Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, October 24, 2002, 9:30 A.M.

8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD  20910-3760

301-495-4600, www.montgomeryplanningboard.org

 

The following time schedule is an estimate subject to change without notice, depending on the circumstances affecting each item.  On individual agenda items, public testimony is accepted unless otherwise noted and italics indicate staff’s recommendation for Board action.  For information about meetings in progress, call (301) 495-1333.  For other information, call 301-495-4600 or the TTY (teletypewriter used by people with hearing or speech impairments) at (301) 495-1331.  The Planning Board encourages the participation of individuals with disabilities in all its programs and services.  Meeting agendas and other planning and parks information are available on the Internet – www.montgomeryplanningboard.org 

 

    Blue Agenda - Staff Recommendations

9:30 a.m.

 

GENERAL MEETING (Third Floor Conference Room, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring)

 

 

 

A.     Administrative Items

B.     Closed Session:  Pursuant to Maryland State Code Section 10-508(a)(7)(consult with counsel to obtain legal advice) Indoor Baseball

C.     Closed Session: Pursuant to Maryland State Code Section 10-508(a)(1) (to discuss

      Personnel matters)

 

12:00 P.M.

 

 

LUNCH

1:00 P.M.

 

PLANNING BOARD MEETING  (MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring)

 

 

 

Roll Call

Approval of Minutes

Commissioners’ Reports

Directors’ Reports

Reconsideration Requests

 

1:15 p.m.

1.

Briefing on Purple Line light rail and trail cross sections by Maryland Transit Authority – No public testimony will be taken at this time.

 

*2.

Site Plan Review No. 8-02002A – Residences at Rosedale Park; CBD-1 Zone; 164 Multi-family detached units, including 21 MPDU’s; north east and south east quadrants, intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and Rosedale Avenue; PA – 35/Chevy Chase & Vicinity - Approval with conditions.

 

*3.

Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-98048A – Cross Creek Club - Phase II (request to revise the previous conditions of approval) – R-200 zone; 79 lots (79 single family detached dwelling units); 45.56 acres; On Briggs Chaney Road, approximately 100 feet north of Fairland Road; Fairland Planning Area – Approval to revise conditions.

 

*4.

Site Plan Review No. 8- 99048A – Cross Creek Club – Phase II; R-200 - 79 One-family detached Units; On Briggs Chaney Road, approximately 100 feet north of Fairland Road; - Fairland Planning Area - Approval with conditions.

 

5.

AB 656: Abandonment of a Portion of Burnt Hill Road approximately 200 feet east of Clarksburg Road, Clarksburg, Approval

 

6.

AB 657: Abandonment of a Portion of Piedmont Road approximately 600 feet east of Clarksburg Road, Clarksburg, Approval

 

7.

Board of Appeals Petition No. S-2540 (Special Exception)Sprint PCS/APC Realty and Equipment Company, LLC and Goshen United Methodist Church, requests a special exception for a Telecommunications Facility; 7700 Brink Road, Gaithersburg – Approval with conditions.

 

*8.

Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-02094 – Green Hills; RT-6 zone; 12 lots (12 single family attached dwelling units); 2.23 acres; On the east side of Ridge Road, approximately 800 feet north of Tralee Terrace; Goshen – Approval with conditions.

 

*9.

Site Plan Review No. 8-02033 – Green Hills – RT-6 Zone; 12 Townhouses; On east side of Ridge Road, approximately 800 feet north of Tralee Terrace; PA – 14/Goshen, Woodfield, Cedar Grove & Vicinity - Approval with conditions.

 

*10.

Preliminary Plan Review No. 7-02018 – Fawsett Farms (Resubdivision); R-200 zone; 6 lots (6 single family detached dwelling units (1 existing); 4.5 acres; Northeast quadrant of intersection of Falls Road and MacArthur Boulevard; Potomac – Pursuant to Section 50-29(b)(2) Opposed the submission of Preliminary Plan for six (6) lots only.

 

*11.

Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-97036E – Wheel of Fortune (request for extension of the validity period); O-M zone; 1 lot (52,533 square feet commercial/office); 1.85 acres; On the north side of Montrose Road, approximately 600 feet east of Seven Locks Road; Potomac – Grant extension.

 

*12.

Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-02111 – Four Chimney Estates; R-200 zone; 5 lots (5 single family dwelling units, 1 existing); 4.55 acres; North side of Central Avenue opposite intersection with Oakmont Street; Gaithersburg & Vicinity – Approval with conditions, including abandonment of a portion of Oakmont Street

 

*13.

