PRESERVE ST. MICHAELS
HOTEL
Update.........June 1, 2023
If you have not heard, the property at 906 S Talbot St. is back on the market. "The property owner’s attorney advised the Town that the hotel developer no longer has control over the property and the proposed site plan will not continue in the process". - St. Michaels Town website
https://stmichaelsmd.gov/hotel-project-review-status-updates/
(read the June 1, 2023 update)
906 S. Talbot Street Property Listing
https://www.chesapeakebayproperties.com/homes/906-S-Talbot-Street/SAINT-MICHAELS/MD/21663/107419578/
The old gas station property at 906 S. Talbot St, known in town as "Dirty Dan's", has been under contract since November 2021. The contract purchaser initially presented to the town a "boutique hotel" to build on this lot, but is now being proposed as a 3-story, 72-room Hampton Inn & Suites hotel. (please see pictures and documents attached to the buttons at the bottom of the page)
This is a 1.835 acre lot facing Talbot St. (MD Rt 33), the daycare, schools, public pool and backs up to the town nature trail. The hotel plans on building an outdoor, 2nd floor pool that would overlook the nature trail. The property sits partially within the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area and the hotel plans to clear approximately 15,704 sq. ft. of existing trees. (page 5 of attached TAC Cover Letter)
This property is connected to the public sewer and would stress the town's almost maxed out water wells.
On January 26, 2023, the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) met to review the preliminary site plan. They sent the hotel and engineers back with a list of requirements that must be met before receiving a permit.
Attached, in the icon below the text, is the most recent "TAC Response to Preliminary Plan Review Hotel St. Michaels" that was submitted by the hotel to the town office on April 12, 2023.
Page 7:
Proposed Hotel will be 35,600 sq. ft.
Page 17:
the hotel will have suites, swimming pool, fitness center, meeting spaces
Page 77:
Traffic study is being looked at from the 2017 study. Current observation is, "Traffic volumes along MD33 have not increased from 2017 to the current year. However, to be conservative, a 2.0% growth rate was applied to the existing traffic along MD33 and was compounded over the 2-year project build-out period to account for any growth in traffic that could occur during the construction period".
Page 19:
Partially located within the Intensely Developed Area (IDA) of the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area
Page 81:
The traffic study peak hour trips were determined using the Institute of Transportation Engineers', Trip Generation Manual (ITE, 11th Edition). According to this study, the proposed hotel would generate an additional 56 trips on Saturdays.
Page 21:
40,270 sq. ft. of Impervious Space = 48% of the land will be impervious
Hotel Project: Review Status Updates, from the Town of St. Michaels website
https://stmichaelsmd.gov/hotel-project-review-status-updates/
The proposed hotel on South Talbot St. is currently under technical review of a preliminary site plan application. This is expected to take several months and could require several rounds of revisions. Check here for periodic updates.
April 25, 2023
The application was resubmitted to the town on April 12th. It included new information that was discussed or requested at the project review meeting in January in order to better evaluate the project. This requires additional time for reviews from various technical advisory committee agencies before it can be determined to be in substantial compliance with all the requirements. The review agencies were sent the resubmittal materials.
Once the Town receives responses and technical comments on the resubmittal review, all the comments will be provided to the applicant to consider if they desire to make any final revisions based on requirements and/or a response to the comments.
After that time, the project will undergo a final staff evaluation based on all requirements.
It will then be scheduled for the Planning Commission for a public hearing and the required notifications will be posted. A staff report will be sent to the Planning Commission that outlines any outstanding issues. An exact time frame has yet to be determined.
March 29, 2023
This project is within the Gateway Commercial Zoning District and is required to obtain an approved Site Plan from the St. Michaels Planning Commission before it can proceed with development and to show compliance with various local and state regulations.
A technical review compliance meeting was held with the applicant and various professional staff on January 26, 2023. Shortly after that meeting, the applicant was provided a 17-page letter from the town which outlines the technical issues that need to be addressed in writing and on the plans before the project can proceed with further technical site plan review and prior to Planning Commission consideration.
There has not been a response or resubmittal of the site plan by the applicant at this time and the project will not be scheduled for further review until the requested information has been provided.
