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Montgomery County Council Meets on Sept. 9 to Receive University Boulevard Corridor Plan Briefing from the Planning Board
For Immediate Release: Monday, September 8, 2025
Public hearings on the plan will be conducted on Sept. 10 at Montgomery Blair High School and Sept. 16 at the Council Office Building at 7 p.m.
The Montgomery County Council will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 9:15 a.m. and the meeting will begin with a proclamation presentation, presented by Councilmember Sidney Katz with County Executive Marc Elrich, recognizing National Preparedness Month.
More detail on each agenda item is provided below.
Interview: The Council will conduct an interview with Faisal Amin, who is the County Executive’s nominee for deputy director, Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The OMB supports the operation of County government, maintains the County's fiscal integrity and financial conditions, and preserves the County's AAA bond rating. The office develops, implements and enforces appropriate budgetary policies and procedures and provides accurate, timely, and objective information and recommendations to the County government and the public.
County Executive’s nominee for Assistant Chief Administrative Officer: Luisa Cardona
Interview: The Council will conduct an interview with Luisa Cardona, who is the County Executive’s nominee for assistant chief administrative officer within the Office of the County Executive. Ms. Cardona is currently the director of the MidCounty Regional Services Center for Montgomery County.
District Council Session
University Boulevard Corridor Plan
Briefing: The Council will receive a briefing on the Planning Board draft of the University Boulevard Corridor Plan. The plan makes recommendations within an approximately three mile stretch of University Boulevard (MD 193) from the edge of East Indian Spring Drive, just south of I-495, to Amherst Avenue in Wheaton. The recommendations include a new range of residential housing options for existing detached residential properties and new infill development on larger institutional and commercial properties. The draft recommendations also focus on traffic safety, regional connectivity, environmental sustainability, corridor-focused growth, economic development and providing more housing of all types, sizes and prices to meet a variety of housing needs. The plan explores opportunities for new transit-oriented housing, bikeways and bus rapid transit, as well as the creation of complete streets with wider sidewalks, comfortable public transportation stops, and safe access.
The plan amends the approved and adopted 1989 Master Plan for the Communities of Kensington-Wheaton, 1996 Four Corners Master Plan, 2001 Kemp Mill Master Plan, and 2012 Wheaton Central Business District and Vicinity Sector Plan. More information about the University Boulevard Corridor Plan is available on the Montgomery Planning website.
Two public hearings are scheduled for the University Boulevard Corridor Plan. The first will be conducted on Wednesday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. at Montgomery Blair High School, which is located at 51 University Blvd. East in Silver Spring. The second public hearing will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m. at the Council Office Building in Rockville. The Planning, Housing, and Parks (PHP) Committee is tentatively scheduled to begin its review of the plan on Sept. 29.
Consent Calendar
Each item on the Council’s Consent Calendar can be found on the Council agenda for Tuesday, Sept. 9, which is available on the Council website.
Public Hearings
Unless otherwise noted, the Council will hold the following hybrid public hearings at 1:30 p.m. Residents can visit the Council website to learn about the multiple ways to provide testimony.
- Expedited Bill 27-25, Environmental Sustainability - Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) – Established
- Resolution to Approve Lease Disposition of County Parking Lot No. 12, located at 1920 Seminary Road, Silver Spring, Maryland and Colesville Commuter Lot, located at 13504 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, Maryland
Declaration of No Further Need - Montgomery History Disposition, Grey Courthouse
Public hearing and vote expected: The Council will hold a public hearing and is expected to vote on a declaration of no further need for the disposition of a portion of County property, known as the Grey Courthouse, located at 27 Courthouse Square in Rockville. The County intends to dispose the fourth-floor attic through a 30-year lease to Montgomery History. In lieu of rent, Montgomery History is obligated to fund the design, permitting, and build out of the space. Under County Code, the County Council may waive the requirement that the property be disposed of at full market value.
