Agendas

Preliminary Matters

Record Plats (Public Hearing)

Regulatory Extension Requests (Public Hearing)

Roundtable Discussion

Planning Director’s Report

FY25 Budget Adjustment – Montgomery Planning

Request to transfer available Non-Departmental Funds to the Risk Management Fund.

Item 15: Attachment

Staff Recommendation: Approval of the request

A. Ford

Willow Manor at Clarksburg Development Plan Amendment No. DPA202501 (Public Hearing) 

Request to amend approved Development Plan No. DPA202501 to allow up to 100 additional units of age-restricted, affordable housing beyond the previously approved cap of 500 units. 

Staff recommendation: Approval with binding elements, request to transmit comments to Hearing Examiner.

Item 5 – Attachments A-C

K. Mencarini

Friendship Parcel 210 (Ridgewells Catering) Preliminary Plan No. 120250110 (Public Hearing) 

Request to create a single lot from an existing unrecorded parcel for up to18,805 square feet of industrial uses. Located at 5525 Dorsey Lane, in-between Dorsey Lane and Clipper Lane; zoned IM-1.5 H-45; 2016 Westbard Sector Plan.  

Staff recommendation: Approval with conditions

A. Bossi 

Highland View Elementary School Mandatory Referral MR2025016 (Public Hearing) 

Mandatory Referral review for a three-story addition to the existing Highland View Elementary School and associated site upgrades to support the removal of existing relocatable classrooms and projected increases in enrollment.  

Staff Recommendation: Approval with recommendations and transmittal of comments to Montgomery County Public Schools. 

Item 7 – Attachment A: Mandatory Referral Plan

Item 7 – Attachment B: Statement of Justification

Item 7 – Attachment C: Transportation Impact Statement

Item 7 – Attachment D: Agency Letters

T. Gatling 

8676 Georgia Avenue Preliminary Plan Amendment No. 12023015A & Site Plan No. 820250050 (Public Hearing) 

A. Preliminary Plan Amendment No. 12023015A – Request to amend the previously approved development density to align with associated Site Plan No. 820250050 and to modify the previously approved off-site Local Area Transportation Review (LATR) to conform with the 2024-2028 Growth and Infrastructure Policy (GIP). On 1.04 acres located at the southern quadrant of the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Cameron Street, Silver Spring; zoned CR-5.0 C-5.0 R-5.0 H-300 and Downtown Silver Spring Overlay Zone; 2022 Silver Spring Downtown and Adjacent Communities Plan. 

B. Site Plan No. 820250050 –  Request to construct a mixed-use building with a maximum density of 500,000 total square feet, including up to 20,000 square feet of ground floor commercial uses and up to 480,000 square feet of residential uses for a maximum of 493 units, with 15.1 percent MPDUs, utilizing 226,500 square feet of Downtown Silver Spring Overlay Zone Density with an associated Civic Improvement Fund contribution, and adaptive reuse of designated Historic Tastee Diner. 

Staff Recommendation: A. Preliminary Plan Amendment No. 12023015A:  Approval with conditions 

Staff Recommendation: B. Site Plan No. 820250050: Approval with conditions

Item 8 – Attachments A-H

Item 8 – Additional Correspondence

A. Bossi 

FY2026 Annual School Test, School Utilization Report, and MCPS’s Boundary Study Options Overview

Planning Board certification of the FY2026 Annual School Test and review of the accompanying School Utilization Report, with a brief overview of MCPS’s boundary study options for Crown and Woodward High Schools.

Staff Recommendation: Planning Board certification

H. Baek

Item 9 – Attachment A: FY 2026 School Test, 2024-2028 Growth and Infrastructure Policy

Item 9 – Attachment B: FY2026 School Utilization Report

Item 9 – Attachment C:  MCPS’s Initial Boundary Option Map

Local Government Annual Reporting to Maryland Department of Planning

As per the requirements established by State legislation, each local jurisdiction must submit an annual land use report to the Maryland Department of Planning (MDP).  The objective of this request is to monitor growth statewide and to determine if State smart growth policies are having beneficial or have had unanticipated effects. This report for Calendar Year 2024 has been prepared by the Montgomery County Planning Department for Board approval of transmission to the County Council President and the State of Maryland Department of Planning. 

Staff Recommendation: Approve Report and Transmit to County Council President and the Director of the State Department of Planning. 

J. Mukherjee/C. McNamara

Mountain Vale Solar, Conditional Use Application No. CU202507 and Forest Conservation Plan No. F20250530 (Public Hearing) 

A. Conditional Use No.CU202507 – Request to construct a Solar Collection System, up to 2 Megawatts (MWs), on 11.23 acres of the 109.52-acre parcel. AR Zone, located at 17700 Barnesville Road, on the south side of Barnesville Road between Old Hundred Road and Conoy Road.

B. Forest Conservation Plan F20250530 – Request for approval of a Final Forest Conservation Plan to satisfy afforestation/reforestation requirements associated with Conditional Use application No.CU202507.

Staff Recommendation: A. The Planning Board make a recommendation of Approval with conditions to the Hearing Examiner. 

Staff Recommendation: B. Approval of the Forest Conservation Plan with conditions.  

Item 10 – Attachments A-D

Item 10 – Additional Correspondence

M. Beall 

Forest Glen Passageway Mandatory Referral (MR2025019) (Public Hearing) 

Design of a Pedestrian Tunnel underneath Georgia Avenue (MD 97) connecting the Forest Glen Metrorail Station to the east side of Georgia Avenue (MD 97) at Forest Glen Road. 

Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval of comments to transmit to the Montgomery County Department of Transportation. 

Item 11 – Attachment A: Proposed Project Plans
Item 11 – Attachment B: Forest Glen Passageway Feasibility Study Report
Item 11 – Attachment C: Forest Glen Passageway Mandatory Referral MR2013004 Staff Report and Planning Board transmittal letter dated October 22, 2012
Item 11 – Attachment D: Forest Glen Sidewalk Facility Planning Study – Planning Board Briefing Staff Report and letter
Item 11 – Attachment E: MD 97 Montgomery Hills Project Mandatory Referral MR 2021033, Planning Board comments and Staff Report
Item 11 – Attachment F: Forest Conservation Exemption Approval Letter
Item 11 – Attachment G: Stormwater Concept Approval Letter
Item 11 – Additional Correspondence

S. Aldrich/S. Findley

Bloom MV, Site Plan Amendment No. 82017013F and FCP No. F20240970 (Public Hearing) 

Request to update the Area 6 shared use path width and construction timing, the timing for completion of the Montgomery Village Park community garden, and the afforestation planting schedule to ensure compliance with pro-rated planting requirements; located at the intersection of Montgomery Village Avenue and Stewartown Road, Montgomery Village; on approximately 147 acres of land zoned TLD and CRN-0.5, C-0.0, R-0.5, H-65 Zone; within the 2016 Montgomery Village Master Plan area. 

Staff Recommendation: A. Site Plan Amendment No. 82017013F:  Approval with conditions 

Staff Recommendation: B. Forest Conservation Plan No. F20240970: Approval with conditions

Item 13 – Additional Correspondence

E. Tettelbaum/S. Findley 

Polo Club Estates, Preliminary Plan Amendment No. 12002091A (Public Hearing) 

Request for new five-year Adequate Public Facilities validity period for five (5) recorded but unbuilt lots on Preliminary Plan 120020910. Located at 13101 Glen Road, North Potomac; 10.5 acres; 2002 Potomac Subregion Master Plan 

Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

U. Njeze