Thursday, November 8, 2001, 10:30 A.M.

8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD  20910-3760

(301) 495-4600, www.mc-mncppc.org

 

The following time schedule is an estimate subject to change without notice, depending on the circumstances affecting each item.  On individual agenda items, public testimony is accepted unless otherwise noted and italics indicate staff’s recommendation for Board action.  For information about meetings in progress, call (301) 495-1333.  For other information, call (301) 495-4600 or the TTY (teletypewriter used by people with hearing or speech impairments) at (301) 495-1331.  The Planning Board encourages the participation of individuals with disabilities in all its programs and services.  Meeting agendas and other planning and parks information are available on the Internet – www.mc-mncppc.org .

Staff Recommendations and Agendas for Thurday Board Meetings are posted by COB Mondays, the week of the meeting...

 

   

Staff Recommendations (blue agenda)

 

9:30 a.m.

 

GENERAL MEETING (Third Floor Conference Room)

Program Coordination, Legal, Legislation, and Administrative Items

 

10:30 a.m.

 

PLANNING BOARD MEETING (Auditorium)

 

 

 

Roll Call

Approval of Minutes

Commissioners’ Reports

Directors’ Reports

Reconsideration Requests

 

10:45 a.m.

*1.

Site Plan Review No. 8-02002 – Residences at Rosedale; CBD-1 Zone; 18,351 gross square feet of commercial use (office/retail); 164 multi-family residential units (with 21 moderately priced dwelling units); north-south quadrants, intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and Rosedale Avenue; Bethesda – Chevy Chase and Vicinity – PA-35 – Approval with conditions.

 

1:30 p.m.

 

GENERAL MEETING CONTINUED (Third Floor Conference Room)

Program Coordination, Legal, Legislation, and Administrative Items

 

2:00 p.m.

 

PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUED (Auditorium)

 

 

2.

Olney Acres Septic Easement – On Lot 8, Block D, to serve Lot 7, Block D; Ridge Road; Olney – Approval with conditions.  (Deferred from Planning Board meeting of October 18, 2001)

 

 

3.

 

Town of Poolesville Wasterwater Treatment Plant ExpansionApproval.

 

4.

Water and Sewer Service Area Category Change Requests – Administrative Delegation Group No. 2001-07 – Transmit comments to County Executive.

 

5.

Abandonment Petition AB648 – Proposed abandonment of an alley off King Street in Takoma Park – Approval.

 

*6.

Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-02003 – Germantown Gateway; C-T Zone; 1 lot (125,000 square feet of commercial office space); 6.03 acres; on the south side of MD 118, approximately 600 feet east of Middlebrook Road; Germantown – Approval with conditions.

 

*7.

Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-01054 – Ashley Acres; RDT Zone; 2 lots (2 single-family detached dwelling units, 1 existing); 148.8 acres; on the north side of Bethesda Church Road, between Kempton Church Road and Clarksburg Road; Damascus and Vicinity – Approval with conditions.

 

*8.

Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-02006 – Stoneymill Square; C-1/R-60 Zones; 1 lot (12,425 square feet of commercial retail); 5.5 acres; north quadrant, intersection of Veirs Mill Road and Randolph Road; Aspen Hill and Vicinity  Approval with conditions.

 

*9.

Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-95042A – Clarksburg Town Center (Request to revise the previous conditions of approval); RMX-2 Zone; 69 lots (149 dwelling units); 13.72 acres; southeast quadrant, intersection of Piedmont Road and Clarksburg Road, Clarksburg and Vicinity – Approval to revise the previous conditions.

 

*10.

Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-01074 – Persimmon Tree, Clewerwall (Lots 32-34, Block A, Lot 11); RE-2 Zone; 4 lots (3 single-family detached dwelling units, 1 existing); 10.5044 acres; on north side of Saunders Court, approximately 700 feet southeast of Saunders Lane; Potomac – Approval with conditions.

 

*11.

Record PlatsApproval.

 

12.

Nebel Street Extended Facility Planning Study, Phase I Recommendations – Transmit comments to Department of Public Works and Transportation.

 

5:30 p.m.

 

DINNER

 

7:30 p.m.

13.

Board of Appeals Petition S-2483 (Special Exception)  - Urban Tao Institute Inc., applicant, requests a special exception for a major home occupation (martial arts training); R-60 Zone; 8401 Piney Branch Road, Silver Spring Approval with conditions.

 

14.

Board of Appeals Petition No. S-2484 (Special Exception)Metropolitan Washington Orthodox Seniors Housing, Inc. applicant, requests a special exception to construct a group home for 16 elderly residents; 8.33 acres; RE-2 Zone, 14124 Seneca Road, Germantown - Approval with conditions.

 

15.

Mandatory Referral No. 01805-DPWT-1 – Woodfield Road extended, Damascus, CIP Project No. 500151 – Approval with comments.

 

16.

