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County Council Votes on Vitro/BAE Site Zoning

On March 31, 2015 the County Council voted to approve revisions to the Planning Board’s Draft Aspen Hill Minor Master Plan Amendment. While the Planning Board had advocated for NR zoning to allow the developer maximum flexibility, and many members of the Aspen Hill community had advocated for the more restrictive CRN zoning, the Council revised the plan language to zone the site as CRT, which is seen by some as a compromise between NR and CRN.

The County Council’s revisions include a notable statement that "A Combination Retail Conditional Use is not appropriate for the Minor Amendment area because such a use would have a significant long‐ term impact on the area and alter the character of the surrounding low‐density residential neighborhoods.” The revisions also made additional recommendations for maintaining a buffer between any development and adjacent residential properties, and for further study before recommending increasing the length of the two‐lane traffic merge area on Aspen Hill Road east of Connecticut Avenue. To view a copy of the approved revisions, click on resolution number 18‐104 athttp://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/leg/res/index.html.