Agendas

Preliminary Matters

Record Plats (Public Hearing)

Regulatory Extension Requests (Public Hearing)

Roundtable Discussion

Planning Director’s Report

Thrive Montgomery 2050—Briefing

Item 6 – ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE

K. Afzal/C McCarthy

Silver Spring Urban Design presentation by U. Maryland Graduate Studio

Following three futuristic visons for the Silver Spring Metro Center by three nationally recognized architectural firms for the Makeover Montgomery V conference in September 2022, the Graduate Urban Design Studio at the University of Maryland followed up with an academic study and urban design for Downtown Silver Spring featuring grand boulevards, focused civic spaces and great streets in the recently completed fall semester. Professor Matthew Bell, FAIA and Principal at Perkins Eastman – DC, will discuss the need for a high quality public realm in all of our cities and he will present his student’s work and visions for Silver Spring.

P. Mortensen

ZTA 22-11 Technical Corrections (Public Hearing)

ZTA 22-11 changes the voting requirements for map amendments and zoning text amendments in response to the change in the number of council members from 9 to 11, and makes other technical corrections to the Zoning Ordinance.
Staff Recommendation: Transmit Comments to County Council.
(Action required for County Council public hearing on 01/17/2023)

B. Berbert

ZTA 22-12 Overlay Zones – Clarksburg East and West Environmental Overlay – Exemptions (Public Hearing)

ZTA 22-12 clarifies that any master-planned bikeway or bicycle facility located in the Clarksburg East or Clarksburg West Environmental Overlay Zone is exempt from the impervious surface restrictions of private development.
Staff Recommendation: Transmit Comments to County Council.
(Action required for County Council public hearing on 01/17/2023)

Item 8 – ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE

B. Berbert

Silver Spring Downtown and Adjacent Communities Plan – Approval of Design Guidelines

Staff will present the final SSDAC Plan Design Guidelines for approval by the Planning Board.
Staff recommendation: Approval

A. Margolies

Briefing: Overview of the MPDU program and 15% Moderately Priced Dwelling Unit (MPDU) Requirement Designation

Per the requirements of Chapter 25A, the Planning Board must annually designate Planning Areas in which at least 45 percent of the United States Census Tracts have a median household income of at least 150 percent of the County-wide median household income as having a MPDU requirement of 15%. Planning staff will brief the Planning Board on the 2023 update.

Planning staff will also provide an overview of the MPDU program

L. Govoni

Briefing on the Current Growth and Infrastructure Policy – Schools

Briefing on the schools element of the 2020 Growth and Infrastructure Policy

H. Baek