Thursday, April 20, 2023

Preliminary Matters

*A. Adoption of Resolutions

1. Forest Conservation Plan No. F20230020 – MCPB No. 23-031

2. Belward Campus – Parcel A & Belward Campus Drive Site Plan No. 82022025 – MCPB No. 23-030

3. Hillcrest Avenue Preliminary Plan 120230010 – MCPB No. 23-032

4. The Quarry Site Plan Amendment 82005029C – MCPB No. 23-035

*B. Approval of Minutes

Minutes of March 23, 2023

*C. Other Preliminary Matters

Corrected – Preston Place Preliminary Plan 120220130 – MCPB No. 23-016

Corrected – Preston Place Site 820220180 – MCPB No. 23-017

Corrected – 4824 Edgemoor Preliminary Plan Amendment 12020007A – MCPB No. 23-021

Corrected – 4824 Edgemoor Site Plan Amendment 82021004A – MCPB No. 23-022

Record Plats (Public Hearing)

Regulatory Extension Requests (Public Hearing)

Roundtable Discussion

Planning Director’s Report

Department of Parks FY23-28 Capital Improvements Program and FY24 Capital Budget, State and Federal Funding Amendments

Approve amendments to the Department of Parks FY23-28 Capital Improvements Program (CIP) and FY24 Capital Budget to receive additional state and federal funding.
Staff Recommendation: Approve transmittal of amendments to Montgomery County Council

R. Peele

Incentive Zoning Update

Staff will provide the board with an overview of the project and the scope of work for updating the Public Benefits Point System for Commercial Residential and Employment Zones.
Staff Recommendation: Approve the proposed scope of work

A. Sharma

Postponed to May 4 Diener School, Conditional Use and Preliminary Forest Conservation Plan No. CU-23-06 (Public Hearing)

A. Conditional Use No. CU-23-06 – Request for Conditional Use approval to allow conversion of an existing office building to a private educational institution in Phase 1, with a building addition for a gymnasium in Phase 2, for up to 120 students and 57 Staff members. R-60 Zone, 2.52-acres, located at 9312 Old Georgetown Road, approximately 550ft N of Alta Vista Road, within the 1990 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Master Plan

B. Preliminary Forest Conservation Plan No. CU-23-06 – Request for approval of a Preliminary Forest Conservation Plan associated to impact and remove specimen trees and satisfy afforestation/reforestation requirements associated with a conditional use application CU-23-06. R-60 Zone, 2.52-acres, located at 9312 Old Georgetown Road, approximately 550ft N of Alta Vista Road, within the 1990 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Master Plan

Staff Recommendation: Transmit Conditional Use comments to the Hearing Examiner and Approval with Conditions of the Preliminary Forest Conservation Plan

 Item 6 – ATTACHMENT A – Diener School Site Plan

 Item 6 – ATTACHMENT B – Diener School TMP

 Item 6 – ATTACHMENT C – Forest Conservation Plan

 Item 6 – ATTACHMENT D – Variance Request

T. Gatling

Jerome Freibaum Lot 4 Administrative Subdivision 620210080 (Public Hearing)

Request to create two (2) lots for one single-family detached dwelling on each; R-60 Zone; 0.59 acres; Located on the north side of Elgin Lane, approximately 155 feet east of its intersection with Pyle Road; 1990 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Master Plan.
Staff recommendation: Approval with Conditions

Item 8: Combined Attachments

Item 8: ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE

A. Bossi

Takoma Park Minor Master Plan Amendment, Presentation of Preliminary Recommendations

Staff will provide the Planning Board with an overview of the preliminary recommendations for the Takoma Park Minor Master Plan Amendment, including land use, zoning, transportation, environment, parks and open spaces, housing and community facilities.
Staff Recommendation: Discussion and provide guidance

Item 7: Attachment 

M. Williams

Waters Village, Preliminary Plan No. 120220200 and Site Plan No. 820220260 (Public Hearing)

Application to create one lot for the construction of 26,680 sf of retail and 3,200 sf drive-thru restaurant; located at 19621 Waters Road, Germantown; 3.52 acres; CRT 1.0 C-0.75 R-0.75 H-65; 2019 MARC Rail Communities Sector Plan and 2009 Germantown Employment Area Sector Plan.
Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

Item 9 – ATTACHMENT G – LATR Study

Item 9 – ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE

A. Duprey/J. Casey

Great Seneca Plan: Connecting Life and Science

Staff Recommendation: Review “big ideas” and provide comments for the Great Seneca Plan.

M. Hill

Mixed-Use Housing Community, Subdivision Regulation Amendment (SRA) 23-01 & Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) 23-02

A. Subdivision Regulation Amendment (SRA) 23-01 – Mixed-Use Housing Community
SRA 23-01 creates a new type of Administrative Subdivision Plan under Division 50.6.1 for certain applications reviewed under the Mixed-Use Housing Community use, as defined by Chapter 59.

Staff Recommendation: Transmit comments to the District Council supporting the ZTA with suggested amendments

B. Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) 23-02 – Mixed-Use Housing Community ZTA 23-02 defines a new residential use under Section 59.3.3. called a Mixed-Use Housing Community, and creates a new regulatory approval plan under Section 59.7.3. called a Mixed-Use Housing Community Plan, intended to incentivize certain affordable housing developments through an expedited regulatory review process. ZTA 23-02 Includes the required Climate Assessment.

Staff Recommendation: Transmit comments to the District Council supporting the SRA

B. Berbert

Briefing: Bill 17-23, Taxation – Recordation Tax Rates – Amendments

Bill 17-23 would increase the rate of the recordation tax levied under state law for certain transactions involving the transfer of property and allocate the revenue received from the
recordation tax to capital improvements for schools and to the Montgomery Housing Initiative
Fund (HIF).
Staff Recommendation: Brief the Planning Board

L. Govoni