The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, February 9, 2012

FINAL - REVISED

Friday, February 10, 2012 - 10:30 am

8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3760
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9:00 aM MEETING OF THE MARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION - BY CONFERENCE CALL - (THIRD FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM) - ADDITION
   
  Closed Session - ADDITION/REVISED

 

Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland, State Government Article, §10-508(a)(9), to conduct collective bargaining negotiations or consider matters that relate to the negotiations.

   
9:30 AM PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES- (THIRD FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM) - ADDITION/REVISED
   
Item 7 Closed Session - ADDITION

 

Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a)(7) to consult with counsel to obtain legal advice (TOPIC: Severance request from Consent Agenda)

   
  PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES- (MRO Auditorium) - REVISED
  ** For more details about the Planning Board’s action on any item, you may link to the videotaped hearing after noon on the day following the meeting and select the item you wish to hear. **
item 1 Consent Agenda
 

*A. Adoption of Resolutions

   
 

*B. Record Plats - REVISED

 

1. Subdivision Plat No. 220111250-220111270, Quince Trace; RT-8 Zone, 45 lots, 7 parcels; located on the south side of Darnestown Road, approximately 200 feet northwest of Kent Oaks Drive; Potomac Subregion Master Plan.

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

2. Subdivision Plat No. 220120250, Ketcham’s Subdivision; R-200 Zone, 1 lot; located on the south side of Holly Hill Place, approximately 600 feet southwest of Woodford Road; Potomac Subregion Master Plan.

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

3. Subdivision Plat No. 220120260-220120300 and 220120830, Batchellors Forest; RNC Zone, 37 lots, 8 parcels; located on Batchellors Forest Road, approximately 400 feet northeast of Norbeck Farm Drive; Olney Master Plan. - REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA

Staff Recommendation: Approval

4. Subdivision Plat No. 220111100, Millers addition to Bethesda; TS-M zone, 1 lot; located on the south side of Bethesda Avenue, at the intersection of Woodmont Avenue; Bethesda CBD Sector Plan. - ADDITION

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
 

*C. Other Consent Items

   
  *D. Approval of Minutes
 

Minutes of January 12, 2012

   
Item 9 Subdivision Plat No. 220120260-220120300 and 220120830, Batchellors Forest - ADDITION/DEFERRED FROM CONSENT AGENDA
  RNC Zone, 37 lots, 8 parcels; located on Batchellors Forest Road, approximately 400 feet northeast of Norbeck Farm Drive; Olney Master Plan.

Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved Plats 220120260, 220120270, 220120280, 220120290, 220120300. Plat 220120830 - DEFERRED.

 

 

Item 8 Legislative Update - ADDITION/REVISED (2/15/12)
 

Direction on Bill SB 236 MC26-12 - REVISED (2/15/12)

Staff Recommendation: Approval

   
Item 2 Briefing: Parks’ Department Leases, Partnerships and Tenants - POSTPONED

K. Stookey/J. Nissel

Briefing/overview on the current status of Parks’ property management and public-private partnership programs
Staff Recommendation: Discussion

   
Item *3 Preliminary Plan Review No. 120090210, 6450 New Hampshire Avenue

N. Braunstein

C-2 zone and the Commercial Revitalization Overlay zone (CROZ), 0.28 acres, requesting to convert one existing parcel into one record lot; located on the west side of New Hampshire Avenue, approximately 300 feet south of Sheridan Street; Takoma Park
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions.
   
Item 4

Proposed Amendment to the Local Area Transportation Review and Policy Area Mobility Review Guidelines

M. Dolan/R. Krasnow

Proposal to change language on page 19 to modify the requirements that must be met in order for a project to receive a building permit.

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.
 


Item 5 Review of County Executive's Recommended FY13 Capital Budget and FY13-18 Capital Improvements Program

F. Boyd/M. Dolan

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
Item 6 Roundtable Discussion

 

Planning Director's Report
   
  ADJOURN