The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Final

 

 

8787 Georgia Avenue
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  1. Unless otherwise noted, Planning Board meetings are held on Thursdays and begin at 9 a.m. The agenda is subject to change and certain items may be postponed or added.
  2. The Planning Board encourages public testimony unless otherwise noted on the agenda. Refer to the Planning Board Rules of Procedure for more information on public testimony. Any individual or organization not scheduled for public testimony may submit a written statement for consideration by the Planning Board. Written comments should be submitted at least 24 hours in advance of the Planning Board hearing date with reference to the matter to ensure that all comments will be included in the record before the Commission. Written comments received on the day of the hearing via email, fax, or postal mail may not be considered by the Planning Board or included in the record unless the Chairman specifically leaves the record open. Comments should be transmitted via e-mail to MCP-Chair@mncppc-mc.org, faxed to Chairman Royce Hanson at 301-495-1320, or addressed to: Royce Hanson, Chairman, Montgomery County Planning Board, 8787 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
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9:00 AM PLANNING BOARD MEETING - (MRO Auditorium)
9:00 AM CONSENT AGENDA
item *1 Adoption of Opinions/Resolutions
 

A. North Westland Building - Preliminary Plan No. 12004031A; ADOPTION OF MCPB RESOLUTION No. 09-65

Planning Board Action/Decision: Adopted.

 

B. Montrose Parks - Site Plan No. 82002021A; ADOPTION OF MCPB RESOLUTION No. 09-80 POSTPONED

 

C. Manor Park - Section I - Preliminary Plan No. 120090170; ADOPTION OF MCPB RESOLUTION No. 09-82

Planning Board Action/Decision: Adopted.

 

D. Greenbriar at Norbeck Crossing - Preliminary Plan No. 120060610; ADOPTION OF MCPB RESOLUTION No. 09-62

Planning Board Action/Decision: Adopted.

   
Item *2 Record Plats
 

Subdivision Plat No. 220090490, Camotop
RE-2 zone; 2 lots; located in the southwest quadrant of the intersection of Democracy Boulevard and Iron Gate Road; Potomac.

Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 

Subdivision Plat 220090950, Clarksburg Town Center
RMX-2 zone; 22 lots, 1 parcel; located on the north side of Sugarloaf Chapel Drive, approximately 250 feet east of Burdette Forest Road; Clarksburg.

Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 

Subdivision Plat No. 220091110, Bradley Hills, Section 2
R-90 zone; 1 lot; located in the northeast quadrant of the intersection of Glenbrook Road and Wessling Lane; Bethesda-Chevy Chase. Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 

 

Item *3 Consent Items
 

Site Plan Amendment Review No. 81998022C, Qiagen Campus @ Germantown Business Park, I-1/O-M zones; amendment; provide temporary parking lot to allow for construction of parking deck, provide "existing" conditions", plan for landscape changes, modify development table to a "Phase Three", add equipment pad at rear of Building #4, driveway improvements, re-strip parking; located on MD Rte 118 and Dawson Farm Road; Germantown

Staff recommendation: Approval of the consent item and draft resolution

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved consent item and draft resolution.

 

 

Item 4 Approval of Minutes
 

Not Approved Planning Board Minutes to be submitted for approval are:

Monday, June 15, 2009 and
Thursday, June 18, 2009

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

9:00 AM PLANNING BOARD MEETING- (MRO Auditorium)
Item 5 Worksession #2 Housing Element of the General Plan

S. Suarez

 

Memo / Draft Plan

Review of goals and objectives, draft plan's recommendations and the proposed Planning Board Draft

(No Public Testimony will be taken)

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

   
Item *6 Preliminary Plan 12006121A and Site Plan 82007004B Amendment, Henderson Corner

P. Butler /M. Smith

 

 

A. Preliminary Plan 12006121A, Henderson Corner
C-3 zone; 1.27 acres; 1 lot previously approved; amendment to replace the previously approved 4,100 square foot bank with a 3,188 square foot 7-Eleven Store with six covered gasoline pumps; located in the south quadrant of the intersection of Henderson Corner Road and Ridge Road (MD 27); Germantown.
Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with conditions.


B. Site Plan 82007004B, Henderson Corner
C-3 zone; 1.27 acres; amendment to replace the previously approved 4,100 square foot bank with a 3,188 square foot 7-Eleven Store with six covered gasoline pumps; located in the south quadrant of the intersection of Henderson Corner Road and Ridge Road (MD 27); Germantown.
Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with conditions.

   
Item *7 Site Plan Review No. 820090150, 4500 East/West Highway

J. Sloan

CBD-2 zone; 1.28 acres; a 223,300 square foot 9-story building with 13,300 office ground floor retail and 8 levels of office space totaling 210,000 square feet; located on Pearl Street west of East/West Highway; Bethesda.

Staff recommendation: Approval with conditions

   
12:00 PM LUNCH
   
Item 18 SilverPlace - Added

D. Hertz

 

Discussion of short-term alternatives to the SilverPlace project.
   
