Town Submits Comments on Corso's Final Rezoning Application

Today, the Town submitted comments to the Planning Department on Corso Chevy Chase's final application to rezone the former 4-H property at 7100 Connecticut Avenue.

The Town's comments: 1) support the developers' rezoning application, as a result of the developers reducing the outside height of the perimeter buildings; 2) note that the Town will be carefully monitoring a number of key issues during subsequent reviews by the Planning Board, including traffic, parking, lighting, stormwater management, and forest protection; and 3) cite the developers’ commitment to enter into agreements with the Town about construction management and to submit to the Town’s tree removal variance process.

The Town will now prepare testimony for the public hearings to be held by the Planning Board on March 9 (the Planning staff report will be posted on February 27) and the County Hearing Examiner on March 24. The Town will provide more information about our testimony, the Planning staff report, and the public hearings in subsequent Town Criers and in the Forecast newsletter.