Mill Creek

Project overview

Residential development comprising 147 detached fee-simple homes on 66 acres in Frederick County, Maryland, at 2.2 dwelling units per acre.

Piedmont provided boundary and topographic surveys, land planning, forest resource surveys, surveys of wetlands, waters of the United States and wet soils, and traffic impact studies. Design and entitlement services covered the concept plan, natural resources inventory and forest stand delineation, preliminary forest conservation plan, concept stormwater management plan, and preliminary plan for site layout, water, sewer, storm drainage, stormwater management, and erosion and sediment control.

The work also included hydrogeologic groundwater availability and yield studies, investigation of groundwater recharge easements, and permitting.

Pending work includes design of the final forest conservation and improvement plans; preparation and recordation of access, stormwater management and utility easement deeds and exhibits, and final plats; a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) construction stormwater permit; Maryland State Highway Administration and Frederick County site access permits; a joint Maryland Department of the Environment and Army Corps of Engineers permit for wetlands and waters of the United States; and county construction permits.