1:00 PM PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM
   
Item *8 Development Plan Amendment No: DPA-09-3: Pettit Companies

C. Gilbert

Development Plan Amendment No: DPA-09-3: Pettit Companies, applicant, requests Development Plan Amendment to downsize the 12,000 square feet office building to a 4,320 square feet single-story restaurant use, PN Zone; located at Southwest corner of the intersection of Woodfield Road (MD 124) & Muncaster Mill Road/Snouffer School Road (MD 115), Gaithersburg.

Staff recommendation: Approval

  Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.
Item *9 Subdivision Regulation Amendment 09-02

G. Russ

 

To resolve certain conflicts between departments and agencies concerning the conditions of the approval of a preliminary subdivision plan. Staff recommendation: Transmit Comments to County Council

(Action required for County Council public hearing of 7/28/09)

 

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.
Item *10 Zoning Text Amendment 09-05

G. Russ

 

To amend provisions concerning land uses in the Overlay zone for the Burtonsville Employment Area of the Fairland Master Plan.

Staff recommendation: Transmit Comments to County Council

(Action required for County Council public hearing of 7/28/09)

  Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved for transmittal
Item *11 Site Plan Review No. 820090170, Safeway Store #2848

E. Hisel-McCoy

C-2 zone; 1.72 acres; reconstruction of 43,097 square foot grocery store, located at the southwest quadrant of the intersection of Bradley Boulevard and Arlington Road; Bethesda

Staff reccomendation: Approval with conditions.

  Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with changes.
Item *12 Site Plan Review No. 820090010, Woodmont View

S. Pereira

Site Plan Review No. 820090010, Woodmont View, PD-75 zone; 0.52 acres; 46 multi-family dwelling units, 3,200 gross square feet restaurant and 1 existing single-family unit to remain; located at the northwest quadrant of the intersection of Woodmont Avenue and Battery Lane; Bethesda

Staff recommendation: Approval with conditions.

  Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with changes.
   
Item 13 AB 724: Stedwick Road Pedestrian Tunnel Closure in Montgomery Village

E. Axler

Staff recommendation: Transmit Comments Supporting Approval to Montgomery County Department of Public Works and Transportation

  Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with change.
Item 14 Proposed Amendments: Montgomery County Comprehensive Water Supply and Sewerage Systems Plan- AD 2009-3 (Administrative Cases)

K. Nelson

Staff recommendation: Approval, transmit comments to County Executive for final action.
  Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved for transmittal
Item 15 Special Protection Area (SPA) Water Quality Plan for Impervious Surface Removal: M-NCPPC Parkland

C. Bunnag


Demolition of building and impervious surfaces on 14524 Good Hope Road, M-NCPPC Parkland. Upper Paint Branch SPA.

Staff recommendation: Approval

  Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved
item 16 Mandatory Referral: Review for Stream Restoration Projects NW – 160 and 170

D. Redmond/ C. Weinkam/ S. Lowe

Mandatory referral review for the ICC Compensatory Mitigation and Environmental Stewardship stream restoration projects NW-160 & 170. The projects are located along the mainstream of Northwest Branch and extend from the Northwest Golf Course down to the Sherwood Forest tributary. Mandatory referral # 009901-MTA-1.

Staff recommendation: Approval


  Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved
6:00 PM Dinner
   
7:30 PM PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM
   
Item 17 Public Hearing Takoma Langley Crossroads Sector Plan

B. Barron /M. Williams

Memo / Sector Plan Draft
   
10:30 PM ADJOURN
   
   

Planning Board Seeks Public Comment on

Water and Sewer Category Change Requests

And General Water/Sewer Map Amendments

The Planning Board will hear testimony and consider recommendations for the water and sewer category change requests listed below on Thursday July 23, 2009.  These applications request that community water and/or sewer service be extended to individual properties.  Recommendations from the Planning Board will be presented to the County Executive.  A public hearing on the administrative cases will take place on August 4, 2009 at the Department of Environmental Protection in Rockville. 

Case Number

Applicant/Owner and Property Location

Master Plan Area

WSCCR 09A-DNT-01:

Metropolitan Washington Orthodox Seniors Housing, Inc.

Potomac

WSCCR 09A-POT-04&05

Rahimi

Potomac

WSCCR 09A-POT-06

O’Connell

Potomac

WSCCR 09A-TRV-04

Peters

Potomac

General Water and Sewer Map Amendments

Applicant/Owner and Property Location

Master Plan Area

GWSMA 09G-FAI-02 & GWSMA 09G-FAI-03

Burtonsville South of MD 198

Fairland

GWSMA 09G-POT-03 

Gary Road Area

Potomac

Go to the Planning Board’s website for the staff report and to see the position on the agenda (www.montgomeryplanningboard.org/agenda/). Written comments are also welcomed prior to the Planning Board Hearing and should be addressed to: Royce Hanson, Chairman, Montgomery County Planning Board, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910, or sent via email to: mcp-chairman@mncppcmc.org.

For staff questions, contact Katherine Nelson at 301-495-4622 or Katherine.Nelson@mncppc-mc.org.

See also the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP’s) website at: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/waterworks or call DEP (240-777-7700).