Town of Kensington and Vicinity Sector Plan Update
Overview
The Montgomery County Planning Department has begun a comprehensive update of the 1978 Town of Kensington and Vicinity Sector Plan. The update will look closely at six major issues:
- land uses
- zones
- design
- transportation
- the environment
- community facilities such as schools, libraries, police and fire stations.
View winning images from our 2009 Day in the Life of Kensington photo contest.
Kensington Sector Plan
Download the Planning Board draft of the Kensington Sector Plan (pdf, 6.3 MB), , which was revised in March 2011. The Planning Board held a public hearing on the plan on April 28.
At the request of the County Council, planners are revising zoning recommendations in the draft 2009 Kensington Sector Plan. As the Planning Board considers the recommendations this spring, planners have produced a brief plan highlights brochure to address some of the major issues in a Q&A format.
Download the brochure in high-resolution 11x17 format | Download the brochure in single 8.5x11 pages
The updated plan will articulate the Kensington communities’ vision and guide the area’s physical development over a 20-year period. The Kensington Sector Plan area includes the incorporated Town of Kensington and three adjacent areas: the West Howard antiques district, the Ken-Gar community north of the CSX railroad tracks and the small commercial district at the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and University Boulevard.
View appendix.
Upcoming Events
- December 5, 11: PHED committee meeting
Past Events
- December 1, 2011 / November 22, 2011: Chevy Chase View community meeting and presentation to the PHED committee
View presentation (1.8 MB) - July 28, 2011: Staff presents Draft Urban Design Guidelines to Planning Board
View presentation - July 25, 2011: Town of Kensington Council meeting on the proposed urban design guidelines
- June 9, 2011: Planning Board worksession and approval of Planning Board Draft
- June 2011: Planning Board transmits Planning Board Draft to Executive and Council
- May 12, 2011: Planning Board Worksession
View presentation(3.5 MB) summarizing public hearing testimony
View presentation (3.6 MB) on urban design framework - April 28, 2011: Planning Board Public Hearing on revised Sector Plan
- March 28, 2011: Presentation to Kensington Town Council on revised zoning recommendations
View presentation (1.6 MB) - March 17, 2011: Planners presented Staff Draft of Sector Plan with revised zoning recommendations to the Planning Board and request a public hearing date
- July/September 2009: Planning Board worksessions
- July 9, 2009: Planning Board public hearing
View the public hearing draft of the Kensington Sector Plan (pdf, 6 MB) - May 21, 2009: Staff presents Sector Plan draft to Planning Board
View Sector Plan draft (6 MB) - April 16, 2009: Presentation of preliminary recommendations to the Planning Board
- March 19, 2009: Community Meeting (pdf, 7.2MB)
- March 22, 2007: Kensington Sector Plan kick-off meeting comments (pdf, 354KB)
Summary of meeting participants’ ideas, comments, questions and concerns. - September 15, 2008: Discussion of Kensington Sector Plan Scope of Work (pdf, 381KB) with Montgomery County Planning Board.
M-NCPPC Staff Contact
Fred Boyd
301-495-4654
Fred.Boyd@mncppc-mc.org
Date of last update: December 2, 2011
Montgomery County Planning Department