{"id":498,"date":"2015-12-30T15:35:11","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T20:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northpotomacnews.org\/?p=498"},"modified":"2015-12-30T20:47:48","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T01:47:48","slug":"magruder-property-annexation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northpotomacnews.org\/?p=498","title":{"rendered":"Magruder Property Annexation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A petition was filed to annex approximately 8 acres that covers the Potomac Valley Shopping Center into the City of Gaithersburg. \u00a0This property is currently in North Potomac. \u00a0Note: This petition was occurring around the same time as the petition for the Johnson Property (<a title=\"Johnson Property Annexation and Development\" href=\"https:\/\/northpotomacnews.org\/?p=255\">see our post under News).<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The annexation petition requests rezoning of the property from the Montgomery County Neighborhood Retail &#8211; NR 0.75 H-45 Zone to the City\u2019s MXD (Mixed Use Development) Zone.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed plan would limit the building height to 5 stories. (you read that correctly &#8211; 5 stories!!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gaithersburgmd.gov\/government\/city-projects\/potomac-valley-shopping-center-annexation\">http:\/\/www.gaithersburgmd.gov\/government\/city-projects\/potomac-valley-shopping-center-annexation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>NPCA current position:<\/strong> \u00a0Opposed annexation as it cuts into the North Potomac boundary line and oppose the proposed 5 story buildings. \u00a0We will follow the development plans and recommend growth and development in line with the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>History<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>No known public hearing from Magruder.<\/p>\n<p>September 8, 2015 &#8211; Introduction of the Annexation Resolution by the Mayor and City Council<\/p>\n<p>October 7, 2015 &#8211; The Planning Commission conducted a public meeting on the petition<\/p>\n<p>October 21, 2015 &#8211; The Planning Commission recommended approval of the annexation petition and recommended zoning the property to the City\u2019s MXD (Mixed Use Development) Zone.<\/p>\n<p>November 16, 2015 &#8211; The Mayor and City Council conducted a public hearing.<\/p>\n<p>December 16, 2015 &#8211; The record for the hearing closed for written testimony on December 16, 2015 at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>On December 1, 2015 the County Council approved this annexation plan.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mymcmedia.org\/carol-scott-on-potomac-valley-shopping-center-annexation-video\/\">http:\/\/www.mymcmedia.org\/carol-scott-on-potomac-valley-shopping-center-annexation-video\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mymcmedia.org\/joseph-allen-on-potomac-valley-shopping-center-annexation-petition-video\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0http:\/\/www.mymcmedia.org\/joseph-allen-on-potomac-valley-shopping-center-annexation-petition-video\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A petition was filed to annex approximately 8 acres that covers the Potomac Valley Shopping Center into the City of Gaithersburg. \u00a0This property is currently in North Potomac. \u00a0Note: This petition was occurring around the same time as the petition &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/northpotomacnews.org\/?p=498\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":507,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[23,27],"class_list":["post-498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-annexation","tag-magruder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northpotomacnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northpotomacnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northpotomacnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northpotomacnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northpotomacnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=498"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/northpotomacnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":510,"href":"https:\/\/northpotomacnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498\/revisions\/510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northpotomacnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northpotomacnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northpotomacnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northpotomacnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}