The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, July 19, 2007

FINAL

Last updated: July 18 at 4:00 P.M.

8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3760
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9:00 am Planning Board Meeting (MRO Auditorium)
   
9:00 AM Consent Agenda
   
Item *1 Adoption of Opinions/Resolutions
 


Item *2 Record Plats
 

Subdivision Plat No. 220070830 – 220070900, Leesborough RT-15 zone; 145 lots, 13 parcels; located on the east side of Georgia Avenue (MD 97), approximately 300 feet south of Arcola Avenue; Kensington – Wheaton Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 


9:00 AM Hearings on Applications
   
Item *3 Update to the l997 inventory of religious institutions

M. Zisman

 

Staff Recommendation: discussion and transmittal to council
  Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only.
Item *4 Preliminary Plan No. 12004087A, Project Plan No. 92004007A , and Site Plan No. 820070200, United Therapeutics

R. Weaver/ R. Kronenberg

 

CBD-1 zone; 1.44 acres; 2 lots previously approved; request to revise the mix of office, laboratory and retail uses for an unchanged total of 213,032 square feet of development; located in the northwest and southwest quadrants of the intersection of Spring Street and Cameron Street; Silver Spring CBD; Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
Item 10 Local Map Amendment No. G-851 - TIME CHANGE

E. Tesfaye

 

Wildwood Medical Center, LLC, requests rezoning of 3.49 acres of land from the R-90 zone to the O-M zone for a commercial building (shopping center); located at 10401 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda Staff Recommendation: Approval to Transmit Comments to Hearing Examiner

(Action required for hearing by the Hearing Examiner on 07/30/07)

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved Staff Recommendation.

   
Item *11 Preliminary Plan No. 120050740, Hilltop Farm (deferred from 6/8/06 Planning Board hearing) - TIME CHANGE

R. Weaver

 

RDT zone; 232.7 acres; 8 lots requested; 8 one-family detached residential dwelling units; located on the south side of West Old Baltimore Road, the west side of Slidell Road, the north side of Barnesville Road and the east side of Peach Tree Road; Agricultural and Rural Open Space; Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Denied.

   
12:00 PM Lunch
 


1:00 PM Planning Board Meeting Continues (MRO Auditorium)
   
Item 8 Capital Crescent Trail Survey

T. Schmieler

 

Briefing and Presentation of Certificates of Appreciation to the Coalition of the Capital Crescent Trail Staff Recommendation: Discussion

(No Public Testimony will be Taken)

   
Item *5 Preliminary Plan No. 120060370, Seven Locks Hills – Resubdivision - TIME CHANGE

D. Kinney

 

R-200 zone; 1.53 acres; 2 lots requested; 2 one-family detached residential dwellings; located on the east side of Seven Locks Road, approximately 200 feet southeast of Lonesome Pine Lane; Potomac; Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved

 
Item *6 Preliminary Plan No. 120061130, Nehouse Property - TIME CHANGE

N. Braunstein

 

RC and RDT zones; 94.03 acres; 8 lots requested; 8 one-family detached residential dwelling units; located on Hawkes Road at the intersection of Piedmont Road; Clarksburg Staff recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved

 

 

 

Item *7 Preliminary Plan No. 120060830, Bennett Knolls (deferred from 2/1/07 Planning Board hearing) - TIME CHANGE

C. Conlon

 

RC zone; 218.99 acres; 30 lots requested; 29 one-family detached dwelling units and an existing camp retreat; located on the east side of Georgia Avenue (MD 97), approximately 1,300 feet north of Holiday Drive; Olney; Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Changes

 


Item *9 Site Plan Amendment No. 8-84111A, TPC Avenel

R. Kronenberg

 

RE-2C/TDR zones; 228.00 acres; amendment to redesign and configure golf holes 9-13, enhance practice facility, upgrade clubhouse and addition Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with change.

