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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

	*B. Record Plats
	1. Subdivision Plat No. 220121350, Clarksburg Village (Revision); R-200/TDR zone, 8 lots; located on the east side of the intersection of Newcut Road and Juniper Blossom Place; Clarksburg Master Plan. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. 2. Subdivision Plan No. 220122030, Chevy Chase, Section 4; R-60 zone; 2 lots, 1 outlot; located on the west side of Meadow Lane, 200 feet north of Thornapple Street; Bethesda-Chevy Chase Master Plan. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. 3. Subdivision Plat No. 220130060, Olney Mill; R-200 zone; 2 lots; located at the terminus of Clover Hill Court, approximately 150’ south of Clover Hill Lane; Olney Master Plan. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

	*C. Other Consent Items

	*D. Approval of Minutes
	Minutes of September 13, 2012 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 7	Roundtable Discussion - NEW TIME
	B. Parks Director's Report Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion Only.

Item *2	Subdivision Review Waiver SRW 201101: Big Woods Road
R. Weaver	A request for a waiver under Section 50-38 to allow an unplatted parcel created after June 1, 1958 to proceed under the minor subdivision process, 20915 Big Woods Road, 2.5 acres, R-200 Zone Agricultural and Rural Open Space Master Plan Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions.

Item *3	Limited Amendment, Preliminary Plan 12002073A (In Response to a Violation), Yetley Property, Lot 46 Block 1
J. Kaye	R-200 zone; 0.51 acres; one existing lot containing a single-family residential dwelling; request to remove a portion of an existing category I forest conservation easement; located at 12802 Timber View Court, 1600 feet east from the intersection of Kemp Mill Road and Randolph Road in Silver Spring; White Oak Master Plan. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions.

Item 4	Zoning Text Amendment 12-13
G. Russ	Amend the RC zone to establish impervious surface limits where specifically recommended in the area master or sector plan. Planning Board Action/Decision: Transmit Comments to County Council. (Action Required for County Council Public Hearing of 10/23/12)

Item 5	Zoning Text Amendment 12-14
G. Russ	Amend the Zoning Ordinance to define bikeshare facility; allow a building permit for a bikeshare facility under certain circumstances without a requirement for conformance to an approved site plan; and generally amend the provision concerning permits exempt from conforming to an approved site plan. Planning Board Action/Decision: Transmit Comments to County Council. (Action Required for County Council Public Hearing of 10/23/12)

Item 6	Department of Parks FY14 Budget Planning Discussion
	Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.
1:00 PM	LUNCH

2:30 pm	PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM

Item 7	Roundtable Discussion - REVISED/CONTINUED
	A. Discussion of Public Ownership versus Private Ownership for new Urban Parks

Item 8	Hillandale Park Activity Building
B. Farquhar	Attachment Discuss closure and demolition of the Hillandale Park Activity Building and former adult education building. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 9	Mandatory Referral No. MR2013004 Forest Glen Passageway Alternatives
M. Lewis-DeGrace	Grade separated pedestrian crossing of Georgia Avenue at Forest Glen Road for Metro users, Forest Glen Sector Plan Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved to Transmit with Comments.

Item 10	Abandonment Request No. AB-735: Edgevale Road between Watson Road and Harvey Road, Silver Spring
C. Eapen	Attachments Request abandonment of approximately 45 feet of unimproved Edgevale Road within the Woodside Park Subdivision in Silver Spring; North and West Silver Spring /Takoma Park Master Plan Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions.

6:00 PM	DINNER

7:15 pm	PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM

Item 11	Worksession on Zoning Ordinance Rewrite
P. Dunn

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The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, October 11, 2012

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