A Sectional Map Amendment is the comprehensive rezoning of a planning area, initiated by the Planning Board or County Council. In this case, it will include the entire City of Takoma Park and will be the first time that all of Takoma Park has been comprehensively rezoned in one county. This Plan recommends zoning text amendments to several residential zones to address conformity issues that resulted from rezoning land that was in Prince Georges County prior to the unification of Takoma Park in Montgomery County. This Plan also recommends text amendments to create two new overlay zones. An overlay zone imposes a set of requirements or restrictions in addition to those of the underlying zoning.
Land is developed under the conditions and requirements of both zones.
This Plan recommends a Commercial Revitalization Overlay Zone that will be applied to some of the commercially zoned land in Takoma Park and a Neighborhood Retail Overlay Zone for the Maple Avenue area. Pages produced by Bunheng Suong April 2000.