Key Dates

On January 27, 2025, the Mayor and Council will hold a work session on the Comprehensive Map Amendment portion of the project, specifically focusing on the rezonings recommended in the Rockville 2040 Comprehensive Plan. During this work session, staff will present the Focus Areas that the Comprehensive Plan recommends for rezoning along with staff’s proposed zoning (staff’s proposed rezoning is intended to implement the Comprehensive Plan recommendations), and ask Mayor and Council for direction.

Since the engagement that occurred for the project in the fall, staff’s proposed rezoning for one Focus Area has changed:

• Planning Area 10, Focus Area 1 (Montrose and North Farm): Staff proposes creating a new, higher-density residential zone, limited to residential uses, and applying this zone to the majority of the Focus Area, which includes all of Rollins Park and Congressional Towers. This will implement the Comprehensive Plan recommendation that “A new, higher-density residential zone, limited to residential uses, is appropriate for the remainder of the site to permit new investment and upgrades, though it should not result in residential displacement.”

All other proposed rezonings remain the same.

The January 27 meeting starts at 7 p.m. and is hybrid – if you’d like to attend you can join at City Hall or tune in remotely via Webex.

The staff report and brief book for the January 27 meeting will be published in the Agenda Center of the city’s website on January 17. Any member of the public may sign up to speak during the public forum section of the January 27 meeting.

This meeting was one in a series of three meetings held the evening of November 12; the afternoon of November 13; and the morning of November 14; for owners of property recommended for rezoning within the Comprehensive Plan & owners of property within 100' of a Comprehensive Plan recommended rezoning. At these virtual meetings, the project team provided information on the Zoning Ordinance Rewrite & Comprehensive Map Amendment, with a particular focus on the specific rezonings recommended by the Comprehensive Plan. The end of the meeting included time for Q&A. These meetings have the same agenda and presentation, but the questions asked during Q&A may differ.

The slides for the meeting can be found here. A recording of the workshop can be viewed on-demand here.

This meeting was one in a series of three meetings held the evening of November 12; the afternoon of November 13; and the morning of November 14; for owners of property recommended for rezoning within the Comprehensive Plan & owners of property within 100' of a Comprehensive Plan recommended rezoning. At these virtual meetings, the project team provided information on the Zoning Ordinance Rewrite & Comprehensive Map Amendment, with a particular focus on the specific rezonings recommended by the Comprehensive Plan. The end of the meeting included time for Q&A. These meetings have the same agenda and presentation, but the questions asked during Q&A may differ.

The slides for the meeting can be found here. A recording of the workshop can be viewed on-demand here.

This meeting was one in a series of three meetings held the evening of November 12; the afternoon of November 13; and the morning of November 14; for owners of property recommended for rezoning within the Comprehensive Plan & owners of property within 100' of a Comprehensive Plan recommended rezoning. At these virtual meetings, the project team provided information on the Zoning Ordinance Rewrite & Comprehensive Map Amendment, with a particular focus on the specific rezonings recommended by the Comprehensive Plan. The end of the meeting included time for Q&A. These meetings have the same agenda and presentation, but the questions asked during Q&A may differ.

The slides for the meeting can be found here. A recording of the workshop can be viewed on-demand here.

Learn more about the ongoing Zoning Ordinance Rewrite by attending a public workshop. At this meeting the team will introduce the project and provide background, lay out the project timeline, share project milestones to date, introduce the Engage Rockville page for the project and host a Q&A. This meeting will take place in the Mayor and Council Chambers at Rockville City Hall. The meeting will start promptly at 7 p.m.

This meeting has the same agenda and presentation as the virtual public workshop scheduled for October 17 - attend the meeting the best fits your schedule, but there is no need to attend both meeting dates. 

A public workshop was held to help residents learn more about the ongoing Zoning Ordinance Rewrite. At this virtual meeting, the team introduced the project and provided background, laid out the project timeline, shared project milestones to date, introduced the Engage Rockville page for the project and hosted a Q&A. 

This meeting has the same agenda and presentation as the in person public workshop scheduled for October 22 - attend the meeting the best fits your schedule, but there is no need to attend both meeting dates. 

The slides for the meeting can be found here. A recording of the workshop can be viewed on-demand here.

Planning Commission Agenda Packet

Watch a recording of the meeting here.