The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Group A: All Commissioners Eligible to Vote:

i) Preliminary Plan No. 120050120 Fari Estates: ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION No. 06-124

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Group B: Four Commissioners Eligible to Vote [Commissioners Perdue, Wellington, Bryant, and Hanson]

ii) Preliminary Plan No. 120070320 Shady Grove Parcels 6 and 7 – Phase I ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION No 07-66

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Group C: Four Commissioners Eligible to Vote [Commissioners Robinson, Wellington, Perdue and Hanson]
iii) Preliminary Plan No. 120060600 Seibel’s Subdivision, Lot 2 ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION No. 07-68

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Subdivision Plat No. 220070520 - 220070560 Leaman Farm R-200 Zone; 59 Lots, 6 Parcels; Northwest quadrant, intersection of Schaeffer Road and Leaman Farm Road. Germantown Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

R-60 zone; 0.69 acres; 3 lots requested; 3 one-family detached dwelling units; located at the northeast quadrant of the intersection of Lone Oak Drive and Hurst Street; North Bethesda/Garrett Park; Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

RE-2 zone; 4 acres; request for advice regarding creation of 2 lots; 2 one-family detached residential dwelling units, one existing to remain; located at the south quadrant of the intersection of Country View Way and Country View Court; Sandy Spring/Ashton; Staff Recommendation: Objection to submittal of a preliminary plan

Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only, no vote taken.

RE-2 zone; 4.22 acres; 2 lots requested; 2 one-family detached residential dwelling units; located on the east side of South Glen Road, approximately 3,750 feet north of its intersection with Edison Road; Potomac; Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Deferred.

CBD-2 zone; 0.07 acres; amendment to add FAR to Residence, office & 2 apartments, increase building height, rear set back and building coverage; Bethesda-CBD Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

CBD-2 zone; 210,188 Square foot mixed-use development, including a maximum of 133 residential units, of which (15%) 20 will be on-site MPDUs, and a maximun of 7,700 square feet of nonresidental uses on the 20.500 square foot property; located on Fairmont Avenue, approximately 150 feet south of Norfolk Avenue; Bethesda CBDStaff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approverd with modifications.

Greencastle Woods (Lot 77) on Greencastle Road, south of Wildlife Lane (previously approved as 1-98106 under the FY99 AGP Alternative Review Procedures for Limited Residential Development). Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Pursuant to Maryland State Government Code Annotated Section 10-508(a)(7) to consult with counsel to obtain legal advice regarding Public/Private Partnerships

Multi-Modal Transit Center located in area bounded by Colesville Road, Wayne Avenue, and Ramsey Street. Project consists of three levels with bus bays on first two levels. This site is adjacent to the entrance to the WMATA Red Line Metrorail Station in Silver Spring. The Transit Center is part of public/private joint development partnership. This Mandatory Referral will address the Transit Center portion of the project Staff Recommendation: Approval to transmit comments

Staff Recommendation: Approval of the request for budget adjustment

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

A. Approval of Minutes

B. Commissioners' Reports

C. Director's Report

D. Forest Conservation Law -Set Public Hearing Date

E. Agriculture Policy Implementation of Planning Board Recommendations -ADDED

CBD-2 Zone; 1.16 acres; 303,046 square feet of residential and 3,068 square feet of retail; located on Ripley Street, approximately 356 feet west of Georgia Avenue; Silver Spring Staff Recommendation: Approval with condition

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with changes.

Special Exception request by Fabricio and Viviane Fidelis, applicant, to operate a landscape contractor business; RDT zone; located at 7420 Damascus Road, Gaithersburg Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

(Action required for hearing by the Hearing Examiner on 6/8//07)

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with conditions.

20633 Boland Farm Road, R-200 Zone, Germantown Master Plan Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

20633 Boland Farm Road, R-200 Zone, Germantown Master Plan Staff Recommendation: Approval to Transmit Comments to DPWT

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with changes.

Gerrit Knaap is the Executive Director of the National Center for Smart Growth Research & Education at the University of Maryland. He is also an economist and a professor of urban studies and planning. He is the author of more than 50 articles and five books on state and local land use planning and economics. His research interests include the economics and politics of land use planning, the efficacy of economic development instruments, and impacts of environmental policy. He is co-author, editor, or co-editor of six books: Land Market Monitoring for Smart Urban Growth; Environmental Program Evaluation; Spatial Development in Indonesia; The Regulated Landscape: Lessons on State Land Use Planning from Oregon; Partnerships for Smart Growth: University-Community Collaboration for Better Public Places; and, Incentives, Regulations, and Plans: The Role of States and Nation-States in Smart Growth Planning. He earned a B.S. from Willamette University, his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Oregon, and received post-doctoral training at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, all in economics.

Topic: “Update on ‘Reality Check’.” The National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland has recently completed or is currently engaged in a number of projects of potential interest to Montgomery County. These include an analysis of the effects of adequate public facility ordinances, the effects of inclusionary zoning on housing markets in California, an analysis of zoning patterns in the Washington metropolitan area, the effects of urban form on pedestrian activity, and the effects of alternative development scenarios for the state of Maryland. Mr. Knaap will offer a brief description of these projects and offer suggestions of how these and similar projects could be of use to planners in Montgomery County.