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Staff outlines citywide zoning rewrite and comprehensive map amendment; council asks for more detail and outreach
Summary
City planning staff presented the zoning ordinance rewrite and a comprehensive map amendment at a work session. Staff proposed several new zones and dozens of parcel‑level rezonings to implement Rockville 2040; council members asked for further visuals, equity analysis, traffic‑safety follow‑up and more community outreach.
City planning staff provided a detailed work‑session briefing on Jan. 27 about the ongoing zoning ordinance rewrite and the comprehensive map amendment intended to align Rockville’s zoning with the Rockville 2040 Comprehensive Plan.
Holly Simmons, Deputy Zoning Manager for the Community Planning and Development Services Department (CPDS), explained the project is twofold: a rewrite of the zoning ordinance text and a comprehensive rezoning (map amendment) to implement the 2040 plan. Simmons said the zoning ordinance had not been comprehensively updated since 2009 and that the rewrite aims to modernize organization, procedures and land‑use regulations, and to incorporate best practices for housing diversity, transit‑oriented development and resilience.
Jim Wasilak (CPDS) walked council members through the map‑level recommendations drawn from the comp plan. Staff said the comp plan recommends…
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