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Planning panel approves Germantown Village Square subdivision, parking reduction and Hattie B's site plan

Germantown Planning Commission · December 2, 2025
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Summary

The commission approved a two‑lot subdivision creating a 0.37‑acre outparcel at 7694 Poplar Avenue, a parking reduction (from 914 to 877 spaces), and a site plan for a 2,975‑square‑foot Hattie B's restaurant with five justifiable design alternatives; staff and the applicant cited a conservative parking assessment and cross‑parking agreements.

The Germantown Planning Commission approved a preliminary and final subdivision plat to split Germantown Village Square Shopping Center into two lots (creating a 0.37‑acre outparcel at 7694 Poplar Avenue) and separately approved a requested parking reduction from 914 to 877 spaces, based on a parking utilization study provided by the applicant.

Pickering Firm's Harvey Matheny told commissioners the parking assessment focused on the primary parking fields used by the main shopping center and intentionally excluded some peripheral and employee parking to be conservative. "We tried to focus only on…

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