The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, September 20, 2012

FINAL

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 4:30 pm

8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3760
301-495-4600
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9:00 AM PLANNING BOARD MEETING - MRO AUDITORIUM
   
item 1 Consent Agenda
  8701 Burning Tree Road Preliminary Plan 120110200 - MCPB No. 12-80
   
 

*B. Record Plats
  1. Subdivision Plat No. 220121880, Germantown Business Park; O-M & I-1 zones, 1 lot; located on the northeast quadrant of the intersection of Germantown Road (MD118) and Dawson Farm Road; Germantown Master Plan.
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved

2. Subdivision Plat No. 220122020, Blair Park; CBD-R2 zone, 1 parcel; located on the southeast quadrant of the intersection of Colesville Road (MD384) and Eastern Avenue; Silver Spring CBD Master Plan.

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved

3. Subdivision Plat No. 220130010, Chevy Chase, Section 2; R-60 zone, 2 lots; located on the south side of Newlands Street, approximately 100 feet east of Brookeville Road; Bethesda Chevy Chase Master Plan.
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved
   
 

*C. Other Consent Items

   
  *D. Approval of Minutes
  Minutes of July 26, 2012
   
Item 2 Briefing on Montgomery Village Vision 2030

S. Findley

 Discussion of community-sponsored report on a series of charrettes carried out to establish a vision for the development of Montgomery Village over the next two decades, and challenges to implementation.
   
Item 3 Public Hearing on Zoning Ordinance Rewrite

P. Dunn

Click here for Redline Staff Draft; Comment version available at www.zoningmontgomery.org
   
12:15 PM LUNCH
   
Item 4 Closed Session - POSTPONED

 

Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a)(13) to comply with specific constitutional, statutory, or judicially imposed requirement that prevents public disclosures about a particular proceeding or matter

(NOTE: Closed Session Minutes)

 


Item 5 Closed Session

 

Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a)(7) to consult with counsel to obtain legal advice
 


1:30 PM PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM
   
Item 6 White Oak Science Gateway Master Plan Briefing on Preliminary Recommendations

N. Sturgeon

Planning Board Action/Decision: Board gave Preliminary Recommendations.

(No Public Comment)

   
4:30 PM DINNER
   
6:00 PM PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM
   
Item 7 Sectional Map Amendment No. G-914 to Implement Kensington Sector Plan

F. Boyd

 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved and Transmit Staff Report to County Council.
   
Item *8 11141 Georgia Avenue

P. Butler/S. Dickel

A. Preliminary Plan No. 120120230; CR6 C5.5 R5.5 H200 Zone; 0.614 acres (26,760 gross square feet); up to 200 residential units; Preliminary Plan request to record one lot for 160,560 square feet of density with up to 13,380 square feet of non-residential uses; located at 11141 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring; Wheaton CBD and Vicinity Sector Plan

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved as Amended and Approved Adoption of Resolution.

B.Site Plan No. 820120170; CR6 C5.5 R5.5 H200 Zone; 0.614 acres (26,760 gross square feet); 195 residential units; Site Plan request for 148,020 square feet of density with 840 square feet of non-residential uses and removal of the exceptional design public benefit; located at 11141 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring; Wheaton CBD and Vicinity Sector Plan.

Planning Board Action/Decision : Approved and Approved Adoption of Resolution.
   
Item *9 Limited Preliminary Plan Amendment 11981058A: Grandby Woods, Lots 35, 36 and 37, Block B - POSTPONED

C. Conlon

Request for a partial release and amendment of a covenant for future right-of-way dedication and road construction; lots located on Azalea Drive approximately 600 feet southwest of its intersection with Griffith Farm Road; 5.65 acres; RE-1 zone. Upper Rock Creek Master Plan
Staff Recommendation: Approval
   
Item *10 Preliminary Plan Limited Amendment 12006032A: Preserve at Rock Creek

B. Berbert

Request to modify the conditions of previously approved Preliminary Plan (MCPB Res. 07-62) related to the historic site, located on the east side of Muncaster Mill Road (MD 115) and Bowie Mill Road, on the north side of the Inter-County Connector and opposite the intersection with Needwood Road, approximately 468.59 acres, RNC Zone, Upper Rock Creek Master Plan

Planning Board Action/Decision : Approved and Approved Adoption of Resolution.
   
Item 11 Roundtable Discussion

 

A. Planning Director's Report

B. Briefing on Countywide Streamlining Effort

   
  ADJOURN