County Council adopts MV Master Plan

On February 9, the Montgomery County Council unanimously adopted the Montgomery Village Master Plan. Over the last two years, the Montgomery Village Foundation (MVF) Board of Directors, MVF staff, Village residents, county planners and business stakeholders in the Village, including Monument Realty, worked to provide feedback and comments on the proposed plan.

County Council President Nancy Floreen thanked all that participated, noting that MVF and the Vision 2030 Plan helped lay the groundwork for this totally new Master Plan.

With the adoption of the Master Plan, the Town Sector Zone (Montgomery Village’s original zoning ordinance) will need to be replaced with zoning that is in line with the rest of the county. In order to change Village properties to the new zoning outlined in the Master Plan, the county planning board will request to file a Sectional Map Amendment (SMA) with the county council. This would change the current zoning into 15 standard zones, with the overlay zone exceptions. This process is expected to take 60 to 90 days to complete, with anticipation of adopting new zones in spring 2016. This is the first time in county history that all properties in one master plan have been rezoned in this fashion.

For more information or to view the Montgomery Village Master Plan, visit www.montgomeryplanning.org/community/montgomery_village.