District Council Session
Introduction: The Council will introduce Local Map Amendment (LMA) H-155, which is a request by the applicant, Pike Center Fee 1807, to rezone property located at 12101-12151 Rockville Pike from CR-2.0, C-.75, R-1.5, H-200’ Zone to CRF-2.5, C-.75, R-2.25, H-200’ (Commercial Residential - Floating). The property is currently a shopping center, and the applicant proposes constructing mixed-use residential development consisting of multifamily residential and commercial uses with public amenities.
The hearing examiner recommends approval of this local map amendment with binding elements. A vote is tentatively scheduled for Sept. 30, 2025, at which time the District Council will receive a briefing from the hearing examiner on this application.
Introduction and vote expected: The Council will introduce and is expected to vote on a resolution to extend time for Council action regarding the hearing examiner’s report and recommendation for LMA H-155 – Pike Center Fee 1807, LLC. Under zoning ordinance, the District Council has 60 days to issue a resolution and opinion on the application. The extension is needed due to scheduling constraints, including allowing sufficient time for introduction, mailing notices, and Council review. The current deadline for action on this local map amendment is Sept. 9, 2025. The resolution would extend the time for Council action to Nov. 28, 2025.
Introduction: The Council will introduce LMA H-157, which is a request by the applicant, Paramount Self Storage, LLC, to rezone property located at 15750 Paramount Drive in Rockville from the CR-2.0, C-.05, R1.5, H-120’ Zone to the CRTF-2.75, C-2.75, R-1.5, H-120’ (Commercial Residential Town Floating Zone). The subject property currently contains a series of storage buildings and surface parking. The applicant proposes continuing a self-storage use but redeveloping the site with four and six story self-storage buildings, comprising up to 282,040 square feet of storage, with the potential for retail use on the ground floor.
The hearing examiner recommends approval of this local map amendment with binding elements. A vote is tentatively scheduled for Sept. 30, 2025, at which time the District Council will receive a briefing from the hearing examiner on this application.
Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) 25-12, University Boulevard (UB) Overlay Zone
Introduction: The Council will introduce Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) 25-12, which would create a new University Boulevard Overlay Zone that implements the recommendations found in the draft University Boulevard Corridor Plan. The plan makes recommendations within a three-mile stretch of University Boulevard (MD 193) from the edge of East Indian Spring Drive, just south of I-495, to Amherst Avenue in Wheaton. The recommendations include a new range of residential housing options for existing detached residential properties and new infill development on larger institutional and commercial properties.
To implement the zoning changes recommended by a master plan, a ZTA is needed. ZTA 25-12, as recommended by the Planning Board, provides development standards for sites less than 15,000 square feet and for sites 15,000 square feet or larger that consider building placement, site coverage, and open space. The ZTA also allows accessory dwelling units (ADUs), allows residential R-60 development standards on commercial residential neighborhood (CRN) sites with no commercial floor area ratio (FAR), and prohibits certain auto-centric land uses.
A public hearing on ZTA 25-12 is scheduled for Oct. 14. This public hearing is in addition to two public hearings on the University Boulevard Corridor Plan that are scheduled for Sept. 10 and Sept. 16.
Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) 25-06, Vehicle Service - Filling Station
Vote expected: The Council is expected to vote on ZTA 25-06, Vehicle Service - Filling Station. ZTA 25-06 would amend the setback requirements for a filling station by clarifying that measurements for filling stations that dispense at least 3.6 million gallons per year are from the fuel hose and amends the applicability of a nonconforming use to a filling station so that it's able to expand or enlarge if nonconformance is due to subsequent use.
The current zoning ordinance requires any filling station that dispenses at least 3.6 million gallons per year to be at least 500 feet from certain residential, civic and institutional, and recreation and entertainment uses, as well as certain environmentally sensitive areas. ZTA 25-06 would clarify that this measurement is from the fuel dispenser and amend the zoning ordinance so that if one of the above uses or areas is created within the 500 feet after approval of the filling station, the filling station will not become a nonconforming use.
The lead sponsors of ZTA 25-06 are Councilmembers Kristin Mink, Andrew Friedson and Council Vice President Jawando. The PHP Committee recommends approval with amendments. The amendments include measuring from the underground storage tank in environmentally sensitive areas and clarifying that the use must conform to the originally approved 500-foot setback.
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Release ID: 25-292
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