Thursday, December 15, 2022

Preliminary Matters

*A. Adoption of Resolutions

1. Shivacharan Administrative Subdivision 620220060 – MCPB No. 22-112

2. Burtonsville Shopping Center Site Plan 81985104A – MCPB No. 22-111

*B. Approval of Minutes

Minutes of November 17 and December 1, 2022

*C. Other Preliminary Matters

Bethesda Design Advisory Panel Committee Appointment of Panel Members

Appoint two new Design Advisory Panel members including Yulia Beltikova, a Registered Architect and Jonathan Fitch, a Registered Landscape Architect. Their terms would be three years from December 2022 to December 2025.
Staff Recommendation: Approve Appointments

G. Bogdan

Record Plats (Public Hearing)

Subdivision Plat No. 220210660, Bradley Hills Grove
R-200 zone; 2 lots; located in the southeast corner of the intersection of Meadowlark Lane and Burning Tree Road; Bethesda – Chevy Chase Master Plan.

Staff Recommendation: Approval

Subdivision Plat No. 220220170, Mid-Pike Plaza
CR zone; 1 lot & 1 parcel; located immediately north of the intersection of Grand Park Avenue and Prose Street; White Flint Sector Plan.

Staff Recommendation: Approval

Regulatory Extension Requests (Public Hearing)

Jerome Freibaum Lot 4, Administrative Subdivision No. 620210080, Extension Request #3

Third extension request to extend the review period from December 22, 2022 to April 20, 2023 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 of the extension request

Item 3 – ATTACHMENT
A. Bossi

8001 Wisconsin Avenue, Sketch Plan No. 320210050 and Preliminary Plan No. 120210140, Extension Request #5

Fifth extension request to extend the review period from December 29, 2022 to January 31, 2023; CR 3.0 C 3.0 R 2.75 H 90’, CR 3.0 C 2.0 R 2.75 H 90’, CR 0.5 C 0.5 R 0.5 H 70’, CRT 0.5 C 0.25 R 0.5 H 70’ and Bethesda Overlay Zones, 2.74 acres; located on the Northeast quadrant of the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and Highland Street; 2017 Bethesda Downtown Sector Plan.
A. Sketch Plan No. 320210050
Request for up to 375,000 square feet of mixed-use development, comprised of up to 360,000 square feet of residential uses and up to 15,000 square feet of commercial uses, including up to 159,689 square feet of BOZ density and associated PIP payment.
B. Preliminary Plan No. 120210140
Request to create one lot for up to 375,000 square feet of mixed-use development.
Staff recommendation: Approval of the Extension Request

G. Bogdan

Federal Plaza West, Regulatory, Sketch Plan No. 320220100 & Preliminary Plan No. 120220140, Extension Request No. 2

Request to extend the regulatory review period from December 15, 2022 to March 9, 2023; The Applications propose to redevelop a surface parking lot and vacant commercial development into a mixed-use development with up to 500 residential units and 108,965 square feet of commercial development; On approximately 6.52 acres zoned CRT-2.25 C-0.75 R-1.5 H-150; Within the 2018 White Flint 2 Sector Plan area.

Staff Recommendation: Approval of the Extension Request

A. Lindsey

Waters Village, Preliminary Plan No. 120220200 and Site Plan No. 820220260, Regulatory Review Extension Request No. 1

Request to extend the regulatory review period for four months until April 203, 2023: Application to create one buildable lot for the construction of new retail buildings and a drive-thru restaurant; located at 19621 Waters Road, Germantown, MD; 3.6 acres; CRT 1.0 C-0.75 R-0.75 H-65 zone; 2019 MARC Rail Communities Sector Plan, 2009 Germantown Employment Area Sector Plan master plans.

