NEXT STEPS: OZAH Hearing Examiner Recommendation/Decision Due Aug 20-Sept 19
County Council Vote/Oral Argument Sept/Oct 2026
We will need a big turnout for County Council Vote in Sept/Oct 2026
Details to follow on our IMPORTANT Updates Page.
A Virginia developer submitted plans for 150 townhouses on Notley Rd…
More than 200 families said, “NO!” And we hired zoning Attorney Michele Rosenfeld to make our case…but we need YOU to succeed. The plans ignore the Colesville Master Plan & if they can build this density on a 2-lane country road in Colesville—they can build anywhere. 7 days of Hearings occurred from November 2025 - May 2026 … read more to see how you can help!
WHY WE MUST SAY NO TO Rezoning Application:
LMA H159 & Forest Conservation Plan F20250680!
THIS PROJECT SHOULD CONCERN EVERY MONTGOMERY COUNTY RESIDENT LIVING ON A TWO-LANE ROAD. This is an attempt to IGNORE the Master Plan and allow HIGH DENSITY developments with little affordable housing on any two-lane residential roads -- this Application (from Northern Virginia developer Ryan Stuart Development Company led by David Muller) doesn’t fall under Thrive or the Missing Middle. If this floating rezoning is approved it will set a precedent in Montgomery County that a Master Plan does not matter. That communities don’t have voices in planning. The land, which fronts and exits only from Notley Rd (a two-lane road), is 10 acres currently zoned for 18 single family homes on 1/2 acre lots and at a max height of 40ft. The Developer is requesting a 60 foot-high wall of 150 townhouses: out of character and incompatible with our community and neighbors. (In October 2025, the Montgomery County Planning Board "imposed binding elements" (i.e. requirements) on the developer to limit to a 50 foot-high wall of 130 townhouses, with only 19.5 affordable units. Read more here.)
