Why does PD3 Zoning Require County Council Approval?

The 2005 Olney Master Plan recommends the R200 and PD3 zoning for this property.  The increase in units must be approved by the County Council because it was not obvious that 118 units (PD3 zoning) would be the best recommendation at the time.  Therefore, a site plan must be submitted as part of the re-zoning application.  This increase is likely but not automatic.  If the County Council hears from hundreds of community members that R200 is the correct zoning for this property, then perhaps the Council will listen and vote to keep the property R200.  Be sure to have your voice heard the week before the Council votes on this.  You can request to be sent an email notification when this happens if you send your email, name, and address to bfalcigno at goca.org (I did not write the @ in the email properly so it is less likely to get picked up for spam).