Staff Recommendation: Approval of the Extension Request

A. Duprey

Roundtable Discussion

Planning Director’s Report

4910-4920 Strathmore Avenue: Preliminary Plan No. 120220160 and Site Plan No. 820220220 (Public Hearing)

A. 4910-4920 Strathmore Avenue: Preliminary Plan No. 120220160
Request for approval to consolidate an existing lot (Parcel A) and a portion of an adjacent lot (Parcel B) for its resubdivision into 114 buildable lots and creation of outparcels to allow for future redevelopment which includes the vacant St. Angela Hall retirement home; located at 4910-4920 Strathmore Avenue in Kensington, Maryland 20895 on approximately 15.35 acres of land zoned CRNF 0.75, C 0.25, R 0.75, H 50’ (Commercial Residential Neighborhood-Floating); within the 1992 North Bethesda/ Garrett Park Master Plan.
Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

B. 4910-4920 Strathmore Avenue: Site Plan No. 820220220
Request for approval to redevelop the newly consolidated parcel, which includes the vacant St. Angela Hall retirement home, with up to 113 single family dwelling units and a 145-bed residential care facility, including MPDUs, new access points, and open space on the Site; includes a Final Forest Conservation Plan and modified variance request to remove and impact specimen trees; located at 4910-4920 Strathmore Avenue in Kensington, Maryland 20895 on approximately 15.35 acres of land zoned CRNF 0.75, C 0.25, R 0.75, H 50’ (Commercial Residential Neighborhood-Floating); within the 1992 North Bethesda/ Garrett Park Master Plan.
Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

Item 5 – ATTACHMENT A – Preliminary plan

Item 5 – ATTACHMENT B – Composite site plan 

Item 5 – ATTACHMENT C – FFCP with header

Item 5 – ATTACHMENT D – H-143 Approval Council Resolution No. 19-1308

Item 5 – ATTACHMENT E – Agency letters combined

Item 5 -ATTACHMENT F – Public Comments

Item 5 – ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE

T. Graham/S. Findley

Staging Allocation Request No. 28000 for Grand Park Development (Phase 1), Site Plan No. 820220040 (Public Hearing)

Staging Allocation Request for 210 residential units and 16,000 square feet of non-residential development. CR4.C2.0 R3.5 H-250; located at the southeast quadrant of Old Georgetown Road and Executive Boulevard in the North Bethesda (White Flint) Sector Plan area.

Staff Recommendation: Approval

N. Yearwood

4901 Battery Lane Preliminary Plan 120220100 and Site Plan 820220160 (Public Hearing)

Request to create one lot for the construction of 417,367 square feet of residential development, for a maximum of 372 multi-family dwelling units, with a minimum of 15% MPDUs, 277,704 square feet of BOZ density and associated PIP payment; CR-1.5 C-0.5 R-1.5 H-120’ and Bethesda Overlay Zone (BOZ); Located on the north side of Battery Lane, approximately 450 feet west of its intersection with Woodmont Avenue; 2017 Bethesda Downtown Sector Plan.
Staff recommendation: Approval with Conditions

Item 7 – ATTACHMENT

A. Bossi

1910 University Senior Housing, Preliminary Plan No. 120210230 (Public Hearing)

Request to create two lots, one for an existing Religious Assembly use and one for a proposed 90-unit Independent Living Facility for Seniors; on approximately 3.56 acres zoned R-60; within the 2012 Wheaton CBD and Vicinity Sector Plan area.
Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

 Item 8 – ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE

E. Tettelbaum

SSDAC Design Guidelines

Silver Spring Downtown and Adjacent Communities Plan Briefing:
Overview of Approved and Adopted Sector Plan and Presentation of Draft Design Guidelines.

Staff will present a brief summary of the Plan that was approved and adopted in June 2022, along with the draft Design Guidelines that will support the Plan.

A. Margolies

Chaberton Solar Santa Rosa, Site Plan No. 820220210 (Public Hearing)

Request to allow a solar collection system producing more than 120 percent of on-site energy use in the RC (Rural Cluster) zone; 10 acres; located at 13330 Signal Tree Lane; 2002 Potomac Subregion Master Plan.
Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

P. Estes

Remembrance Park (aka Reflection Park), Preliminary Plan No. 120210150 (Public Hearing)

Application to create one lot for a Cemetery as a Conditional Use (CU-21-06 Reflection Park); located at 16621 New Hampshire Avenue (MD 650), on the east side of MD 650, approximately 2,800 feet north of Spencerville Road (MD 198) and approximately 2,600 feet south of Ednor Road in Silver Spring; RC Zone, 40.39 acres, 1997 Cloverly Master Plan.

Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

Item 11 – ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE

J. Casey