protecting and preserving Kent County's agricultural industry and the prime agricultural soils essential to the conduct of this industry;
  • Implementing programs to improve substandard housing and developing new programs to address the need for workforce housing.
  • Providing for the development of a light industrial base, and
  • Directing development into appropriate locations.

Staff

William Mackey

Director of Planning, Housing, and Zoning

(410) 778-7423
E-mail: wmackey@kentgov.org

Carla Gerber

Deputy Director of Planning, Housing, and Zoning

(410) 778-7474
E-mail: cgerber@kentgov.org

Vacant

Associate Planner


E-mail: 

Rob Tracey Associate Planner (410) 778-7467
E-mail: rtracey@kentgov.org

Mike O'Neil

Chief Code Enforcement Officer

(410) 778-7437
E-mail: moneil@kentgov.org

Vacant

Code Enforcement Officer



Beth Grieb

Office Manager

(410) 810-2223
E-mail: mgrieb@kentgov.org

Kathie Billmire

Permit Technician

(410) 778-7475
E-mail: kbillmire@kentgov.org

Tyler Arnold

GIS Specialist

(410) 778-7426

E-mail: tarnold@kentgov.org