The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, March 20, 2008

FINAL

Last Updated: March 17, 2008 11:00am

(Note: Items 10-16 are re-numbered)

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9:00 am PLANNING BOARD MEETING (MRO Auditorium)
9:00 AM CONSENT AGENDA
   
Item *1 Adoption of Opinions/Resolutions
 

Group A: Three Commissioners Eligible to Vote [Commissioners Bryant, Hanson and Robinson]

i) Site Plan No. 82003004B, CSAAC Headquarters, ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION No. 08-34

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 

ii) Preliminary Plan No. 120060300, Rolling Acres, ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION No. 08-46

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 

iii) Preliminary Plan No. 120070360, Avery Lodge, ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION No. 08-47

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
Item *2 Record Plats
 

Subdivision Plat No. 220071090, Silver Crest
RC zone; 2 lots, 1 outlot; located at the northern terminus of Silver Crest Drive; Damascus.

Staff recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Subdivision Plat No. 220080430, Potomac Farm Estates
RE-2 zone; 2 lots; located in the northeast quadrant of the intersection of River Road (MD 190) and Norton Road.

Staff recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Subdivision Plat No. 220080770, Gateway Commons
R-200/TDR zone; 1 parcel; located on the south side of Latrobe Lane at the terminus of Woodport Road; Clarksburg. Staff recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.


Subdivision Plat No. 220081040, Garrett Park, Section 2
R-90 zone; 2 lots; located in the northwest quadrant of the intersection of Oxford Street and Clermont Avenue; North Bethesda/Garrett Park.

Staff recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Subdivision Plat No. 220081240, Brookmont
R-60 zone; 1 lot; located in the southwest quadrant of the intersection of Broad Street and 61st Street; Bethesda-Chevy Chase.

Staff recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item *3

Consent Items

 

Site Plan Amendment No. 82005001B Silver Spring Gateway, CBD-2 zone; 2.68 acres; minor amendment to modify the landscaping, architectural features, lighting and artwork; located at the northwest quadrant of the intersection with East-West Highway and Blair Mill Road; Silver Spring.

Staff recommendation: Approval of the Minor Amendment

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved staff recommendation.

   
9:00 am PLANNING BOARD MEETING - (MRO Auditorium)
 
Item *4

Extension Request for the Review Period for Project Plan Amendment

No. 91994004B , Clarksburg Town Center

R. Kronenberg

RMX-2/RDT zones; 270.00 acres; 265,660 gross square feet of development, including 210,480 square feet of retail (includes up to 70,780 sf of specialty retail within live/work units); 55,180 square feet of office (potential second floor office space within live/work units) and 1, 240 residential dwelling units, including 155 MPDUs; Clarksburg.

Staff recommendation: approval of the extension request

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
Item *5

Preliminary Plan No. 119950420, Clarksburg Town Center – Extension Request

C. Conlon

RMX-2 zone; 267.5 acres; 1,300 dwelling units, 150,000 square feet of retail, and 100,000 square feet of commercial uses previously approved; request to extend the validity periods of the preliminary plan and the adequate public facilities approval; located on the north side of Stringtown Road, approximately 2,000 feet east of Frederick Road (MD 355); Clarksburg.

Staff recommendation: Approval of the extension request

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 

 
Item *6 Extension Request: Preliminary Plan No. 120040310, North Westland

N. Braunstein

C-2 zone; 0.48 acres; 1 lot previously approved for 14,000 square feet of office use; request for one-year extension of the preliminary plan validity period; located on North Westland Drive, approximately 300 feet east of Frederick Road (MD 355); Gaithersburg and Vicinity.

Staff recommendation: Grant extension

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

10:30 am PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - (MRO Auditorium)
Item *7 Preliminary Plan No. 120080120, Sellar Property

N. Braunstein

R-60 zone; 0.5 acres; 2 lots requested; 2 one-family detached dwelling units, one existing to be removed; located on the south side of Newport Avenue, 600 feet west of River Road; Bethesda/Chevy Chase.

