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Germantown BZA approves Harvest Church expansion and parking setback variance with landscaping requirement
Summary
The Germantown Board of Zoning Appeals approved a use on appeal and a variance to allow expanded parking and classroom space at Harvest Church (3645 Forest Hill Road), adding a condition requiring a robust landscape buffer along Winchester and Forest Hill Irene roads.
At its March 2025 meeting, the Germantown Board of Zoning Appeals approved a use on appeal and granted a variance to allow Harvest Church, at 3645 Forest Hill Road, to expand building space and add parking encroaching into required front-yard setbacks, conditioned on a robust landscaping buffer along Winchester Road and Forest Hill Irene Road.
The vote was unanimous. Vice Mayor Gibson, Mr. Bland, Miss Meanwell, Mr. Towne, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Jacobs and Chairman Mulhollhorn each voted in favor; the tally was 7–0. The board treated the use on appeal and the variance as a single motion amended on the floor to include the landscaping consideration.
Staff presented the application and noted the property is zoned R (single-family residential) and has hosted a church use since its annexation into Germantown in 1998. Planner Sarah…
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