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Committee advances amended Clarksburg Gateway Sector Plan, sends package to full council
Summary
The Planning, Housing and Parks Committee reviewed neighborhood recommendations and implementation edits for the Clarksburg Gateway Sector Plan — including zoning shifts, transportation and environmental clarifications — and voted to forward the amended plan to the full council for final approval.
The Montgomery County Planning, Housing and Parks Committee on Feb. 23 completed the third work session on the Clarksburg Gateway Sector Plan, approving a set of neighborhood recommendations, zoning adjustments and implementation edits and voting in committee to forward the amended plan to the full council.
Staff summarized the plan’s neighborhood-level recommendations: the Gateway Center should retain employment-oriented uses with potential mixed-use redevelopment and a recommended zoning change from EOF to CR (increasing mixed-use capacity); the former Comsat Laboratories property ("Comsat") was recommended for CR zoning with 1.0 FAR for both commercial and residential uses and language encouraging integration with transit and potential major employers; Linthicum and Upper Coolbrook neighborhoods were described as primarily residential with adjusted CRT zoning guidance.
Planning staff read edits from an addendum…
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