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Sectional Map Amendment (SMA) Approved

The SMA for the Aspen Hill Minor Master Plan Amendment was approved by Council Council on July 28, 2015. The amended zoning, consistent with the recommendations contained in the Minor Master Plan, can be found on the official zoning map and website.

Minor Master Plan Amendment Approved and Adopted

On March 31, 2015, the County Council approved, with revisions, the Planning Board Draft Minor Master Plan Amendment. The Council approved Plan was brought to the full Commission (Montgomery and Prince George's Counties) for final adoption on May 20, 2015.

Click to view the approved and adopted Minor Master Plan Amendment and associated supplemental resource materials (appendices).

Past Meetings

• July 28, 2015: County Council Approves the Aspen Hill Minor Master Plan Amendment SMA (H-109)
• July 21, 2015: Sectional Map Amendment (SMA) County Council Public Hearing.
Review the County Council Application Packet here
• May 20, 2015: Full Commission Adoption of the Plan
• April 23, 2015: Planning Board Approval of the Minor Master Plan
• March 31, 2015: Council Approves, with Revisions, the Minor Master Plan Amendment
• March 24, 2015: Full Council Meeting to Review PHED Committee Recommendations
• March 2, 2015: Council Planning, Housing, & Economic Development (PHED) Committee Worksession
• February 3, 2015: County Council Public Hearing
Council members received testimony on the Plan from property owners, community residents, and other interested parties.

• December 4, 2014: Planning Board Worksession #4
The Planning Board approved the Planning Board Draft Plan for transmittal to the County Executive and County Council.

• November 20, 2014: Planning Board Worksession #3
  • Worksession packet
  • Staff Presentation
• October 30, 2014: Planning Board Worksession #2
• October 9, 2014: Planning Board worksession #1

Staff began the review of the matrix of key issues with the Planning Board that includes comments by residents, property owners, business owners, neighborhood associations, and other County agencies that were received during the public hearing comment period.

• September 11, 2014: Planning Board Public Hearing on the Aspen Hill Minor Master Plan Amendment Public Hearing Draft Plan and related appendices.

• July 10, 2014: Presentation of the Staff Draft Minor Amendment Plan to the Planning Board
• Planners presented the Aspen Hill Minor Master Plan Amendment staff draft to the Planning Board
• Staff presentation

• June 5, 2014: Staff Briefing to the Planning Board
  • Staff presentation

• May 13, 2014: 3rd Community Meeting
at the Aspen Hill Library

Over 70 residents, business owners, and other interested community members attended the meeting at which staff presented preliminary draft plan recommendations and general traffic impact analysis for various potential uses.

• meeting presentation
• map of preliminary zoning recommendations

 

• April 1, 2014: 2nd Community Meeting
at the Aspen Hill Library
• meeting presentation
• 2011 Montgomery County Department of Transportation (DOT) Pedestrian Road Safety Audit

 

• January 23, 2014: Scope of Work presented to the Planning Board

• December 3, 2013: Project Kick-off
  Community Meeting

Thirty-one residents, business owners, and neighborhood association members joined Planning Department staff at the Aspen Hill Library to introduce and discuss the minor master plan amendment process.

• meeting agenda and presentation
• aerial map of the minor amendment area

Background

In April 2013, the Montgomery County Council approved the incorporation of three Minor Master Plan Amendments into the County’s planning work program: the Bethesda Purple Line Station; Sandy Spring Rural Village; and Aspen Hill.  The County Council programmed the Aspen Hill Minor Master Plan Amendment to begin in January 2014. 

The Aspen Hill Minor Master Plan Amendment process addresses approximately 14 acres of land located west of the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and Aspen Hill Road, the majority of which was recommended for office zoning in the 1994 Aspen Hill Master Plan. The minor amendment process provides an opportunity to reassess the Subject area and analyze alternative redevelopment and zoning opportunities.  The review considers existing development potential and reevaluates the area’s potential within the context of a changing office market in the County as a whole, the intent and rationale of the 1994 Aspen Hill Master Plan, and any impacts to the surrounding land uses and transportation network.

Staff contacts

Andrea Gilles, Project Lead, 301-495-4541 (se habla español)
Andrea.Gilles@montgomeryplanning.org

Luis Estrada, 301-495-4641 (se habla español)
Luis.Estrada@montgomeryplanning.org

Aaron Zimmerman, 301-495-4629
Aaron.Zimmerman@montgomeryplanning.org

Ed Axler, 301-495-4536
Ed.Axler@montgomeryplanning.org

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Last updated: June 13, 2017