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Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan Draft

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan Draft Goes to County Council

The county planning board approved the draft for the sector on Jan. 17.

The County Planning Board approved county planners' draft for the Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan last week, according to the updated agenda for last Thursday's board meeting. Next, the draft plan for the sector is sent to the County Council and county executive for analysis and approval, The Gazette reported. "The county executive will do a fiscal analysis of the plan and report to the County Council, which will hold a public hearing and work sessions before voting on whether to approve it, [county planner Elza] Hisel-McCoy said. He expects the County Council to discuss the plan in early March," The Gazette added. The draft plan's "recommendations emphasize mixed residential development [and] a shift from the current commercial zoning that …

JB

5:55 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Community input in this process has been ignored as the development grows higher, denser, and the process ignores the neighborhoods that would be most affected by the massive development. It's depressing.   more ›

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan Draft up for Board Approval

The county planning staff's Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan draft is up for planning board approval on Thursday, Jan. 17.

After years of discussion, work sessions and public hearings, the Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan draft may be approved by the Montgomery County Planning Board on Thursday. A work session about the sector plan draft will take place at the end of the board's day-long meeting, and planning staff are set to recommend that their draft be approved by the planning board. If approved, the draft will be presented to the county executive and council on Jan. 31—only a couple months behind schedule, The Gazette reported. The draft plan's "recommendations emphasize mixed residential development [and] a shift from the current commercial zoning that will help balance the ... jobs-housing ratio" in the Chevy Chase Lake Sector—which straddles Connecticut …

John

3:23 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013

As if traffic on Connecticut Ave. isn't bad enough already. Who will benefit, other than the developers? Why do this? Perhaps the worst move yet by the county decision makers.   more ›

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