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New Attached Accessory Dwelling Unit Law to Go Into Effect in April
Legislation allowing the conditional use of attached accessory units in the City of Rockville will go into effect Tuesday, April 9 following passage of a zoning text amendment by the Mayor and Council in October. Attached accessory dwelling units, or attached ADUs, are secondary dwellings either inside or attached to single-family homes. Examples of these…
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$25,000 Bloomberg Arts Grant Will Create Safer City Streets
The City of Rockville is among 25 cities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, chosen from an extensive pool of 200 applicants, that have been awarded Asphalt Art Initiative grants through Bloomberg Philanthropies. In collaboration with VisArts, the city will use the $25,000 Bloomberg grant to integrate artistic elements and asphalt art into a broader…
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Rockville Holiday Drive Continues into Gift-Giving Season
Donations are being accepted for the 2023 Holiday Drive, Rockville’s annual push to help the community’s hundreds of children and families in need during the holiday and gift-giving season. In what has become an annual tradition, businesses, individuals, civic groups, schools, foundations and the faith community, as well as individuals, contribute time and resources to…
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Zoning Update to Include Diagnostic Report as Guide
Rockville’s zoning laws will be evaluated as a first step for the Zoning Ordinance Rewrite. The comprehensive rewrite of the city’s zoning ordinance — chapter 25 of city code — aims to modernize the laws to meet the changing living, working and recreation trends of Rockville’s residents in the 21st century.
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Mayor and Council Name Acting City Manager
The outgoing Mayor and Council on Nov. 15 appointed Craig L. Simoneau as Rockville’s acting city manager. Mayor Monique Ashton announced the appointment at the first meeting of the new Mayor and Council on Nov. 20. The Mayor and Council are conducting a national search for a new city manager. Immediately before arriving…
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Rockville Certifies 2023 Vote-by-Mail Election Results
Votes cast in the City of Rockville’s 2023 vote-by-mail election have been certified by the city’s Board of Supervisors of Elections. In addition to 12,637 ballots cast on Election Day, 133 provisional ballots were tallied, for a total of 12,770 votes. The number of votes cast in the 2023 vote-by-mail election increased 3.9% over 2019’s…
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Statement from the Mayor and Council on the City of Rockville 2023 Election
The Mayor and Council today issued the following statement: “The City of Rockville would like to thank the members of the Board of Supervisors of Elections (BSE), City and Montgomery County staff members, and the volunteer election workers and judges for their efforts in ensuring that the City’s November 7, 2023, general election was fair…