The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, April 22, 2010

FINAL

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 4:00 pm

 

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9:00 AM PLANNING BOARD MEETING - (MRO Auditorium)
   
  Recognition of National Bring Your Child to Work Day
   
item 1 Consent Agenda
 

*A. Adoption of Resolutions

 

Planning Board Action/Decision: Adopted.

 

1. MDR Friends Aplenty, Pre-Preliminary Plan No. 720090100 I - Pre-Preliminary Plan No. 720090100 - ADOPTION OF MCPB RESOLUTION No. 10-42

2. Glenmont Metro Parking Structure (MR2009737) - ADOPTION OF MCPB RESOLUTION No. 10-43

   
 

*B. Records Plats

 

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 

Subdivision Plat No. 220100250, Cobb’s addition to Bradley Farms
RE-2 zone, 1 lot; located on the north side of Bradley Boulevard, 500 feet west of Congressional Court; Potomac.

Staff Recommendation: Approval

Subdivision Plat No. 220081750, Rock Creek Vista
RE-2 zone, 2 lots; located in the northeast quadrant of the intersection of Muncaster Road and Hollingsworth Drive; Upper Rock Creek.

Staff Recommendation: Approval

Subdivision Plat No. 220100260, Rolling Acres
R-90/TDR zone, 10 lots, 2 parcels; located on the west side of Old Columbia Pike, 100 feet south of Carters Grove Drive; Fairland.

Staff Recommendation: Approval

   
  *C. Other Consent Items
J. Kaye Site Plan Amendment Review No. 82006031A, Montgomery Industrial Park – Lot 39, I-1 zone; 1.69 acres; amendment; modify driveway, expand dumpster pad, add storm drains, remove retaining wall along property line, add access ramp and loading area, modify parking layout, modify landscaping, revise LOD, add door locations, monument sign and transformer pad, update architectural; located on Broadbirch Drive, approximately 425 feet east of Tech Road; Fairland

Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with conditions.

   
  *D. Approval of Minutes
  Minutes of March 15, 2010 and March 18, 2010.
   
Item 2 Zoning Code Rewrite

 

An update by Code Studio, the consultant on the rewrite project, to include further discussion on the Project Approach & Annotated Outline Report, review of the public open houses held recently to obtain feedback on key elements of the rewrite, and next steps in the project.

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

   
Item *3 Fairland Park Community

E. Grayson/S. Pereira

A. Preliminary Plan 12005020A, Fairland Park Community, PD-2 zone; 130.45 acres; 245 lots requested for 214 one-family detached dwelling units and 31 townhouses, including a minimum 12.5% moderately priced dwelling units; located at the southeast quadrant of the intersection of Cedar Tree Drive and Islewood Terrace; Fairland.
Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with conditions.


B. Site Plan Amendment Review No. 82005006A, Fairland Park Community, PD-2 zone; 130.45 acres; 214 single family dwelling units, 31 MPDUs townhouses; located at the southeast quadrant of the intersection of Cedar Tree Drive and Islewood Terrace; Fairland
Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with conditions.

   
Item 4 McKnew Conservation Park

B. Gries

Authorization to acquire 161,870 square feet (3.72 acres), more or less, unimproved, from Steven T. and Martina T . Jones, located west of Birmingham Drive, south of MD Rte. 198 (Sandy Spring Road), Burtonsville, Maryland 20866

Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
Item *9 Pre-Preliminary Plan 720080220, Edgewood Inn - NEW TIME

P. Butler

Country Inn zone; 8.3 acres; 1 lot requested for a country inn and a 1,450 square foot restaurant; applicant is requesting a binding decision regarding impervious surface limits on the property; located in the northeast quadrant of the intersection of Oak Hill Road and Spencerville Road (MD 198); Cloverly.

Staff Recommendation: Do Not Grant Waiver Request

   
12:15 PM LUNCH
   
Item 5 Closed Session - POSTPONED
 

Pursuant to Annotated Code of Maryland, State Government Article Section 10-508(a)(1) (to discuss the performance evaluation of an employees)

   
1:15 PM PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM
   
Item 6 Bowie Mill Road, LLC (Elm Street Development)

C. Bunnag/E. Tesfaye

* A. Forest Conservation Plan: Bowie Mill Road (Elm Street Development, applicant, requests a local map amendment for rezoning from the R-200 zone to PD-3 zone (Planned Development Zone); located at 18241 Bowie Mill Road, Olney
Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

B. Local Map Amendment No: G-885: Bowie Mill Road, LLC (Elm Street Development), applicant, requests a local map amendment for rezoning from the R-200 Zone to the PD-3 Zone (Planned Development Zone); located at 18241 Bowie Mill Road, Olney

Staff Recommendation: Approval

(Action required for hearing by the Hearing Examiner on 05/03/10)

   
Item 7 Proposed Amendments: Montgomery County Comprehensive Water Supply and Sewerage Systems Plan- AD 2010-2 (Administrative Cases)

K. Nelson

Staff Recommendation: Transmit Recommendations to County Executive and County Council
   
Item *8 Preliminary Plan 120090400, Willerburn Acres (Resubdivision)

R. Weaver

R-90 zone; 3.99 acres; 5 lots requested for 5 one-family detached residential dwellings, 2 existing to remain; located in the north and east quadrants of the intersection of Seven Locks Road and Gainsborough Road; Potomac Subregion.
Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

   
Item *10 Site Plan Amendment Review No. 81995030F, Hoyles Mill Village Section 2 (aka Woodcliffe Park) - Limited

J. Sloan

R-200 zone; 155.90 acres; amendment to add 18 additional parking spaces; located on Kimono Circle approximately 270 feet east of Polynesian Lane; Germantown

Staff Recommendation: Denial of the Application

   
Item 11 Roundtable Discussion - POSTPONED

 

Budget Update

   
  ADJOURN
   
7:30 PM RETHINK MONTGOMERY SPEAKER SERIES - MRO Auditorium
   
 

Join our ReThink Montgomery panel on local food production featuring Gordon Clark of Montgomery Victory Gardens, Jeremy Criss with the County’s Department of Economic Development Agricultural Services Division, Ben Allnutt, Homestead Farms and Wade Butler of Butler Orchards to discuss the County’s options. Learn more about today's panelists.
Watch this presentation (available at 7:30p.m.)

 

The 2010 Montgomery County Planning Department speaker series, Rethink Montgomery, presents ways to connect culture, health, food, knowledge, ecology, economy, local infrastructure, resources, and energy. Join us for our community discussions every Thursday through June 3, 2010.

 

 

 

public notice

Department of Permitting Services
Division of Water Resources Management
has received a

PRELIMINARY/FINAL WATER QUALITY PLAN
for
Maydale Conservation Park

This 19.45 acre site is located at 1638 Maydale Drive, and is within Left Fork of the Upper Paint Branch Watershed. The Upper Paint Branch Watershed is a designated Special Protection Area. The project proposes to restore approximately 1,600 linear feet of existing stream channel, extending from the pond intake weir at the existing Maydale Nature Center parking lot to the confluence with an unnamed tributary near Craddock Street.

 

If you wish to request a public information meeting, a written request must be submitted to this office within 15 days of this notice, posted March 29, 2010. The Water Quality Plans are available for review at the Department of Permitting Services office during working hours (8:00am-4:00pm Monday through Friday).

For further information, please call Mark Etheridge at (240) 777-6338. The address for the Department of Permitting Services is:

 

Department of Permitting Services
Land Development Services, Water Resources
255 Rockville Pike, 2nd Floor
Rockville, Maryland 20850