Record Plats

 

5:30 P.M.

 

DINNER

 

7:30 P.M.

 

PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUED

 

7:30 P.M.

14.

Zoning Map Amendment No. G-792National Seniors’ Housing Corporation, applicant, requests rezoning from the RE-2C zone to the PD-5 zone; 24.63 acres; 53 SFA and 72 MF; west of Howard Chapel Road north of Pearl Ave., Damascus – Approval.

 

15.

Proposed Dog Exercise Area SitesApproval of development proposals in the Wheaton Regional Park, Black Hill Regional Park and Ridge Road Recreational ParkRidge Road Recreational Park - Approval of Montgomery Dog, Inc. to enter into agreements with the Commission to assist in the management of each facility.

9:30 P.M.

 

ADJOURN

 

*Maryland law and the Planning Board’s Rules of Procedure regarding ex parte (outside the record) communications require all discussion, review, and consideration of this matter take place only during the Board’s public hearing.  Telephone calls and meetings with Board members in advance of the hearing are not permitted.  Written communications will be directed to appropriate staff

members for response.

 

Notices and Reminders

October

21 -

7:15 p.m.,

UpCounty Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, UpCounty Regional Services Center, Meeting Room A, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown

 

23 -

7:30 p.m.,

Historic Preservation Commission Meeting, MRO Auditorium

 

24 -

9:30 a.m.,

Montgomery County Planning Board General Meeting, 3rd Floor Conference Room, MRO

 

24 -

4:00 p.m.,

Downtown Silver Spring Urban District Advisory Board, 1st Floor Conference Room, 8435 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

 

24 -

7:30 p.m.,

Montgomery County Planning Board General Meeting continues, MRO Auditorium

 

28 -

1:30 p.m.,

Strategic Planning Fall Lecture Series: Dick Tustian & Royce Hanson, “A Historical Perspective,” MRO Auditorium

 

28 -

7:15 p.m.,

UpCounty Citizens Advisory Board, UpCounty Regional Services Center Meeting Room A, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown

 

30 - 

7:30 p.m.,

Managed Deer Hunts in Parks and Community meeting postponed

 

31 -

9:30 a.m.,

Montgomery County Planning Board meets at Brookside Gardens Visitors Center

 

31 -

1:00 p.m.,

Montgomery County Planning Board General Meeting, 3rd Floor Conference Room, MRO

 


NOTICE

 

Planning Board Meeting on Enterprise User Fees

 

Thursday, October 31, 2002

 

Montgomery Regional Office (MRO) Auditorium

8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

 

     Each year, the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission reviews the user fees charged at our Enterprise facilities.  Staff from the Department of Park and planning, enterprise Office will present he user fees for the upcoming year to the Montgomery County Planning Board for public review and comment at this meeting. Copies of all our proposed Enterprise fees may be obtained at the Department of Park and Planning, Enterprise Office, Parkside Headquarters, 9500 Burnett Avenue, Silver Spring.  For additional information, please contact Karen Warnick at (301) 650-2873.

 

     You are invited to comment on our Enterprise fees at the Planning Board Meeting. Speakers who represent organizations will be allowed five minutes; individuals will be allowed three minutes.

 

     If you wish to comment on the fees, please register in advance in calling (301) 650-2890.

 

     You may submit your comments on the fees in writing prior to October 30, 2002, addressed to:  Mr. Derick P. Berlage, Chairman, Montgomery County Planning Board, 8787 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20901, or fax them to him at (301) 495-1320.

 

     The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission encourages the participation of individuals with disabilities in its programs and in the use of its facilities. For accommodations, such as sign language interpretation, large print materials, assistive listening devices, etc., contact Marion Joyce at 301-495-4600 or TTY (301) 495-1331.

 

 

 

Olney Master Plan Open House

Wednesday, November 13, 2002

4:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Sandy Spring Friends School

16923 Norwood Road, Sandy Spring

 

The Montgomery County Department of Park and Planning will hold an open house for interested citizens to review and discuss the proposed staff recommendations for the Olney Master Plan Update. There will be no formal presentation.  Instead, staff will be available at individual stations on land use and zoning, transportation, environment, parks and recreation, and the town center to discuss draft master plan recommendations with participants.  This will be the last formal opportunity to meet with staff before the Staff Draft of the proposed Master Plan is released in December.

 

Additional information on the Olney Master Plan Update is available at www.mcparkandplanning.org/olney or by calling the Community–Based Planning Division at (301) 495-4555.