Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, May 23, 2002, 9:30 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.montgomeryplanningboard.org

Summary Agenda (Blue Agenda

9:30 a.m.		GENERAL MEETING (Third Floor Conference Room, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring)
		A. Administrative Items B. Proposed Closed Session pursuant to Maryland State Government Code Annotated Section 10-508(a)(7) (consult with counsel to obtain legal advice): Zoning Text Amendments C. Proposed Closed Session: Approval of Sealed Minutes
10:20 a.m.		PLANNING BOARD MEETING (MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring)
		Roll Call Approval of Minutes Commissioners’ Reports Directors’ Reports Reconsideration Requests
10:35 a.m.	*1.	Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-98094 – Hunt Miles; PD-2 Zone; 44 lots (44 single-family detached dwelling units); 48.19 acres; on Fairdale Road, approximately 200 feet northeast of Bradshaw Drive; Fairland & Vicinity – Approval with conditions.
	*2.	Special Protection Area Final Water Quality Plan Site Plan Review No. 8-02024 – Hunt Miles; PD-2 Zone; 44 one-family detached units; 48.19 acres; on Fairdale Road, approximately 200 feet northeast of Bradshaw Drive; Fairland & Vicinity; PA - 34 – Approval with conditions.
	3.	Local Map Amendment (G-788) – Stanley Abrams, attorney for I.O. Limited Partnership LLLP requests rezoning from the O-M and R-200 Zones to the C-3 Zone (Optional Method); 69,718 square feet; southeast quadrant of intersection of relocated MD 118 & Bowman Mill Drive, Germantown – Denial.
1:30 p.m.		PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUED (MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring,
	*4.	Project Plan Review No. 9-02001 – Parkside; R-200/RMX-2 Zones; 34 single-family dwelling units; 10.92 acres; on the west side of Clarksburg Road, approximately 2,100 feet east of MD 355; Clarksburg & Vicinity; PA - 13 – Approval with conditions.
	*5.	Special Protection Area Preliminary Quality Water Plan and Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-02042 – Parkside; R-200/RMX-2 Zones; 34 lots (34 single-family detached dwelling units); 10.92 acres; on the west side of Clarksburg Road, approximately 2,100 feet east of MD 355; Clarksburg & Vicinity – Approval with conditions.
	*6.	Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-02052 – Pipkin Property; RE-1 Zone; 4 lots (4 single-family detached dwelling units); 4.54 acres; southwest quadrant, of the intersection of Meadow View Drive and Green Meadow Road; Darnestown – Approval of three lots only, with conditions. (Deferred from MCPB 4/11/02 Agenda)
	*7.	Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-02089 – Carlson Property; R-200 Zone; 25 lots (25 single-family detached dwelling units, 1 existing); 19.51 acres; on the west side of Riffleford Road, approximately 800 feet south of Germantown Road, MD 118; Germantown – Approval with conditions.
	*8.	Record Plats – 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
May	20 -	7:00 p.m.,	Western Montgomery County Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Services Center, Room A, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda
	20 -	7:15 p.m.,	UpCounty Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, UpCounty Regional Services Center, Meeting Room A, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown
	21 -	7:45 a.m.,	Bethesda Urban Partnership Board of Directors Meeting, 7906 Woodmont Avenue, Bethesda
	21 -	7:15 p.m.,	Mid-County Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, Mid-County Services Center, 2424 Reedie Drive, Wheaton
	22 -	7:30 p.m.,	Historic Preservation Commission Meeting, MRO Auditorium
	23 -	9:30 a.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium
	27 -	Holiday	Memorial Day
	30 -	1:00 p.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium
Notices and Reminders – Continued
May	30 -	________,	MCPB, Upper Rock Creek Area Master Plan (Staff Draft), MRO Auditorium
	30 -	________,	MCPB, Transfer Development Rights Task Force Report, MRO Auditorium
June	2 -	1:00 p.m.,	Blockhouse Point Conservation Park Master Plan Public Hike, south side of River Road, about 1.1 mile west of Pennyfield Lock and Esworthy Roads, Darnestown
	5 -	8:30 a.m.,	Task Force Meeting on Keep Montgomery County Beautiful, EOB, 101 Monroe Street, 10^th Floor Conference Room, Rockville
	5 -	7:15 p.m.,	East County Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, Eastern Montgomery Services Center, 3300 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring
	6 -	9:30 a.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium
	6 -	________,	MCPB, Heritage Tours and Activities, MRO Auditorium
	10 -	7:00 p.m.,	Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring
	11 -	4:30 p.m.,	Wheaton Urban District Committee Meeting, Mid-County Services Center, 2424 Reedie Drive, Wheaton
	12 -	7:15 p.m.,	Eastern Area Recreation Advisory Board Meeting, Parkside Headquarters, 9500 Brunett Avenue, Silver Spring
	12 -	7:30 p.m.,	Historic Preservation Commission Meeting, MRO Auditorium
	13 -	9:30 a.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium
	13 -	7:30 p.m.,	Western Area Recreation Advisory Board Meeting, Potomac Community Center, 11315 Falls Road, Potomac
	17 -	7:00 p.m.,	Western Montgomery County Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Services Center, Room A, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda
	17 -	7:15 p.m.,	UpCounty Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, UpCounty Regional Services Center, Meeting Room A, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown
	17 -	7:30 p.m.,	East County Action Group, East County Regional Service Center, 3300 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring
	18 -	7:45 a.m.,	Bethesda Urban Partnership Board of Directors Meeting, 7906 Woodmont Avenue, Bethesda
	18 -	7:15 p.m.,	Mid-County Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, Mid-County Services Center, 2424 Reedie Drive, Wheaton
	19 -	9:30 a.m.,	Full Commission Meeting, Newton White Mansion, 2708 Enterprise Road, Mitchellville
	19 -	7:00 p.m.,	Wheaton Redevelopment Steering Committee Meeting, #403, Redevelopment Office, 11501 Georgia Avenue, Wheaton
	19 -	7:00 p.m.,	UpCounty Regional Recreation Advisory Board Meeting, UpCounty Services Center, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown
	20 -	9:30 a.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium
	20 -	4:00 p.m.,	Downtown Silver Spring Urban District Advisory Board Meeting, 1^st Floor Conference Room, 8435 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring
	21 -	8:00 a.m.,	Silver Spring Action Group, Division of Traffic and Parking Services, 1109 Spring Street, Suite 407, Silver Spring

