BETHESDA, MD, 20814 · Montgomery County
Building permit — commercial building
***SISTER PERMIT TO # 1169364 (PER PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS) HANDICAP RAMP AND SOME WALKWAYS.
Building permit — commercial building
THE SCOPE OF WORK IS TO RENOVATE AN EXISTING 3 STORY CONVENT WITH A BASEMENT INTO A RECTORY FOR 5 PRIESTS. THE EXISTING BUILDING HAS MASONRY EXTERIOR WALLS WITH CONCRETE REINFORCED FLOOR STRUCTURE, CONCRETE STRUCTURAL COLUMNS, AND STEEL FRAMED TRUSS ROOF FRAMING. THE INTERIOR FINISHES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, LIGHTING, PLUMBING, DOORS, AND WINDOWS WILL BE REMOVED TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROPOSED PLANS. THE SCOPE INCLUDES LIVING SPACES AT THE ENTRY FLOOR (LIVING ROOM, KITCHEN, DINING ROOM, FAMILY ROOM, STUDY), AND THE UPPER FLOORS ARE TO HAVE 5 SUITES FOR THE PRIESTS, AND 1 PRIVATE CHAPEL ROOM FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE 5 PRIESTS. AN EXISTING 1-STORY ENCLOSED SUNROOM WILL BE REMOVED TO ACCOMMODATE A NEW STAIR AND RESIDENTIAL ELEVATOR. THE RENOVATION WILL INCLUDE NEW: MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, AND PLUMBING SYSYEMS AND FIXTURES, WINDOWS, DOORS, INSULATION, MILLWORK, FINISHES, AND ROOFING. STRUCTURAL SCOPE INCLUDES INFILL OF A REMOVED STAIR, STEEL FRAMING AT THE NEW STAIRS, WITH NEW OPENINGS AND REPAIRS TO ACCOMMODAE THE PROPOSED PLAN. THE FIRST FLOOR IS UPGRADED TO BE HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE IN COORDINATION WITH A DESIGNATED PARKING SPACE, EXTERIOR RAMP, WALKWAYS, AND AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE TO THE FRONT DOOR. SITE WORK TO INCLUDE GRADING AND A NEW FIRE SERVICE LINE TO SUPPORT THE ADDED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM. THIS PROJECT WAS PRESENTED AT A PDRM REVIEW WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY ON 7/29/2025.
Published by Maryland SDAT as assessment data, separately from the county’s permit record above, and current as of the state’s own assessment cycle rather than today. An assessment can lag construction by a cycle, so a property with a recently issued permit may still be assessed as it was before the work. Owner details are published by the jurisdiction but are deliberately not shown here.
These are the permits published by the jurisdictions listed above. A project usually depends on approvals from other agencies that publish nothing machine-readable — a forest conservation exemption, a well completion report, a sediment control or grading plan, a utility connection, a homeowners’ association sign-off. Their absence here is not evidence they were not required, and the gaps between the dates above are usually where they happened. Rows labelled “Filed” are permit APPLICATIONS — Montgomery County publishes an intake date and a declared valuation. Records are grouped by normalised address text, so the same property may also appear upstream under a different spelling. Verify scope, dates, and contractor information with the issuing jurisdiction before bidding, quoting, or performing work.