The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, July 17, 2008

FINAL

Last Update: July 16, 2008 5:00 PM

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9:00 AM PLANNING BOARD MEETING (MRO Auditorium)

 

 

9:00 am CONSENT AGENDA
   
item *1 Adoption of Opinions/Resolutions
  Group A: Three Commissioners Eligible to Vote [Commissioners Cryor, Hanson and Robinson]

i) Preliminary Plan No. 120061020, Rosewood Manor Estates, ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION No. 08-61

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 

ii) Preliminary Plan No. 11988167A, Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital, ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION No. 08-65

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
Item *2 Record Plats
 

Subdivision Plat No. 220081970, Chevy Chase, Section 3

R-60 zone; 1 lot; located on the east side of Florida Street, 150 feet north of Raymond Street; Bethesda-Chevy Chase

Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item *3 Consent Items
   
9:00 AM PLANNING BOARD MEETING
 

 

Item *4 Layhill Overlook - REVISED

N. Braunstein

E. Hisel-McCoy

A. Preliminary Plan No. 12007049A, Layhill Overlook
PD-2 zone; 16.02 acres; 38 lots previously approved for 37 residential dwelling units and 1 religious institution; request to modify the proposed lot and road configuration and add 1 lot for 1 additional one-family detached dwelling unit; located in the northeast quadrant of the intersection of Bel Pre Road and Homecrest Road; Aspen Hill

Staff recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with amdendments.

 

B. Site Plan Review No. 820080160, Layhill Overlook, PD-2 zone, 16.0 acres;2 single-family detached dwelling unit; 6 townhouses; 12 duplexes and 10,800 gross square feet for religious institution, located at the northeast quadrant of the intersection of Bel Pre Road and Homecrest Road; Aspen Hill
Staff recommendation: Approval with conditions

Planning Board Actin/Decision: Approved with amendments.

 

 

Item *5 Chevy Chase Bank at Fox Chapel

N. Braunstein/

M. Oaks

A. Preliminary Plan No. 11988271A, Chevy Chase Bank @ Fox Chapel
C-3 zone; 0.93 acres; 4 lots previously approved for 11, 901 square feet of retail and an automobile filling station with no more than 600 square feet of convenience retail; request to replace the filling station with a 3,172 square foot bank; located in the southeast quadrant of the intersection of MD 355 and Middlebrook Road; Germantown
Staff recommendation: Approval with conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 

B. Site Plan Review No. 820080170, Chevy Chase Bank at Fox Chapel, C-3 zone; 0.93 acres; 3,172 gross square feet for bank; located at 19825 Frederick Road, southeast of Middlebrook Road; Germantown

Staff recommendation: Approval with conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
Item *6 Site Plan Amendment No. 81997014A, Churchill Senior Living

M. Oaks

TS zone; 5.48 acres; amendment; building footprint/ratio of 1 bedroom /2bedroom/market rate apartment, building heights, reduce parking; located on Father Hurley Boulevard, approximately 500 feet south of Waters Landing Drive; Germantown
Staff recommendation: Approval with conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with amendments.

   
11:00 AM PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES
   
Item *7 Town Center at Germantown - REVISED

C. Conlon/P. Butler/

E. Hisel-McCoy

A. Preliminary Plan No. 11994004A, Town Center at Germantown
TS-M zone; 44.4 acres; 555 residential dwellings, 119,900 square feet of retail, 25,000 square feet of civic space, and 40,400 square feet of commercial use previously approved; request to modify the approved retail and commercial uses to 125,000 square feet and 10,000 square feet, respectively; located in the southwest quadrant of Crystal Rock Road and Century Boulevard; Germantown.
Staff recommendation: Approval with conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 

B. Limited Site Plan Amendment No. 81999021A, The Town Center at Germantown, TS zone, 0.57 acres; amendment to increase the square footage, footprint of building 11 (8,400 square feet to 9,850 square feet) and one floor (1-2) 19,700 square feet total; located at the southwest quadrant of the intersection with Crytal Rock Drive and Century Boulevard; Germantown
Staff recommendation: Approval of the Limited Amendment

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
Item *8 Limited Site Plan Review Amendment No. 81994001A, Normandy Farms-Manor Care

