Planning commission approves final record plat to clear way for 622 Hungerford Drive redevelopment

At a virtual meeting, the Rockville Planning Commission approved final record plat PLT 2025-00643 to subdivide Lot 2, Block A of the City Center Subdivision into Lot 3, Block A at 622 Hungerford Drive and to dedicate a portion of the property to the adjoining public right of way, city staff said. The approval is subject to the conditions in the staff report. The final record plat implements a Level 2 site plan the commission approved earlier this year for redevelopment of the property into 48 two-over-two townhouse-style condominium units. Christopher Davis, senior planner with Community Planning and Development Services, told the commission the subject property is about 2.15 acres, carries an office-commercial-residential mixed land use designation and is zoned MXNC (Mixed Use Neighborhood Commercial). "Therefore, staff does recommend approval of this final record plat subject to the conditions outlined in the staff report," Davis said. Davis said the plat shows the re-subdivision from Lot 2 to Lot 3, Block A and that the applicant will dedicate a portion of the parcel to the abutting right of way along Maryland Route 355 and will establish access and infrastructure easements to facilitate development. The staff presentation described the dedication as approximately 755 square feet (as stated in the staff presentation). The applicant will record the plat and easements to implement the previously approved site plan, Davis said. During the public-testimony portion of the meeting, Henriette Angoulevan, a member of the board of the townhouse community adjacent to the development, said residents are "following closely" and noted a private street abuts the site. "We are really...following closely what's happening because we have a street that is on the side of the development that is our private street," Angoulevan said. Commissioners asked no substantive questions before a motion was made to approve the plat "subject to the conditions in the staff report." The motion passed unanimously; the four commissioners present voted in favor. The commission did not specify additional direction to staff. With the plat approved, the applicant may proceed with the recordation steps required to implement the approved site plan and the dedication and easement instruments required by the permit conditions.