The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, June 4, 2009

FINAL

June 4 , 2009

 

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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. 220090960, Hull Property
RDT zone; 1 lot; located on the south side of Comus Road, 800 feet east of Slidell Road; Clarksburg.

Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decison: Approved.

 

 

Item *3 Consent Items
E. Hisel-McCoy

Site Plan Amendment Review No. 82006014A, 1200 East West Highway, CBD-2 zone; 0.73 acres; amendment: revise paving, change palm tree, delete (1) trash receptacle, minor landscaping changes, re-design lobby area civil revisions, minor architectural revisions, decrease public use space, add balconies to floor 12-14; located at the northwest quadrant of the intersection of East West Highway and Blair Mill Road; Silver Spring

Staff recommendation: Approval of the consent item and Draft Resolution

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved consent item and Draft Resolution.
 

 

Item 4 Approval of Minutes
 

 

9:00 AM PLANNING BOARD MEETING- (MRO Auditorium)
Item 5 Worksession #11 White Flint Sector Plan - Zoning, Staging, Administration and Financing, Rockville Pike (MD355), Cross Section and Right of Way

Weiss/ Hardy, Sesker

 
(No Public Testimony will be taken)
 

 

Item 13

Takoma/Langley Sector Plan -TIME CHANGE

B. Barron/ M. Williams

 

Work Session, Takoma/Langley Crossroads Sector Plan (Approve Draft as Public Hearing Draft and Set July 23rd Public Hearing Date)

(No Public Testimony will be taken)
 

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved
12:30 PM LUNCH
item 15 Closed Session -ADDED

12:30 PM

Sorrento

(30 min)

In accordance with State Government Article, Section 10-508(a)(7), State Government Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, to consult with counsel to obtain legal advice

 

  
1:30 PM PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM
item 14 Roundtable Discussion (no public testimony) - ADDED
H. Sun

Leave Fund Balance Report

   
Item *6 Reinstatement of Preliminary Plan No. 120040310 and Limited Plan Amendment No. 12004031A: North Westland Building

P. Butler

 

A. Reinstatement of Preliminary Plan No. 120040310 C-2 zone; 0.48 acres; 1 lot previously approved for 14,000 square feet of office use; request to modify the approved access to the building; located on North Westland Drive, 300 feet east of Frederick Avenue (MD 355); Gaithersburg.
Staff recommendation: Approval with conditions

B. Limited Plan Amendment No. 12004031A C-2 zone; 0.48 acres; 1 lot previously approved for 14,000 square feet of office use; request to modify the approved access to the building; located on North Westland Drive, 300 feet east of Frederick Avenue (MD 355); Gaithersburg.
Staff recommendation: Approval with conditions
 

A: Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved

B: Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved
Item *7 Preliminary Plan No. 120070540, Cabin John Park (Revised Plan)

R. Weaver

 

R-90 zone; 1.90 acres; 4 lots requested; 4 one-family detached residential dwellings, 3 existing to be removed; located in the northwest quadrant of the intersection of MacArthur Boulevard and 79th Street; Bethesda-Chevy Chase.
Staff recommendation: Approval with conditions
  Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved
Item 8 Board of Appeals No. S-2746

R. Miller

 

Ivymount School, Inc., applicant, requests a special exception to use a residence as a private educational institution; R-90 Zone; located at 11614 Seven Locks Road, Rockville

Staff recommendation: Approval with conditions

 

(Action required for hearing by the Hearing Examiner on 06/15/09)
  Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved
Item *9 Montgomery General Hospital, Inc: Preliminary Forest Conservation Plan No. CBA-2521-J, Special Exception No. CBA-2521, and request for Waiver

E. Tesfaye

 

A. Preliminary Forest Conservation Plan for CBA-2521-J: Montgomery General Hospital, Inc.

Staff recommendation: Approval with Conditions

B. Special Exception CBA-2521 Montgomery General Hospital - Request for modification to the Hospital's approved special exception.

Staff recommendation: Approval with Conditions

C. A request for a Waiver of the number of parking spaces required for Special Exception CBA -2521-J

Staff recommendation: Approval

(Action required for hearing by the Hearing Examiner on 06/16/09)
 

A. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved

B. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved

C. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved
Item 10 Zoning Text Amendment No. 09-02

G. Russ

 

Introduced by Councilmember Berliner: to amend the Zoning Ordinance to allow the consolidation of certain lots, parts of lots, or parcels with dwellings that predated 1958.

Staff recommendation: Transmit Comments to County Council


(Action required for County Council public hearing of 6/9/09)
  Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved
Item 11 Zoning Text Amendment No. 09-03

G. Russ

 

Introduced by The District Council at the Request of the County Executive: to amend the Zoning Ordinance to amend the provisions and definitions concerning home occupations including the provisions for violations; amend and add definitions pertaining to commercial vehicles; add definitions associated with off-street parking and home occupations; require a use-and-occupancy permit for a one-family detached dwelling; limit the amount of surfaced area and parking in front yards for certain one-family zones;. limit off-street parking in clustered agricultural zones; and amend the provisions for renewing a special exception for a home occupation

Staff recommendation: Transmit Comments to County Council


(Action required for County Council public hearing of 6/9/09)
  Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with changes
Item 12 Discussion: Proposed Dedicated Playground at Kensington Heights Neighborhood Park

T. Brooks

 

Proposed Dedicated Playground at Kensington Heights Neighborhood Park in the Name of Wayne Goldstein
Staff recommendation: Approval with conditions
  Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved
6:30 PM ADJOURN

 

 

 

Montgomery County Department of Parks
Special Announcement

The Commission is considering the approval of a request to dedicate a playground at Kensington Heights Neighborhood Park in Kensington in honor of Mr. Wayne Goldstein, an activist and tireless advocate for residents throughout Montgomery County. Mr. Goldstein was a former president of the county’s Civic Federation, a current columnist in The Montgomery County Sentinel newspaper and a consistent advocate for community issues throughout the county. Most notable among Mr. Goldstein’s greatest achievements is that Mr. Goldstein was a huge figure in the preservation and advocacy realm.
The Commission will be considering this request within the next 14 days. If you would like to comment on this proposal, please send you comments to Mr. Terry Brooks, Chief, Special Program Division at www.terry.brooks@montgomeryparks.org no later than June 1, 2009.