The DC area’s land-use hearings, in one email on Monday.
Rezonings, site plans, subdivisions, text amendments and moratoriums before the councils, planning commissions and zoning boards of Montgomery, Prince George’s, Howard, DC, Arlington, Alexandria and Fairfax. What’s deciding soon comes first, the numbers are pulled out, and the staff report is read for you.
A docket you can read in five minutes.
Each week we check 10 agenda systems across seven jurisdictions: Legistar, PDF dockets, Agenda Online, OLIS and the DC Office of Zoning. We pull every land-use item and write it up the same way.
What decides soon, first
Hearings and votes in the next 14 days, by week and jurisdiction, with the body, date and time. Deferrals and withdrawals are flagged.
The key fact up front
Units, square feet, acres, address and case number for every item, so you can scan for what matters to your pipeline.
Staff reports, read
For the biggest cases: the program, the staff recommendation and the issues that will come up at the hearing. Every line links to its source.
Here’s what an item looks like.
Continuing care facility of about 825,000 square feet in three towers, 7581 Colshire Drive
The applicant and co-applicant ask to amend the original concept development plan and proffers, and to establish a final development plan amendment, for the Taylor Block of Scotts Run Station South. The request would allow a continuing care facility of roughly 825,000 square feet in three towers. This meeting is a public hearing on the request.
- Staff regrets losing approved office sites near Metro but finds office stays a predominant use across Scotts Run South; the plan shows about 831,000 SF versus the 848,100 SF requested.
- Chain Bridge Road/Colshire Drive intersection is a four-way stop with community safety concerns; applicant agreed to an earlier signal warrant study and to install a signal if warranted.
- Staff still wants the Circulator proffer revised to coordinate on a bus shelter, and says the 546 parking spaces overpark the site (about 320 needed under the ordinance) and encourages a lower supply.
Seven jurisdictions, 20 public bodies.
Checked every week, straight from each government’s own agenda system. If a source changes its format, we see it in our source-health check before your digest goes out.
| Jurisdiction | Bodies | Next 2 weeks | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery County | Planning Board, County Council Next: Board of Appeals, Hearing Examiner | 14 | Live |
| Prince George's County | District Council, County Council, Zoning Hearing Examiner, Board of Appeals Next: Planning Board | 9 | Live |
| Howard County | County Council, Board of Appeals Next: Planning Board | 4 | Live |
| District of Columbia | Zoning Commission, Board of Zoning Adjustment | 15 | Live |
| Arlington County | County Board, Planning Commission, Board of Zoning Appeals Next: Site Plan Review Committee | 12 | Live |
| City of Alexandria | City Council, Planning Commission, Board of Zoning Appeals, Board of Architectural Review | 6 | Live |
| Fairfax County | Board of Supervisors, Planning Commission, Board of Zoning Appeals | 37 | Live |
Built for people who bill by the parcel.
Developers & builders
See competing projects, nearby rezonings and the text amendments that change your next site’s math.
Land-use attorneys
Know who’s filing what, which boards are moving, and when the hearings are, across both states and DC.
Brokers & investors
Catch entitlement news before it’s a listing: density, units and square feet for every case.
Solar, telecom & EV
Moratoriums, wireless and solar ordinance changes, and use permits, flagged when they appear.
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