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'" I Bill No. 36-01 Concerning: Council Districts Boundaries Revised: 12-4-01 Draft No._2_ Introduced: November 6 2001 Enacted: December 11. 2001 Executive: Deca!lber 19, 2001 Effective: March 12, 2002 Sunset Date: None Ch. -3.,L, Laws of Mont. Co. 2001 COUNTY COUNCIL FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND By: Councilmember Leggett AN ACT to revise the boundaries of Council districts. By amending Montgomery County Code Chapter 16, Elections Section 16-2 Boldface Heading or defined term. Underlinina Added to existing law by original bill. [Single boldface brackets] Deleted from existing law by original bill. no, 1hlA I 1nrlArlininn Added by amendment. [[Double boldface brackets]] Deleted from existing law or the bill by amendment. * * * Existing law unaffected by bill. The County Council for Montgomery County, Maryland approves the following Act: BILL No. 36-01 I Sec. 1. Section 16-2 is amended as follows: 2 16-2. Boundaries of Council districts. 3 The boundaries of the 5 Council districts required under Section 103 of the 4 · County Charter are as follows. 5 [(a) District 1. The southern boundary ofDistrict 1 begins at the junction of 6 the boundary lines of Montgomery County (Maryland), the District of 7 Columbia and Fairfax County (Virginia); thence northwesterly along 8 the boundary line of Montgomery County and Fairfax County to a point 9 on a line of prolongation from Muddy Branch; thence north along said IO line of prolongation, crossing the Potomac River and circumscribing 11 Watkins Island to Muddy Branch; thence meandering northerly and 12 easterly along the center line of Muddy Branch to its intersection with 13 Turkey Foot Road; thence easterly along the center line of Turkey Foot 14 Road to its junction with Travilah Road; thence northeasterly along the 15 center line of Travilah Road to its junction with Piney Meetinghouse 16 Road; thence southerly along the center line of Piney Meetinghouse 17 Road to its intersection with the right-of-way of the Potomac Electric 18 Power Company (PEPCO) power line; thence easterly along the center 19 line of the PEPCO right-of-way to its intersection with Falls Road (Md. 20 Route 189); thence northeasterly along the center line of Falls Road to 21 its immediate junction with Montrose Road; thence east along the center 22 line of Montrose Road, continuing as Randolph Road at Rockville Pike 23 (Md. Route 355), to the intersection of Randolph Road with Parklawn 24 Drive; thence north along the center line of Parklawn Drive to its 25 intersection with the right-of-way of the Rockville Facility (formerly the 26 proposed Outer Beltway right-of-way); thence northeast along the 27 center line of the Rockville Facility right-of-way approximately 2000 -2- BILL NO. 36-01 I 28 feet and due north to its junction with a southern boundary line of Rock 29 CreekRegional Park; thence east along said Park boundary line and a 30 line of prolongation to Rock Creek at a point opposite Edgebrook Road; 31 thence meandering southeasterly along the center line of Rock Creek to 32 its intersection with the boundary line of Montgomery County and the 33 District of Columbia; thence southwest along said boundary line to its 34 junction with the boundary lines of Montgomery County, the District of 35 Columbia and Fairfax County, the point ofbeginning.] 36 ((b) District 2. The southwestern boundary of District 2 begins at the 37 confluence of Muddy Branch with the Potomac River; thence 38 continuing south along a prolongation from Muddy Branch across the 39 Potomac River and circumscribing Watkins Island, to the boundary line 40 of Montgomery County (Maryland) and Fairfax County (Virginia); 41 thence northwesterly and northeasterly along said boundary line, 42 continuing as the boundary line of Montgomery County and Loudoun 43 County (Virginia), to its junction with the boundary line of Montgomery 44 County and Frederick County (Maryland); thence northeast along said 45 boundary line, continuing as the boundary line of Montgomery County 46 and Carroll County (Maryland) to its convergence with the boundary 47 line of Montgomery County and Howard County (Maryland); thence 48 southwesterly and southeasterly along said boundary line to its junction 49 with Ednor Road; thence southwesterly along the center line of Ednor 50 Road, continuing as Layhill Road (Md. Route 182) at Norwood Road, 51 to its junction with Norbeck Road (Md. Route 28); thence southwesterly 52 along the center line of Norbeck Road to its junction with Muncaster 53 Mill Road (Md. Route 115); thence northwesterly along the center line 54 of Muncaster Mill Road, continuing as Snouffer School Road at -3- BILL No. 36-01 55 Woodfield Road (Md. Route 124), to the junction ofSnouffer School 56 Road with Goshen Road; thence south along the center