Staff recommendation: Approval with conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with conditions.

   
Item *8 Preliminary Plan No. 120070700, Dechter Property

E. Grayson

R-90 zone; 0.87 acres; 1 lot requested; one residential dwelling with an approximately 2,500 square foot dental office; located in the southeast quadrant of the intersection of Georgia Avenue (MD 97) and Weller Road; Aspen Hill.

Staff recommendation: Approval with conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

12:00 PM LUNCH
   
   
1:00 PM PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - (MRO Auditorium)
   
Item 9 Local Map Amendment G-875 , Keystone Real Estate

E. Tesfaye

*A. Preliminary Forest Conservation Plan; Parcel P146, Shady Grove Metro

Staff recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 

B. Local Map Amendment; Keystone Real Estate Investments, LLC,  applicant, requests to rezone 4.26 acres of land from the R-90 zone to the PD-35 zone for the development of 117 multi-family units, 36 townhouses, and 3 single-family units; located at Parcel 146, Shady Grove Metro at Redland Rd. at Yellowstone Way, Rockvillle.

Staff recommendation: Approval

(Action required for hearing by the Hearing Examiner on 04/04/08)

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved

   
Item 10 Mandatory Referral No. 08801-DPW&T-1

L. Cole

Randolph Road from Rock Creek to Charles Road, CIP No. 509337-25

Staff recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved

   
2:00 PM PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES
   
Item 11

Proposed Zoning Text Amendment- REVISED

G. Russ

To permit a one-time addition to any structure in the R-60 zone located on a site designated historic on the Master Plan for Historic Preservation, under certain circumstances; to exempt any retail commercial use in the R-60 zone located on a site designated historic on the Master Plan for Historic Preservation from the abandonment of use provision of 59-G-4.14; and to generally amend provisions regulating historic structures, and non-conforming uses, buildings, and structures.

Staff recommendation: Transmit to County Council

[Public Testimony is limited to (1) one hour]

Planning Board Action/Decision: Deferred.

 

   
Item 12 Zoning Text Amendment No. 08-02

G. Russ

Introduced by Council President Knapp amending the Zoning Ordinance to allow a landscape contractor as a permitted use in the C-T zone if the site adjoins a railroad right-of-way and any property recommended for commercial, industrial or public use.

(Action required for County Council public hearing of 4/1/08)

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved staff recommendation.

   
   
Item 13 Housing Policy Element of the General Plan - POSTPONED

R. George

Staff led discussion of housing policies, primarily the current General Plan and the County's adopted housing policy.

(No public testimony will be taken at this time)

   
4:00 pm PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES
   
   
   
Item 14

Roundtable Discussion Including Briefings and Worksessions

(No public testimony will be taken at this time)

 

A. Commissioners’ Report
B. Director’s Report
C. Approval of Minutes

Planning Board Action/Decison: Approved.

 

D. Semi-Annual Report - Review of draft

E. Infill Housing Report

   
   
Item 15 Montgomery County Planning Board Worksession and Action on Amendment to the Master Plan for Historic Preservation

C. Kelly

Perpetual Building Association Building, 8700 Georgia Avenue, Addition to Locational Atlas, Resource #36-56

(No public testimony will be taken at this time)

 

Staff Report

Background Documents: Amendment to the Master Plan; Nominator's Submission; Owner's Submission; Research Report; Interested Parties-Submissions; Submissions prior to 2/4/08; Public Testimony MCPB 01/10/08; 1985 Staff Report

 

Staff recommendation: Designate resource on the Master Plan for historic preservation..

Planning Board Action/Decision: Do not designate.

 

 

   
6:00 PM DINNER
7:30 PM PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO Auditorium
   
Item 16 Excellence in Planning Speaker Series

K. Moritz

Guest Speaker: David Rusk

Carrying Coals to Newcastle: How USA's Best Housing Policies Might Get Better

   
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