Montgomery County

Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, September 23, 2004, 9:30 A.M.

8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3760

301-495-4600, www.montgomeryplanningboard.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 Comission's web site.

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Audio Recording of Meeting - Each week the Planning Board meeting is broadcast live on our Website. A recording is made of this meeting and it is available below. Due to the large file size of a recording of the entire meeting, it has been divided into 1 hour blocks. To find a specific portion of the broadcast, use the agenda below to deterermine the approximate time of an agenda item (i.e. hour 1, hour 2, etc). Do note that in some instances, the Planning Board takes agenda items out of the stated order shown on the agenda. Files are nearly 27 MB in size and are in MP3 format will take a few minutes to download.
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	**First 12 minutes are blank

9:30 A.M.		GENERAL MEETING (Third Floor Conference Room, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring)
C. Loehr C. Wainwright C. Loehr M. Rosenfeld M. Rosenfeld M. Rosenfeld		A. Administrative Items B. Local Park Field Permit Policies Attachments A thru C Attachment D Attachments E thru F C. Biannual Report D. Closed Session pursuant to Maryland Government Code Annotated Section 10-508 (a) (7) (consult with counsel to obtain legal advice) (Subject: ICC) E. Closed Session pursuant to Maryland Government Code Annotated Section 10-508 (a) (7) (consult with counsel to obtain legal advice) (Subject: Fairland Golf Course Project) F. Closed Session pursuant to Maryland Government Code Annotated Section 10-508 (a) (7) (consult with counsel to obtain legal advice) (Planning Board Rules of Procedures)
11:30 A.M.		PLANNING BOARD MEETING (MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring)
		Roll Call Commissioners’ Report Director’s Report Reconsideration Requests Staff Report of 11/13/03 - Part 1 Staff Report of 11/13/03 - Part 2 Letter from Elm Street Letter of Request
12:00 P.M. S. Etemadi	1.	AB662: Abandonment of a portion of unimproved Moorland Lane in Bethesda – Approval with conditions.
M. Martin	2.	Town of Laytonsville Annexation – Rolling Ridge Property, located at 7125 Brink Road on the west side of the Town of Laytonsville in the Functional Master Plan for Preservation of Agriculture and Rural Open Space; 27.63 acres in size; reclassification from the County’s RDT (Rural Density Transfer) Zone to the Town’s R-3 (2 acre) Zone – Approval to transmit comments to the Town of Laytonsville as part of the public hearing record. Attachments 1 thru 4 - maps Attachments 5 thru 9 - Written Material

12:30 P.M.		LUNCH
1:30 P.M.		PLANNING BOARD MEETING (MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring)
W. Witthans Combine 3, 4 & 5	*3.	Project Plan Review No. 9-04002, Silver Spring Gateway - CBD-2 Zone; 2.85 acres; 52,832 gross square feet of retail and 477 multi-family dwelling units, including 60 MPDUs; on East West Highway at Blair Mill Road; Silver Spring CBD Sector Plan – Approval with conditions. Project Exhibit Plan - Part 1 Project Exhibit Plan - Part 2 Project Exhibit Plan - Part 3 Text Continuation Draft Opinion Artist Statement Other Written Material
D. Kinney	*4.	Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-040439, Silver Spring Gateway - CBD-2 Zone; 2.97 acres; 52,832 gross square feet of retail and 477 multi-family dwelling units, including 60 MPDUs; on East West Highway at Blair Mill Road; Silver Spring CBD Sector Plan – Approval with conditions.
W. Witthans	*5.	Site Plan Review No. 8-05001, Silver Spring Gateway – CBD-2 Zone; 2.85 acres; 52,832 gross square feet of retail and 477 multi-family dwelling units, including 60 MPDUs; on East West Highway at Blair Mill Road; Silver Spring CBD Sector Plan – Approval with conditions. Plans - Part 1 Plans - Part 2 Plans - Part 3 Continuation of Text Other Written Materials
R. Weaver	*6.	Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-98092A – Rock Spring Center - (Request to amend previous conditions of approval) - MXPD zone; 17 lots (previously approved); 53.40 acres; 1250 multi-family dwelling units (previously approved); a 200 room hotel (requested amendment); 539,900 square feet of office (reduction from previously approved 637,200 square feet); 340,000 square feet of retail (previously approved); 30,000 square foot community center (previously approved); Located at the southwest quadrant of the intersection of I-270 and Old Georgetown Road (MD 187); North Bethesda Garrett Park – Approval of amendments with conditions. Appendices 1 and 2 Correspondence Informational Maps
D. Kinney	*7.	Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-04079 – Won Buddhism - RE-1 Zone; 1 lot; Religious Institution; 1.79 acres; located on the north side of Muncaster Mill Road (MD 115); approximately 1100 feet northwest of Norbeck Road; Olney and Vicinity Master Plan - Approval with conditions Informational Maps
C. Conlon	*8.	Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-04051 – Radwick Lane Property - R-200 Zone; 3 lots; 2.76 acres; 3 single-family detached dwelling units; located on the east side of Radwick Lane, approximately 550 feet south of Norbeck Road; Aspen Hill and Vicinity – Approval with conditions.
R. Weaver	*9.	Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-04072 – Twin Valley Lane - R-200 Zone; 3 lots; 1.50 acres; 3 single-family detached dwelling units; located on the north side of Twin Valley Lane opposite the intersection of Twin Valley Lane and Cranberry Lane; Aspen Hill and Vicinity – Approval with conditions.
R. Weaver	*10.	Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-04051 – R. T. Schaffer - RC Zone; 9 lots and 2 outlots; 55.7375 acres; 9 single-family detached dwelling units; located at the southwest intersection of Piedmont Road and Hawkes Road, on the west side of Ridge Road (MD 27) Clarksburg and Vicinity – Approval with conditions. Informational Maps
R. Kronenberg Combine 11 & 12	*11.	Project Plan Review No. 9-04003, Portico - CBD-R2 Zone; 0.6525 acres; 158 multi-family dwelling units, including 24 MPDUs; on Fiddler Lane, approximately 100 feet south west of Ramsey Lane; Silver Spring - Approval with conditions. Project Description Required Findings Appendix A Appendix B and C - Correspondence Appendix D - Parking Counts
R. Weaver	*12.	Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-04040, Portico - CBD-R2 Zone; 0.6525 acres; 158 multi-family dwelling units, including 24 MPDUs; on Fiddler Lane, approximately 100 feet south west of Ramsey Lane; Silver Spring - Approval with conditions.
R. Weaver	*13.	Record Plats
5:30 P.M.		ADJOURN