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.

DRAFT REVISIONS TO THE

LOCAL AREA TRANSPORTATION REVIEW GUIDELINES

Planning staff are suggesting revisions to the Local Area Transportation Review Guidelines (LATR) to provide revised procedures for conducting traffic studies in recognition of the County Council’s decision to apply Section V to all Central Business District (CBD) and Metro Station Policy Areas, expiration of the Expedited Development Approval procedure and “loophole” legislation, the Guidelines as the standard to be used for zoning, subdivision, special exception and mandatory referral cases brought before the Planning Board, the Board of Appeals and the Hearing Examiner, elimination of the link volume congestion standard, trip reductions for residential and non-residential development graduated based on the applicable congestion standard, new requirement for all traffic counts to be submitted in digital format; and to clarify the number of intersections to be studied based on maximum peak hour trips generated by a site, the acceptability of traffic counts, that intersections which straddle policy area boundaries will use the higher policy area congestion standard, use of “street peak” to determine peak hour used in a traffic study; and to provide updated trip rates for child day-care centers, and new trip rates for assisted living facilities, mini-storage facilities, and townhouses in the Silver Spring CBD.

We invite you to review the proposed revisions. Copies of the draft LATR Guidelines are available from the Transportation Planning Unit in Room 105 of the Montgomery Regional Office or by calling ((301) 495-4525). Please submit written comments as soon as possible, but no later than June 21, 2002, to:

Ronald C. Welke, Coordinator

Transportation Planning

The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission

8787 Georgia Avenue

Room 105

Silver Spring, MD 20910

Upper Paint Branch Special Protection Area Public Meeting

on

Wednesday, May 29, 2002

Montgomery Regional Office Auditorium

8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

There will be a public meeting with staff to discuss possible changes to the existing Planning Board policy concerning stormwater management facility maintenance responsibilities in the Upper Paint Branch Special Protection Area. If you have any questions, please call Jeff Zyontz at (301) 495-4557.

75^th Anniversary Exhibit Is Now Open at

Brookside Gardens

To help celebrate “75 Years, Turning Visions into Reality,” The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) invites local residents, businesses and families to enjoy a “then and now” exhibit on the Commission’s 75-year history. The exhibit is open to the public at Brookside Gardens Visitors Center, and will continue to be on display daily through Monday, May 27. Located within the 50-acre horticultural display gardens at 1800 Glenallan Avenue in Wheaton, Brookside Gardens Visitors Center is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. In June, the exhibit travels to the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex, 8001 Sheriff Road, Landover, for the summer months.

Titled “75 Years, Turning Visions into Reality,” the exhibit features historic and current photos, maps and artwork and depicts projects, programs, facilities and milestones that have impacted residents and communities the Commission serves in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties. Exhibit images will be available online at www.mncppc.org in May 2002.

PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING

Purple Line: Bethesda to Silver Spring

Thursday, May 23, 2002

4:30-8:30 PM

Holiday Inn – Silver Spring

8777 Georgia Avenue

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910

The Maryland Transit Administration is holding an informational open house to discuss the Purple Line: Bethesda to Silver Spring light rail and hiker biker trail project, formerly known as the Georgetown Branch transitway and trail project. The open house will provide members of the public with information about the project and the project planning process as well as provide opportunities to discuss the project with staff and provide written comments and suggestions.