 

 

Item *12 Preliminary Plan No. 11986115A, Montgomery County Medical Center

D. Kinney

 

LSC zone; 35.57 acres; 1 lot previously approved; 519,636 additional square feet of research and development uses requested, for a maximum of 894,636 square feet total for the site; located in the southwest quadrant of the intersection of Key West Avenue and Medical Center Drive; Shady Grove Special Study Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved Staff Recommendations

   
Item *13 Preliminary Plan No. 12005004A, Colesville Farm Estates

C. Conlon

 

RE-1 zone; 3.17 acres; 3 lots for 3 one-family detached dwellings previously approved; request to amend a condition pertaining to path construction; located on the south side of Orchard Way, approximately 2000 feet east of the intersection with New Hampshire Avenue (MD 650); White Oak and Vicinity; Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with changes

   
Item *14 Mandatory Referral No. 07403-MCPS-1

M. O'Quinn

 

Wayside Elementary School Addition – 1011 Glen Road, R-90 Zone, Potomac Subregion Master Plan Staff Recommendation: Approval to transmit comments to MCPS

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with changes and additional comments.

   
Item 15 Discussion: Definition of Urban Areas in the Road Code, Section 49-31 - POSTPONED

L. Cole

 

   
Item *16 Preliminary Forest Conservation Plan: Mandatory Referral No. 07301-MCPS-1

M. Zamore

 

Clarksburg Elementary School Number 8, 12601 Royal Crown Drive, R-200 Zone, Germantown Master Plan Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved

   
Item 17 Mandatory Referral No. 07301-MCPS-1

P. Johnson

 

Clarksburg Elementary School Number 8 – 12601 Royal Crown Drive, R-200 Zone, Germantown Master Plan Staff Recommendation: Approval to transmit comments to MCPS

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved

 

 

Item 18 Mandatory Referral No. No. 07204-MCPS-1

N. Yearwood

 

Walter Johnson High School Modernization – 6400 Rock Spring Drive, R-90 Zone, North Bethesda Master Plan Staff Recommendation: Approval to transmit comments to Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with change.

   
Item 19 Proposed Amendments

K. Nelson

 

Montgomery County Comprehensive Water Supply and Sewerage Systems Plan- AD 2007-3 (Administrative Cases) Staff Recommendation: Transmit Recommendations to County Executive

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved staff recommendation.

   
6:00 PM Dinner
   
7:00 PM Planning Board Meeting Continues (MRO Auditorium)
Item 20 Silver Place Program of Requirements -POSTPONED

M. Riley

 

 

 

Item 21

Discussion of Bill 14-07 on Forest Conservation Enforcement - ADDED

M. Pfefferle

 

(No public testimony will be taken at this time)

Planning Board Action/Decision: Comments to be sent to Council.

 

 

Item 22

Brainstorming For Fiscal Year 09 Planning Budget - ADDED

 

(No public testimony will be taken at this time)

Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only, no vote taken

 

 

Item 23

Briefing Federal Capital Improvement Program - ADDED

S. Edwards

(No public testimony will be taken at this time)

Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only, no vote taken

 

 

Item 24

Roundtable Discussion including Briefings and Worksessions

(No public testimony will be taken at this time) -TIME CHANGE

 

 

 

A. Approval of Minutes

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved

B. Commissioners' Reports

C. Director's Report

D. TDR Tracking - POSTPONED

   
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Notices and Reminders

July

10

4:30 P.M.

Wheaton Urban District Advisory, Mid-County Services Ctr. 2424 Reedie Drive, 1st Floor, Wheaton

 

11

7:15 P.M.

East County Citizen’s Advisory Board, Eastern Montgomery Regional Services Center, 3300 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring, MD.

 

11

7:30 P.M.

Historic Preservation Commission, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

 

12

9:00 A.M.

Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring

 

16

7:00 P.M.

Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring

 

16

7:00 P.M.

Western Montgomery County Citizen Advisory Board, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda

 

17

7:00 P.M.

Mid-County Citizen Advisory, Mid-County Services Center, 2424 Reedie Drive, 1st Floor, Wheaton

 

18

9:30 A.M.

Full Commission Meeting, 6600 Kenilworth Avenue, Riverdale

 

19

9:00 A.M.

Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring

 

19

3:30 P.M.

Silver Spring Urban District Advisory Board, Discovery Communications, 1 Discovery Place, Silver Spring, MD

 

23

7:00 P.M.

Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring

 

24

1:00 P.M.

Department Heads Meeting, 6600 Kenilworth Avenue, Riverdale

 

25

7:30 P.M.

Historic Preservation Commission, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

 

26

9:00 A.M.

Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring

August
13
7:00 p.m.
Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board, Location TBD
 
15
7:30 p.m.
Historic Preservation Commission, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring
 
16
3:30 p.m.
Silver Spring Urban District Advisory Board, Discovery Communications, 1 Discovery Place