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Damascus Master Plan

“Damascus is a small town surrounded by the agricultural and rural open spaces of the County’s Agricultural Reserve. It is a town that offers community oriented commercial uses, a variety of housing types, a mix of uses in the Town Center, and a Town Center surrounded by single-family residential neighborhoods. The protected area of the agricultural and rural open spaces buffers Damascus from the more intense growth patterns in adjoining master plan areas and adjoining counties. The Plan provides a moderate amount of planned growth in the area, oriented primarily in and adjoining the Town Center…”

-From the Community Vision, Damascus Master Plan (2006), p. 1

Master Plans and Documents

• View the Damascus Master Plan highlights document (PDF).
• Damascus Master Plan (2006) The Damascus Master Plan was unanimously approved and adopted by the Montgomery County Council on May 25, 2006 and by the Planning Board on June 15, 2006.
• Damascus Limited Master Plan Amendment (1993)
• Damascus Master Plan (1982/1985)

Damascus Master Plan Archives

May 2006	Sectional Map Amendment Process
May 2006	Planning Board Draft with approved County Council Resolution
April 2006	Damascus Bypass Meetings and Information: Meeting Flyer [PDF] (pdf, 54KB)* Background Information on the Damascus Bypass [PDF] (pdf, 139KB)* Map of Focus Area for Bypass Study Land Reservation for a Bypass Route Planning Board Public Meeting
April 2006	Planning, Housing and Economic Development (PHED) Committee Worksession Schedule
December 2005	Schedule of Master Plan Phases
December 2004-July 2005	Planning Board Worksessions
October 2004	Public Hearing Draft (Full Text)
September 2004	Staff Draft Executive Summary [PDF](pdf, 406KB)* Staff Draft (Full Text)
September 2004	Master Plan Review Committee Update
Fall 2004	Master Plan Process Primer [PDF] (pdf, 117KB)* Master Plan Amendment Process
January 2003	Purpose and Outreach Strategy Report
November 2002	Issues