Sec. 66-1. Constituted special taxing area; boundaries defined.
Montgomery County, Md., Code § 66-1 (2026)
Sec. 66-1. Constituted special taxing area; boundaries defined.LinkCopy Citation
For the purpose of this chapter, the villages of "Friendship Heights" and "The Hills" shall constitute a special tax area or district known as the Village of Friendship Heights, and shall be deemed and taken to comprise certain parcels of land, namely: All those tracts, parts of tracts, pieces or parcels of land situate, lying and being in the County of Montgomery in the State of Maryland, laid down and described upon the plat of the certain subdivision of lands in said county known as and called "Friendship Heights" duly recorded among the Land Records for said Montgomery County as plat no. 45, in Plat Book No. 1, one of the plat books for said Montgomery County; also all those tracts, parts of tracts, pieces or parcels of land situate, lying and being in the County of Montgomery in the State of Maryland laid down and described upon the plat of the certain subdivision of lands in said county known as and called "The Hills," duly recorded among the land records for said Montgomery County as plat no. 44, in Plat Book No. 1, one (1) of the plat books for said Montgomery County; also all those tracts, parts of tracts, pieces or parcels of land situate, lying and being in the County of Montgomery, State of Maryland, described as follows, to wit: Beginning for the same at a stone planted at the northwest corner of the subdivision known as "Friendship Heights," as surveyed and platted by William J. Latimer, surveyor, and recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court for Montgomery County in Plat Book No. 1, being plat no. 45, and running thence south twenty-nine degrees three minutes east along the west line of Friendship Heights one hundred and ninety-six and five-tenths feet to a stone planted at the intersection of the north line of High Street (in said subdivision) with the west line of Friendship Heights, and running thence with the said north line of High Street extended south eighty-six degrees forty-five minutes west sixty feet; thence north twenty-nine degrees three minutes west one hundred and eighty-five and three-tenths feet to the rear line of the property fifty-seven feet from the place of beginning, then to the place of beginning, containing one-fourth of an acre of land, more or less; also all those tracts, parts of tracts, pieces or parcels of land situate, lying and being in the County of Montgomery, in the State of Maryland, described as follows, to wit: Beginning for the same at the intersection of the north line of the old Glen Echo Railroad with the fourth line of a conveyance made the 20th day of May, A.D. 1854, by Isaac Shoemaker to Aquila Eld for part of said tract called "Friendship" containing twenty acres two rods and eighteen square perches of land and recorded in Liber J. G. H. No. 3, Folio 320, &c., one of the land records of said Montgomery County, and running thence with said fourth line north sixty-seven degrees thirty minutes west one hundred and eighty-five and eight-tenths feet to the end thereof and Williams' line; thence with said Williams' line and the closing line of said conveyance from Shoemaker to Eld north seventy-one degrees twenty minutes east one thousand and eighty-seven and ninety-six one-hundredths feet to a point at the end of fifty-five and eighty-four one-hundredths feet on a line bearing south seventy-one degrees twenty minutes west from a stone at the northwest corner of "Friendship Heights;" thence south thirty-three degrees twenty-six minutes east one hundred and eighty-four and sixty-three one-hundredths feet; thence north eighty-two degrees twenty-two minutes east sixty feet to a marble stone on the west line of "Friendship Heights," and thence with said west line south thirty-three degrees twenty-six minutes east three hundred and sixty-six and ninety-eight one-hundredths feet to intersect the north line of the old Glen Echo Railroad; thence bounding on said north line north seventy-six degrees three minutes west two hundred and seventy and seventy-five one-hundredths feet; north seventy-nine degrees thirty-three minutes west one hundred and twenty and sixty-two one-hundredths feet; thence north eighty-three degrees and forty-three minutes west ninety-four and three-tenths feet; thence north eighty-seven degrees twenty-three minutes west ninety-six and thirty-five one-hundredths feet; thence south eighty-eight degrees twenty-two minutes west one hundred and five and seven-tenths feet; thence south eighty-four degrees forty-two minutes west one hundred and twenty and forty-five one-hundredths feet; thence south eighty-three degrees thirty-two minutes west four hundred and thirteen feet to the place of beginning, containing clear of the old Glen Echo Railroad and the Chevy Chase and Glen Echo Railroad six and three hundred and sixty-seven one-thousandths acres of land; and also all that part of a tract of land called "Friendship" lying and being in the County of Montgomery in the State of Maryland, and on the west side of the Georgetown and Rockville Turnpike Road, described as follows, to wit: Beginning at a stone standing at the end of the second line of Richard Williams' part of said tract and marked on one side TV and on the other side IT5, and running thence with said second line reversed north fifty-two and one-half degrees east twenty-two and one-half perches to the said turnpike road; then with it and binding on the west edge thereof south nineteen degrees east thirty-seven and ninety-two one-hundredths perches; thence south sixty-three and one-half degrees west forty-five and eighty one-hundredths perches; thence north nineteen degrees west thirty-seven and ninety-two one-hundredths perches to Richard Williams' third line of aforesaid tract; thence with it reversed to the beginning, containing two acres of land, more or less.