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Board approves PUD multifamily component after sewer easements secured; 6‑1 vote
Summary
After staff confirmed signed sewer easements and provided building facades and unit layouts, the Board approved a special use permit for up to 35 dwelling units within an approved PUD‑COM rezoning (6 ayes, 1 no). Supervisors raised concerns about traffic, school impacts and enforcement of short‑term rentals.
The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors voted Sept. 9 to advance a previously considered planned‑unit‑development (PUD‑COM) application that would permit up to 35 residential units above commercial space at the Steve Grant Living Trust site. Planning staff and agent Steve Simones of Balzer & Associates told the board that signed sewer easements now provide definite sewer access tying the development back into the main line and that example facades and floor plans (studios, one‑ and two‑bedrooms) were provided.
Simones said the site could yield as many as 35 units depending on unit mix and layout: “we did determine they could get up to 35 units, on‑site within the 2 buildings,” he said. Board members pressed about access to second‑floor units, elevators or stair towers, short‑term rental restrictions and school impacts. Staff reiterated that short‑term rentals are regulated by county ordinance (short term defined as 30 days or less) and that short‑term rental use would require a zoning change if it were to be permitted.
School‑impact estimates provided by staff used a factor of roughly 0.6 students per dwelling, producing an estimate of about 16–17 students at full build‑out. Several supervisors also expressed traffic and safety concerns for the Price’s Fork/Bridal Fork corridor and requested additional detail about unit mix, management and traffic mitigation.
On the motion to move the item forward and vote, the board approved the SUP and associated materials on a roll call of 6 ayes, 1 no (Supervisor Kitts opposed). Staff will return with any final site‑plan conditions and management details required by the PUD and local code.