Lower Rock Creek Restoration and Stormwater Management Projects – Sycamore Creek, Turkey Branch, and Joseph’s Branch – Approval.

 

*Maryland law and the Planning Board’s Rules of Procedure regarding ex parte (outside the record) communications require all discussion, review, and consideration of this matter take place only during the Board’s public hearing.  Telephone calls and meetings with Board members in advance of the hearing are not permitted.  Written communications will be directed to appropriate staff members for response.

 

 

 

Notices and Reminders

 

Nov.

5 -

7:00 p.m.,

Transportation Policy Report Task Force Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

 

5 -

7:00 p.m.,

Silver Spring Citizen Regional Advisory Board Meeting (on future plans for Civic Building), St. Michael’s Church, 824 Pershing Drive, Silver Spring

 

6 -

7:15 p.m.,

East County Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, East County Community Center, 3310 Gateshead Manor Way, Silver Spring

 

6 -

7:30 p.m.,

Montgomery County Council Public Hearing on Zoning Text Amendment No. 01-10, Special Exceptions – Comprehensive Revisions, Council Hearing Room, 100 Maryland Avenue, Rockville

 

7 -

7:00 p.m.,

Transportation Policy Report Task Force Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

 

7 -

7:30 p.m.,

Public Meeting on Proposed Matthew Henson Hard Surface Trail, Brookside Gardens Visitor Center, 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton

 

8 -

10:30 a.m.,

Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium

 

8 -

7:30 p.m.,

Western Area Recreation Advisory Board Meeting, Potomac Community Center, 11315 Falls Road, Potomac

 

12 -

Holiday,

VETERAN’S DAY

 

13 -

4:30 p.m.,

Wheaton Urban District Committee Meeting, Mid-County Services Center, 2424 Reedie Drive, Wheaton

 

14 -

7:00 p.m.,

Transportation Policy Report Task Force Meeting, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Services Center, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda

 

14 -

7:00 p.m.,

Northern Area Recreation Advisory Board Meeting, Up-County Services Center (Monocacy Room-Conference Room #3; 2nd floor), 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown

 

14 -

7:15 p.m.,

Eastern Area Recreation Advisory Board Meeting, Parkside Headquarters, 9500 Brunett Avenue, Silver Spring

 

14 -

7:30 p.m.,

Historic Preservation Commission Meeting, MRO Auditorium

 

15 -

9:30 a.m.,

Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium

 

15 -

4:00 p.m.,

Downtown Silver Spring Urban District Advisory Committee Meeting, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 8435 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

 

15 -

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MCPB Public Hearing Continued on Forest Conservation Regulations – Amendments, MRO Auditorium

 

15 -

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MCPB Public Hearing on Brookside Gardens Master Plan, MRO Auditorium

 

15 -

7:30 p.m.,

MCPB Public Hearing on Canada Dry Bottling Plant, MRO Auditorium

 

19 -

7:00 p.m.,

Western Montgomery County Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Services Center, 2nd Floor, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda

 

19 -

7:15 p.m.,

UpCounty Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, UpCounty Regional Services Center, Meeting Room A, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown

 

20 -

7:45 a.m.,

Bethesda Urban Partnership Board of Directors Meeting, 7906 Woodmont Avenue, Bethesda

 

20 -

7:15 p.m.,

Mid-County Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, Mid-County Services Center, 2424 Reedie Drive, Wheaton

 

21 -

9:30 a.m.,

Full Commission Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

 

21 -

7:00 p.m.,

Wheaton Redevelopment Steering Committee Meeting, #403, Redevelopment Office, 11501 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

 

 

Brookside Gardens Master Plan Public Hearing

November 15, 2001

Please Sign Up in Advance to Testify

 

The Montgomery County Planning Board is inviting the public to testify on the staff draft of the Brookside Gardens Master Plan, Thursday, November 15 at M-NCPPC’s auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland.  To sign up in advance to testify, please call the Board’s Community Relations Office, (301) 495-4600.  Organizations have five minutes to speak, and individuals have three minutes. 

 

Copies of the staff draft plan are available free at the Brookside Gardens Library, 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, and at M-NCPPC’s information section, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring. For more information, call (301) 962-1411.  To submit written comments in advance, please write to Arthur Holmes, Jr., Chairman, Montgomery County Planning Board, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD  20910, or fax to (301) 495-1320.

 

 

 

Draft

Public Hearing Announced for

Woodstock Equestrian Park

November 29, 2001

 

The Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission’s (M-NCPPC) Montgomery County Planning Board is inviting the public to testify on the plans for the Woodstock Equestrian Park, Thursday, November 29, 2001 at M-NCPPC’s Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland. 