*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
September	20 -	7:00 p.m.,	Western Montgomery County Citizens Advisory Board, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda
	21 -	7:45 a.m.,	Bethesda Urban Partnership Board, 7700 Old Georgetown Road, Lobby, Bethesda
	21 -	7:15 p.m.,	Mid-County Citizens Advisory Board, 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 General Meeting, 3^rd Floor Conference Room, MRO
	24 -	7:30 p.m.,	Western Area Recreation Advisory Board, Potomac Community Center, 11315 Falls Road
	27 -	7:15 p.m.,	Upcounty Citizen’s Advisory Board, UpCounty Regional Services Center, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown
	30 -	9:30 a.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board General Meeting, Brookside Gardens
	30 -	1:00 p.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board, MRO Auditorium

Wednesday, September 22, 2004, 7-9 p.m.
Public Meeting to Review and Receive Community Input for Proposed Trail Concept Plan
Bond Mill Elementary School
16001 Sherwood Avenue, Laurel, Maryland
and
Wednesday, October 20, 2004, 10 a.m.
M-NCPPC Briefing, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland

The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission will receive a briefing by its bi-county trail planning staff, Wednesday, October 20, 10 a.m., at M-NCPPC's Montgomery Regional Office, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, on the proposed trails concept plan for the Commission's Fairland Recreational and Fairland Regional Parks in Burtonsville and Laurel.
M-NCPPC trail planning staff from Montgomery and Prince George's Counties will brief the Bi-County Commission on the draft concept plan after receiving ideas from the public on September 22 at a community meeting on the development of a trail network of natural and hard surface trails for walkers, hikers, cyclists and equestrians. This proposed trail network would connect to the existing shared-use Holly Trail and would replace an existing section of the trail network in M-NCPPC's only bi-county park.
Park users, neighbors, mountain bikers, equestrians and others may attend and observe the October 20 Commission meeting, however, no public testimony will be taken at this time. For more information, those interested may contact trail planners Lyn Coleman, 301-650-4391, TTY 301-495-1331, lyn.coleman@mncppc-mc.org or Eileen Nivera, 301-699-2522, TTY 301-699-2554, eileen.nivera@pgparks.com

PUBLIC NOTICE

Department of Permitting Services
Division of Land Development Services
Water Resources Management Section
has received a

PRELIMINARY WATER QUALITY PLAN
for
EASTSIDE
The proposed development consists of 23.8 acres located at the intersection of Gateway Center Drive and Shawnee Lane. This area is within the portion of the Little Seneca Creek Watershed (Clarksburg) that is a designated Special Protection Area. This proposal is for a condominium and townhouse development with a proposed zoning of PD-11.

PRELIMINARY WATER QUALITY PLAN
for
TAPESTRY
This site is located on West Old Baltimore Road (north and south sides) where it intersects with MD Route 355. This area is within the portion of the Little Seneca Creek Watershed (Clarksburg) that is a designated Special Protection Area. The property is 39 acres in size and is proposing to develop using the R200-C zoning method. The development will consist of single family detached and townhouse dwelling units.
If you wish to request a public information meeting to review a Preliminary Water Quality Plan, a written request must be received by this office within 15 days of this notice (Notice posted 9/20/2004).
The Preliminary Water Quality Plan is available for review at the Department of Permitting Services office during working hours. (7:30am-4:00pm Monday through Friday). For further information, or if you would like to make an appointment to review the plans at the Department of Permitting Services office, please call Leo Galanko at (240) 777-6242. The address for the Department of Permitting Services is:

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

The Development Review Division,
Montgomery County Department of Park and Planning
has
NEW APPLICATION FORMS
for
Pre-Application* Forest Conservation Plan
Preliminary Plan* NRI/FSD
Site Plan* Fee Schedule
Electronic versions are available on-line at: http://www.mc-mncppc.org/development/ or hard copies are available at the Information Counter, 2nd floor, MRO

*Questions have been added to obtain information to help the Planning Board to monitor the implications of policy, planning, and regulatory decisions to the supply, demand, and affordability of housing. For additional affordable housing information, contact Michael Asanté, Strategic Planning, (301) 495-2118.