Thursday, June 6, 2002, 9:30 A.M.

8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD  20910-3760

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

 

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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 Code Annotated Section

            10-508(a)(7) (consult with counsel to obtain legal advice)

 

10:15 a.m.

 

PLANNING BOARD MEETING (MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring)

 

 

 

Roll Call

Approval of Minutes

Commissioners’ Reports

Directors’ Reports

Reconsideration Requests

 

10:30 a.m.

1.

Briefing on Status of Montgomery County Certified Heritage Area Master Plan – Discussion.

 

2.

Zoning Text Amendment No. 02-04 - Introduced by Councilmember Ewing; amend the Zoning Ordinance to delete provision allowing mixed commercial and residential development in the C-2 Zone within 1,500 feet of metro station - Denial.

 

1:00 p.m.

 

PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUED (MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring)

 

 

*3.

Site Plan Review No. 8-02032 - Colesville Chevy Chase Bank; C-1 Zone; 3,200 gross square feet commercial office, 11,500 gross square feet commercial retail; northeast quadrant, intersection of New Hampshire Avenue and Wolf Drive; White Oak; PA - 33 - Approval with conditions. 

(Continued from MCPB 5/16/02 Agenda)

 

4.

Board of Appeals Petition No. S-2511 (Special Exception) - Douglas A. Harbit & Robert F. Patenaude, applicants, request a special exception for a bed and breakfast; R-60 Zone; 11,040 square feet; 8114 Carroll Avenue, Takoma Park - Approval with conditions.

 

*5.

Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-02085 - EDP East; I-1 Zone; 1 lot (40,220 square feet, car showroom and customer service); 5.14 acres; west side of CSX Rail Road, right-of-way, between Paramont Drive on Indianola Drive; Upper Rock Creek Watershed – Approval with conditions.

 

*6.

Site Plan Review No. 8-02023 - EDP East; I-1 Zone; 1 lot (40,220 square feet, car showroom and customer service); 5.14 acres; west side of CSX Rail Road, right-of-way, between Paramont Drive on Indianola Drive; Upper Rock Creek Watershed – Approval with conditions.

 

*7.

Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-02079 – Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB); R-60 Zone; 1 lot (general office and parking structure); 11.44 acres; on the west side of Wisconsin Avenue (MD 355), approximately 200 feet north of Alta Vista Road; Bethesda/Chevy Chase – Approval with conditions.

 

*8.

Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-02045 – County View; RE-2C Zone; 11 lots (11 single-family detached dwelling units); 28.24 acres; on the south side of Hawkins Creamery Road, approximately 1,500 feet east of Woodfield Road (MD 124); Damascus – Approval with conditions.

 

*9.

Record PlatsApproval.

 

 

*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

 

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, 10th 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

 

12 -

7:30 p.m.,

Olney Master Plan Advisory Group Meeting, Sandy Spring Friends School, Yarnall Hall, 16923 Norwood Street, Sandy Spring

 

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

 

15 -

10:00 a.m.,

Olney Master Plan Advisory Group Meeting, Sandy Spring Friends School, Yarnall Hall, 16923 Norwood Street, Sandy Spring

 

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, 7700 Old Georgetown Road, Lobby, 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, 1st 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

 

26 -

7:30 p.m.,

Historic Preservation Commission Meeting, MRO Auditorium

 

27 -

1:00 p.m.,

Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium

 

27 -

________,

MCPB, Moderately Priced Dwelling Units Briefing, MRO Auditorium

July

3 -

8:30 a.m.,

Task Force Meeting on Keep Montgomery County Beautiful, EOB, 101 Monroe Street, 10th Floor Conference Room, Rockville

 

3 -

7:15 p.m.,

East County Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, Eastern Montgomery Services Center, 3300 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring

 

4 -

Holiday

INDEPENDENCE DAY

 

9 -

4:30 p.m.,

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

 

10 -

7:15 p.m.,

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

 

10 -

7:30 p.m.,

Historic Preservation Commission Meeting, MRO Auditorium


 
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

 

 

 

PUBLIC NOTICE

 

Department of Permitting Services

Division of Water Resources Management

has received a

 

PRELIMINARY WATER QUALITY PLAN

For

ROCKY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL

 

The proposed development is for a new school at the intersection of MD 355 and future New Cut Road (west side of MD 355), on 23.3 acres.  This site is located in a portion of the Little Seneca Creek watershed that has been designated as a Special Protection Area.

 

PRELIMINARY/FINAL WATER QUALITY PLAN

For

SHADY GROVE ADVENTIST HOSPITAL ADDITION

 

The proposed development is for a 208,000 square foot addition to the existing hospital building and a reworking/ reconstruction of the parking areas.  This site is partially located within the Piney Branch watershed which is designated as a Special Protection Area.

 

If you wish to request a public information meeting, a written request must be submitted to this office within 15 days of this notice (Notice posted 6/3/2002).

 

The Water Quality Plans are available for review at the Department of Permitting Services office during working hours. (8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday)

 

For further information, please call Leo Galanko at (240) 777-6242.  The address for the Department of Permitting Services is:

 

                                                              Department of Permitting Services

                                                              255 Rockville Pike, 2nd Floor, Station 8

                                                              Rockville, Maryland 20850

 

 

 

 

A PUBLIC FORUM

Sponsored by the Montgomery County Civic Federation

 

UNBLOCKING GRIDLOCK

 

Can it be done?  What will it take?  How long?

 

Planning Board and Task Force submitted their recommendations

 

Now it’s Community Response Time

 

The hard choices – Projects, Policies and Priorities

 

Join the discussion

 

June 15, 2002 at 9:00 AM – Adjournment by 4:00 PM

 

3rd Floor Council Hearing Room, County Council Building

100 Maryland Avenue, Rockville