J. Sloan

RE-2 zone; 9.0 acres; amendment for the addition of 3,810 square feet of manor care facility including 2,310 square feet of nursing center, 1,200 square feet of living center and 300 square feet of dining room; addition of 7 parking spaces; located on Potomac Tennis Lane, north of Falls Road; Potomac
Staff recommendation: Approval of the Limited Amendment with Conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
12:00 PM LUNCH
   
1:00 PM PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES ( MRO AUDITORIUM )
   
   
  PARK ITEM
   
Item 9 Brookside Gardens Facility Plan - REVISED
S. Oberle/H. Sussmann

Facility Plan for Brookside Gardens; renovate main entrance to the visitor's center; located on the south side of Glenallan Avenue at the intersection of Heurich Road in Wheaton Regional Park, Kensington-Wheaton Master Plan.

Staff recommendation: Approve the facility plan and cost estimate

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
  PLANNING ITEMS
item *10 Preliminary Plan No. 120050980, Fairmont

R. Weaver

R-90 zone; 1.03 acres; 4 lots proposed; 4 one-family detached residential dwelling units, one existing to be replaced; located on the south side of Fairland Road, 600 feet east of Partridge Drive; White Oak.
Staff recommendation: Approval with conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
Item 11 Zoning Text Amendment No. 08-14

G. Russ

Introduced by the District Council at the request of the Planning Board: to amend the Zoning Ordinance to establish a Transit Mixed-Use (TMX) Zone; and establish allowable land uses, development standards, use of buildable transferable development rights, and approval procedures for development of the TMX Zone

Staff recommendation: Transmit Comments to County Council
(Action required for County Council public hearing of 7/29/08)

  Planning Board Action/Decision: Comments to be discussed next week.
   
2:00 PM PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES
   
Item 12 Zoning Text Amendment No. 08-15

G. Russ

Introduced by County Council President at the request of the County Executive: to amend the Zoning Ordinance to establish a definition for an arts or entertainment use; expand the means to satisfy the public use space and public facility and amenity requirements of the optional method of development in the CBD Zones under certain circumstances; amend the findings required for approval of a project plan; amend certain development standards for a project that includes an arts or entertainment use; and allow for the establishment of a different project plan and site plan validity period for an arts or entertainment use

Staff recommendation: Transmit Comments to County Council
(Action required for County Council public hearing of 7/29/08)


Subdivision Regulation Amendment No. 08-03
Introduced by County Council President at the request of the County Executive: to amend the Subdivision Regulations to provide an extension of the validity period for an adequate public facilities determination for certain properties; provide for approval of a site plan to validate phases of a preliminary plan and project plan for certain properties under certain circumstances; and provide for the recordation of a final record plat to validate all phases of a multi-phase preliminary plan for certain properties under certain circumstances

Staff recommendation: Transmit Comments to County Council
(Action required for County Council public hearing of 7/29/08)

  Planning Board Action/Decision: Comments to be sent.
3:30 PM PLANNING BOARD CONTINUES
   
Item 13 Roundtable Discussion

(60 min)

(No public testimony will be taken at this time.)

A. Commissioners’ Report
B. Approval of Minutes
C. Director’s Report

D. Enterprise Fund Briefing

E. County Council Activity - ADDED

  • Charter Amendment

F. ALARF Briefing - ADDED

   
Item 14

Worksession: Housing Policy Element of the General Plan - POSTPONED

K. Moritz

Staff recommendation: Approval of draft for Public Hearing
   
   
5:00 pm DINNER
   
7:30 PM PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM
   
Item 15 Longdraft Road - DPWT Facility Planning Study Phase I

K. Kim

DPWT Facility Planning Study Phase I Recommendation - Longdraft Road, North Potomac

Staff recommendation: Transmit comments regarding preferred alternative to Montgomery County Department of Public Works and Transportation (DPWT)

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved staff recommendation with modifications.

   
  ADJOURN





 

Montgomery County Planning Board
Germantown Master Plan


The Public Hearing Draft of the Germantown Master Plan is now available for public comment. The Public Hearing date and location has been changed to Monday, July 28, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. at Globe Hall in the High Technology and Science Center on Montgomery College-Germantown campus
(directions and map). Sign up online to testify at the public hearing.


To review the Public Hearing Draft visit our Germantown Forward web page.