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9:00 AM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING - MRO AUDITORIUM
	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
	1. Goddard School - Olney Preliminary Plan 120120150 – MCPB No. 12-150 Planning Board Action/Decision: Adopted. 2. Goddard School – Site Plan 820120110 – MCPB No. 12-151 Planning Board Action/Decision: Adopted.

	*B. Record Plats
	1. Subdivision Plat No. 220130400, Palatine RE-2 zone; 1 lot; located on the north side of Centurion Way, approximately 640 feet west of Greenbriar Road; Potomac Subregion Master Plan. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. 2. Subdivision Plat No. 220130750, Ayrlawn R-60 zone, 5 lots; located in the northeast quadrant of the intersection of Lindale Drive and Johnson Avenue. Bethesda- Chevy Chase Master Plan. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

	*C. Other Consent Items

	*D. Approval of Minutes
	Minutes of December 3, 2012 and December 6, 2012 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 4	Sectional Map Amendment: Burtonsville Crossroads Neighborhood Plan - TIME CHANGED
K. O’Connor	Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 18	Council Bill 35-12 – Tree Canopy Conservation - ADDED
M. Pfefferle	A bill to establish procedures, standards, and requirements to minimize the loss and disturbance of tree canopy as a result of development Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion, No Vote Taken. (Action required for County Council public hearing of 1/17/13)

Item 11	Subdivision Regulation Amendment No. 12-02 - TIME CHANGED
G. Russ	Exempt small commercial additions in Community Legacy Plan areas, near new roads, and adjoining state highways from subdivision requirements. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved to Transmit Comments to County Council. (Action required for County Council public hearing of 1/22/2013)

Item 12	Subdivision Regulation Amendment No. 12-03 - TIME CHANGED
G. Russ	Authorize the approval and recordation of a plat for certain properties classified in a one-family residential zone under the minor subdivision procedure under certain circumstances. - Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved to Transmit Comments to County Council. (Action required for County Council public hearing of 1/22/2013)

Item 13	Zoning Text Amendment No. 12-18 - TIME CHANGED
G. Russ	Provide an exemption from current zoning standards for pre-1928 property that resubdivide. - Transmit Comments to County Council. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved to Transmit Comments to County Council. (Action required for County Council public hearing of 1/22/2013)

Item 14	Subdivision Regulation Amendment No. 12-04 - TIME CHANGED
G. Russ	Clarify the provisions for ownership lots in the minor subdivision process. - Transmit Comments to County Council. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved to Transmit Comments to County Council. (Action required for County Council public hearing of 1/22/2013)

Item *2	Preliminary Plan 120110180, Parmjit & Saini Estates
K. Holt	Four lots requested for four, one family detached homes; located on the northern side of Travilah Road abutting Patrick Avenue; R-200/TDR zone, 2.63-acres, 2002 Potomac Subregion Master Plan Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions and Adopted Resolution.

Item 3	Board of Appeals Case No. S-2857, Layhill Learning Center, Inc. - REVISED
R. Kamen	Request for a child daycare center for up to 62 children and up to 11 staff, R-200 Zone, located at 170 Randolph Road, Silver Spring. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions. (Action required for Hearing by the Hearing Examiner on 2/1/2013)

Item *5	Preliminary Plan Review No. 120070520, Chevy Chase View
N. Braunstein	R-60, 0.96 acres, 2 lots for 2 one-family detached units and 2 outlots, located on 4311 Clearbrook Lane, approximately 125 feet west of the intersection with Cedar Lane, Bethesda Chevy-Chase Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions and Adopted Resolution.

1:05 PM	LUNCH

Item 8	Closed Session
	Approval of Closed Session Minutes

Item 9	Closed Session
	Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a)(7) to consult with counsel to obtain legal advice.

2:30 PM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM

Item 10	Roundtable Discussion
M. Bradford	Parks Director's Report

Item *6	Preliminary Plan No. 120110220, Knowles Estates - TIME CHANGED
P. Butler	Addition of second floor to an existing commercial building of 4,000 square feet for a total of 8,048 square feet on approximately 7,687- square foot lot in the CRT Zone; located on the south side of the intersection of Metropolitan Avenue and Saint Paul Street in the Kensington Sector Plan area. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions and Adopted Resolution.

Item *7	Hanover Shady Grove - TIME CHANGED
P. Butler/L. Shirley	A. Preliminary Plan No. 11986186A: Request to convert approximately 209,000 square feet of approved but unbuilt commercial uses for up to 452,152 square feet of residential uses with up to 367 multi-family residential units on platted parcels R-R and T-T; 6.92 gross acres zoned CR1.5 C1.5 R1.5 H100; located in the northeast quadrant of the intersection of Omega Drive and Research Boulevard, in the Great Seneca Science Corridor Master Plan area. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions and Adopted Resolution. B. Site Plan No. 820120190: Construction of two multi-family residential buildings for 452,152 square feet for 367 multi-family residential units on 6.92 gross acres zoned CR1.5 C1.5 R1.5 H100; located in the northeast quadrant of the intersection of Omega Drive and Research Boulevard, in the Great Seneca Science Corridor Master Plan area. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions and Adopted Resolution.

Item *15	Bethesda Crescent - REVISED
P. Agrawal	A.Site Plan Amendment Review No. 81984005A, Bethesda Crescent (4600 East-West Highway), CBD-2 Zone, 1.24 acres, Amendment to relocate and remove existing artwork; amend the public art requirement by using 1,200 square feet of retail space for public art exhibits, and make a contribution to the metro tunnel art, located on Wisconsin Avenue southeast of the intersection with East-West Highway, Bethesda CBD Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions and Adopted Resolution. B. Site Plan Amendment Review No. 81984003A, Bethesda Crescent (7475 Wisconsin Avenue), CBD-2 Zone, 1.24 acres, Amendment to relocate and remove existing artwork; amend the public art requirement by using 1,200 square feet of retail space for public art exhibits, and make a contribution to the metro tunnel art, located on Wisconsin Avenue southeast of the intersection with East-West Highway, Bethesda CBD Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions and Adopted Resolution.

Item *16	Limited Site Plan Amendment Review No. 82007011B, Gilbert & Wood
E. Hisel-McCoy	C-1 Zone and CROZ (Commercial Revitalization Overlay Zone), 1.64 acres, Amendment to modify the approved plan to show the temporary parking for the site, located on Laurel Avenue at the northeast intersection with Eastern Avenue, Takoma Park Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions and Adopted Resolution.

5:15 PM	DINNER

6:30 PM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM

Item 17	Worksession No. 5: Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan
E. Hisel-McCoy	Attachment 1-Redline Draft -- Attachment 2-Clean Draft Review of Proposed Planning Board Draft Planning Board Action/Decison: Approved Draft and Transmit to County Council Executive and County Council.


9:00 PM	ADJOURN

The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, January 17, 2013

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