Agendas

Preliminary Matters

Record Plats (Public Hearing)

Regulatory Extension Requests (Public Hearing)

Roundtable Discussion

Parks Director’s Report

Parks Department – Budget Adjustment

The Parks Department is requesting approval for a budget adjustment to move non-departmental

marker funds into divisional budgets.

Staff Recommendation: Approval of the request for Budget Adjustments for FY26 and FY27 for the Department of Parks.

K. Bentley

Planning Board Annual Briefing on Updates to the Montgomery County Burial Sites Inventory (Public Testimony Accepted)

Revisions to the Burial Sites Inventory and summary of other burial sites program activities.

Staff Recommendation: Approve revisions to the inventory

B. Crane

The Great Seneca Plan Draft Design Guidelines (Public Testimony Accepted)

Present the Draft Guidelines for The Great Seneca Plan and seek Planning Board’s adoption.

Staff Recommendation: Approval of the Design Guidelines

Item 7 Attachment: The Great Seneca Plan Draft Design Guidelines

L. Estrada

Woodside Locational Atlas District (M:36-4): Removal of the District and Addition of Six Individual Locational Atlas Sites (Public Hearing)

Public hearing, worksession, and action to remove the Woodside Locational Atlas District from the Locational Atlas & Index of Historic Sites, and to add six properties as individual Locational Atlas Historic Sites for future evaluation for listing in the Master Plan for Historic Preservation

Staff Recommendation: Remove the Woodside Locational Atlas District from the Locational Atlas & Index of Historic Sites, and list six individual sites in the Locational Atlas & Index of Historic Sites.

Item 8 – Additional Correspondence

J. Liebertz

Subdivision Regulation Amendment (SRA) 26-01, Subdivision of Land – Continuation of Roads (Public Testimony Accepted)

This SRA would prohibit the Planning Board from approving subdivisions that would continue certain neighborhood classified roads if located within a Local Area Transportation Improvement Program Area.

Staff Recommendation: The Planning Board transmit comments to the District Council against the SRA.

Item 9: Attachments A & B

B. Berbert

Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) 26-05, Expedited Approval Plan – Job Creation Project (Public Testimony Accepted)

This ZTA would remove the existing use of Signature Business Headquarters and replace it with a new use called a Job Creation Project, intended to greatly expand the number of new or expanding businesses that may qualify for an expedited approval plan review.

Staff Recommendation: The Planning Board transmit comments to the District Council supporting the ZTA with amendments.

Item 10: Attachment A: Zoning Text Amendment 26-05 Intro Packet

Item 10: Attachment B: Climate Assessment ZTA 26-05

B. Berbert

Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) 26-06, Accessory Residential Uses – Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) (Public Testimony Accepted)

This ZTA would amend the provisions for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) to be compliance with recently adopted State legislation in House Bill 1466/Senate Bill 891.

Staff Recommendation: The Planning Board transmit comments to the District Council supporting the ZTA.

Item 11: Attachment A: Zoning Text Amendment 26-06 Intro Packet

Item 11: Attachment B: Montgomery County Accessory Dwelling Unit Parking Study

Item 11: Attachment C: Senate Bill 891

Item 11: Attachment D: Climate Assessment ZTA 26-06

Item 11: Attachment E: Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Regulatory Comparison Matrix

B. Berbert

Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) 26-07, Solar Collection System – Use Standards (Public Testimony Accepted)

This ZTA amends use standards for Solar Collection Systems to streamline certain rooftop solar instillations, and partly in response to State legislation passed in 2025 with Senate Bill 931/ House Bill 1036 (Renewable Energy Certainly Act).

Staff Recommendation: The Planning Board transmit comments to the District Council supporting the ZTA.

Item 12: Attachment A: Intro Packet ZTA 26-07

Item 12: Attachment B: Amended ZTA 26-07

Item 12: Attachment C: Climate Assessment ZTA 26-07

B. Berbert