 

The Woodstock Equestrian Park is a 772-acre park located in Beallsville. It is comprised of land that was donated to the Commission from Mr. Hermen Greenberg of Washington, D.C. and Mr. William Rickman, Sr. of Potomac, Maryland specifically for equestrian use.  The development will include the Moritz Greenberg Equestrian Center named for Hermen’s father and the Dr. William Rickman Equestrian Center, named for Bill Rickman’s great-great grandfather.  Phase one development includes maintaining the agricultural fields, installing fencing along the Rt. 28 property frontage, creation of equestrian trails within the park, and stabilization of the historic structures on the property.  Mr. Greenberg and Mr. Rickman have offered to build the entrances to the park.  Future phases for development may include competition and schooling rings, cross-country courses for eventing, an indoor arena and polo field.  A future Route 28 underpass is also being recommended for safe passage from one side of the road to the other and to replace a proposed temporary at – grade trail crossing on Route 28.

 

Copies of the plans are available at the Information Desk at Park and Planning Headquarters in Silver Spring, 8787 Georgia Avenue, the Poolesville Library at 19633 Fisher Lane in the Poolesville Town Center, or at the Linden Barn, Home of Sugarloaf Citizens Association, 20900 Martinsburg Road in Dickerson.

 

To sign up in advance to testify, please call the Board’s Community Relations Office, (301) 495-4600.  Organizations have five minutes to speak and individuals have three minutes.  To submit written comments in advance, please write to Mr. Arthur Holmes, Jr., Chairman, Montgomery County Planning Board, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, or fax to (301) 495-1320.

 

 

 

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC COMMENT

ON TRANSPORTATION POLICY REPORT

TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS

 

Thursday, December 6, 7:30 p.m.

Montgomery Regional Office Auditorium

8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

 

Please Sign Up in Advance to Speak
(The Speakers List is now full. Call (301) 495-4600 to be put on a waiting list.)

 

The Montgomery County Planning Board is inviting the public to comment on the Transportation Policy Report Task Force’s recommendations for Montgomery County’s future transportation network, Thursday, December 6, 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at M-NCPPC’s auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland.  To sign up in advance to testify, please call the Board’s Community Relations Office, (301) 495-4600.  Organizations have five minutes to speak, and individuals have three minutes. 

On Thursday, November 29, the Task Force will present its final recommendations to the Planning Board.  Copies of their report will be available at that time.  For more information, call (301) 495-2118.

 

To submit written comments in advance, please write to Arthur Holmes, Jr., Chairman, Montgomery County Planning Board, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD  20910, or fax to (301) 495-1320.

 

 

 

NOTICE

 

Planning Board ON THE INTERNET

 

Due to technical difficulties, live audio of Planning Board meetings will not be available on the Board’s website until further notice.  Please visit the website, www.mc-mncppc.org, for the current week’s agenda and staff reports, news releases, statistical data, calendar of events and meetings, information on the Board and its work in Montgomery County, and much more.

 

 

 

NOTICE TO CIVIC AND HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS
Help Us Update Our Database!

 

Please Call (301) 495-4600

 

The Planning Board’s Community Relations Office is updating the extensive civic and homeowners association database, and you can help by calling (301) 495-4600 any time of the day or night with the current president’s name, address, and phone number.  Thanks so much for your cooperation.

 

   

 
DEER DAMAGE CONTROL WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE FREE

To Homeowners Associations, Civic Organizations, And Garden Clubs

 

Increased deer populations have had a number of impacts on suburban Montgomery County.  Deer have added aesthetic value to the area, but the increasing deer population has had undesirable effects as well including damage to home landscapes and gardens, and increased risks of Lyme disease.

 

The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the Montgomery County Cooperative Extension Office are co-sponsoring educational workshops to help homeowners cope with and minimize deer damage to their landscapes and gardens.  Workshops stress an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach and provide homeowners with proven strategies to reduce deer problems. 

 

Workshops are 1 ˝ to 2 hours in length and offered free of charge.   A minimum of 20 attendees is required.  To schedule a workshop for your Homeowners/Civic Association or Garden Club, please call the Montgomery County Cooperative Extension Office at (301) 590-2809.

 

 

 

Free Slide Presentation on County Parks

Now Available to Civic Groups

 

The Montgomery Parks Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports unmet park needs in Montgomery County, is offering a fascinating PowerPoint slide presentation on the evolution of Montgomery County’s nationally acclaimed park and open space system.

 

This one-half hour program features slides of the early development of Rock Creek and Sligo Creek parks, a review of the “wedges and corridors” concept that led to protecting county stream valleys and the concentration of development in certain areas, the highly successful Agricultural Reserve program, and the newest initiative for acquiring parkland and open space -- the Legacy Open Space program. 

 

In addition to providing an historical perspective on Montgomery County’s development, this program provides viewers with an armchair look at the breathtaking beauty and first class facilities offered in our county parks.  Volunteer projects and private-public partnerships are highlighted to demonstrate how community groups and area businesses can get involved in preserving this outstanding legacy.

 

For further information, call (301) 767-0002 or e-mail info@montgomeryparksfnd.org.  The Foundation’s web site is www.montgomeryparksfnd.org.