The Montgomery County Planning Board will hold a public hearing for Montgomery Planning‘s 2024 technical update to the Master Plan of Highways and Transitways on September 12, 2024.
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The Montgomery County Planning Board and the Montgomery County Planning Department announced their September 2024 calendar of events and meetings. The Planning Department and Planning Board offices will be closed on Monday, September 2, 2024, in observance of Labor Day. September Calendar of Events and Meetings:
The Montgomery County Planning Board transmitted the recommended 2024-2028 Growth and Infrastructure Policy (GIP) to the Montgomery County Council for review on August 1, 2024. The Planning Board unanimously approved the policy’s recommended updates on July 18, 2024.
Master plan focusing on the county’s life sciences industry hub in the heart of the I-270 Corridor receives County Council approval.
The Montgomery County Council on July 30 voted to approve the Great Seneca Plan: Connecting Life and Science, a master plan developed by the Montgomery County Planning Department. The plan focuses on strengthening the economic competitiveness of the Life Sciences Center, a thriving hub that is host to a diverse population and leading life sciences, medical, and educational institutions and organizations along the I-270 Corridor. Key recommendations can be seen below.
Planning Board will be on recess in August; other meetings continue
The Montgomery County Planning Board and Planning Department announced their August 2024 calendar of events and meetings.
Community invited to free festival that temporarily reimagines Main Street Damascus to inspire permanent improvements for the future
Plan amendment revisits the implementation-related recommendations of the 2017 Bethesda Downtown Plan
The Montgomery County Planning Board approved the scope of work for the Bethesda Downtown Plan Minor Master Plan Amendment at its June 27, 2024 meeting. The scope of work outlines the focus of the plan amendment and retains the boundary of the 2017 plan.
The Montgomery County Planning Department has secured the Montgomery County Council’s approval to proceed with its work program for fiscal year 2025 (FY25), which begins on July 1, 2024. The County Council approved Montgomery Planning’s $25.5 million budget for FY25 at its meeting on May 23, 2024. These funds support the work program for the department and represent a 5% increase compared to the FY24 Operating Budget.
The Montgomery County Planning Board approved the transmittal of recommendations for the Incentive Zoning Update project for the County Council’s review. The project was started in 2022 by the Montgomery County Planning Department and updates the Public Benefits Point System for Commercial-Residential and Employment Zones which is used to evaluate new development and determine to what extent it must provide corresponding public amenities.
Planning Board votes 5-0 to recommend allowing more types of homes to be built countywide; sends proposal to the County Council for review and approval
In a move to address Montgomery County’s housing crisis, the Montgomery County Planning Board voted unanimously today to approve recommendations developed by the Montgomery County Planning Department that give property owners the option to build a wider range of housing types in areas of the county that for decades have only allowed one single-family detached home per lot. The Montgomery County Council will review the proposal and decide whether to proceed with new legislation toimplement the recommendations.
The Montgomery County Historic Preservation Office within the Montgomery County Planning Department unveiled two permanent historic markers today as part of The M-NCPPC’s Remarkable Montgomery: Untold Stories program, an ongoing project to install historic markers around the county that highlight underrepresented topics in local history.