Development and Planning

Mayor and Council Amend APFS

Public Information Office

February 27, 2019
1:59 pm

The Mayor and Council adopted a resolution at their Monday, Feb. 4 meeting to amend the Adequate Public Facilities Standards.

The amendments keep the city’s school adequacy test at 120 percent of school capacity for new residential development approvals — the same level as before.

Only Champion Projects, which are limited to the South Pike area, are exempt, within certain criteria:

That the project consists of high-rise residential units only.
That residential units will be constructed over a period of 10 years or more.
That each Champion Project application include at least one non-residential use and a half-acre of public open space.

The Mayor and Council clarified that any amendment to add more residential units to a Champion Project that was previously granted an exemption would be subject to the school adequacy test.

To watch the Mayor and Council’s meeting on the APFS, visit www.rockvillemd.gov/AgendaCenter, and select the TV icon next to the Feb. 4 agenda item.

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