line of Goshen 57 Road, continuing as North Summit Avenue at Girard Street, to its 58 · intersection with the municipal boundary line of the City of 59 Gaithersburg on the north side of Park Avenue; thence southwest and 60 northwest along said municipal boundary line, crossing through the 61 Asbury Methodist Home property, to its junction with the municipal 62 boundary line on the southeastern side of Odend'hal Avenue; thence 63 northeast along the southeastern side of Odend'hal Avenue to its 64 junction with Lost Knife Road; thence northwesterly along the south 65 side of Lost Knife Road to its junction with Montgomery Village 66 Avenue; thence southwesterly along the center line of Montgomery 67 Village Avenue to its junction with the municipal boundary line of the 68 City of Gaithersburg; thence west, northerly, and southwesterly along 69 said municipal boundary line to its intersection with Whetstone Run; 70 thence meandering westerly along Whetstone Run to its immediate 71 intersection with Watkins Mill Road; thence northeasterly along the 72 center line of Watkins Mill Road to its intersection with a northern 73 municipal boundary line of the City of Gaithersburg; thence westerly 74 along said municipal boundary line to its intersection with Frederick 75 Road (Md. Route 355); thence northwesterly along the center line of 76 Frederick Road to its immediate intersection with Great Seneca Creek; 77 thence meandering southwesterly along the center line of Great Seneca 78 - Creek to its intersection with the right-of-way of.the Potomac Electric 79 Power Company (PEPCO) power line; thence southeasterly along the 80 center line of the PEPCO right-of-way to its intersection with 81 Damestown Road (Md. Route 28); thence southwesterly along the -4- BILL No. 36-01 I 82 center line of Damestown Road to its junction with Jones Lane; thence 83 southerly along the center line of Jones Lane to its intersection with 84 Turkey Foot Road; thence southeasterly along the center line of Turkey 85 Foot Road to its intersection with Muddy Branch; thence meandering 86 southwesterly along the center line of Muddy Branch to its confluence 87 with the Potomac River, the point of beginning.] 88 ((c) District 3. The southwestern boundary of District 3 begins at the 89 intersection of Muddy Branch and Turkey Foot Road; thence 90 northwesterly along the center line of Turkey Foot Road to its junction 91 with Jones Lane; thence northerly along the center line of Jones Lane to 92 its junction with Damestown Road (Md. Route 28); thence northeasterly 93 along the center line ofDamestown Road to the right-of-way of the 94 Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO) power line; thence 95 northwesterly along the center line of the PEPCO right-of-way to its 96 intersection with Great Seneca Creek; thence meandering northeasterly 97 along the center line of Great Seneca Creek to its intersection with 98 Frederick Road (Md. Route 355); thence southeasterly along the center 99 line of Frederick Road to its immediate intersection with the northern 100 municipal boundary line of the City of Gaithersburg; thence 101 northeasterly, southeasterly, and northeasterly along said municipal 102 boundary line to its intersection with the center line of Watkins Mill 103 Road; thence southwest along the center line of Watkins Mill Road to 104 its intersection with Whetstone Run; thence meandering easterly along 105 Whetstone Run to its immediate intersection with a northern municipal 106 boundary line of the City of Gaithersburg; thence southeasterly along 107 said municipal boundary line to its junction with Montgomery Village 108 Avenue; thence northeasterly along the center line of Montgomery -5- BILL NO. 36-01 109 Village Avenue to its junction with Lost Knife Road; thence 110 southeasterly along the south side of Lost Knife Road to its junction 111 with Odend'hal Avenue; thence southwesterly along the southeastern 112· side of Odend'hal Avenue to its intersection with the north side of 113 Russell Avenue; thence southeast, following the municipal boundary 114 line of the City of Gaithersburg and crossing through the Asbury 115 Methodist Home property to the junction of said municipal boundary 116 line on the north side of Park Avenue with North Summit Avenue; 117 thence north along the center line of North Summit Avenue, continuing 118 as Goshen Road at Girard Street, to its junction with Snouffer School 119 Road; thence southeasterly along the center line of Snouffer School 120 Road, continuing as Muncaster Mill Road (Md. Route 115) at 121 Woodfield Road (Md. Route 124), to the intersection ofMuncaster Mill 122 Road with the North Branch of Rock Creek; thence meandering 123 southwesterly along the center line of the North Branch to its 124 northeastern confluence
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