Montgomery County · Lower Frederick · MCPC #26-0216-001
Sacks Land Development - Phase 2
8 Big Road, Zieglerville, PA 19492, Lower Frederick, PA · 12 homes, 20,151 sq ft non-residential, mixed use · 3.8 acres
About this project
Sacks and Sons is developing a 3.8-acre site in the Village Mixed-Use district with 12 apartment units, a veterinary office, and a contractor's office building. The project includes demolition of two existing garage buildings and construction of three new buildings, using public water and sewer utilities.
County planning commission: Supports, with comments
Issues raised: Apartments not a permitted use in VMU district without variance, Contractor use requires conditional use approval, Shared utility facilities must comply with separate-lot requirements, Refuse collection facility details and screening needed, Fencing height, location and materials require clarification, Existing Dunkin Donuts drive-through conditional use approval needs notation
- Applicant
- Sacks and Sons, Inc.
- Engineer / rep.
- Bercek & Associates
- Zoning
- VMU - Village Mixed Use
- Approvals needed
- zoning variance for apartments, conditional use approval for contractor's office
- Utilities
- public water, public sewer
- Demolition
- Two existing garage buildings
Filing history
- 2026-08-21 · MCPC #26-0216-001 · Land Dev Plan, Prelim Plan · 12 homes · 20,151 sq ft
Scope estimate for contractors
Estimated construction value: $12.0M
- ~384 roofing squares
- ~12 HVAC systems
- ~12 kitchens / 24+ bathrooms
- ~33,600 sq ft of finished living space
- ~67 roofing squares (assumes 3 stories)
- ~50 tons of cooling (rule of thumb 400 sq ft/ton)
- ~3.8 acres of site work (grading, stormwater, landscaping)
- Post-construction stormwater management system with infiltration features
- Public water and sewer extension to serve multiple buildings
- LED parking lot lighting with dimming capability
- Solid waste screening enclosure