Montgomery County

Planning Board Agenda

 

Tuesday, October 25, 2005, 9:30 A.M.

8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD  20910-3760

301-495-4600, http://www.montgomeryplanningboard.org

 

Montgomery County Planning Board

See Planning Board decisions made at this meeting

 

 

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.  Generally, government officials have seven minutes to testify, organizations have five minutes and individuals have three minutes.  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 Comission's web site. 

 

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Recordings:
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Part 4B - P.M.
Part 5 - P.M.

9:30 A.M.

 

 

 

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

C. Loehr

 

 

 

  1. Administrative Items

 

 

 

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

 

9:45 P.M.

 

Roll Call

Approval of Minutes

Commissioners’ Report

Director’s Report

Reconsideration Requests

    Adoption of Opinions

 

10:00 A.M.

G. Russ

1.

Zoning Text Amendment No. 05-12 Introduced by Councilmember Leventhal; amend the Zoning Ordinance to create a special development procedure in the C-2 zone to encourage transit related development at sites within walking distance of a Metro Station; and generally to amend provisions related to a C-2 zone special development procedure – Approval to transmit comments.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

C. Conlon

*2.

Preliminary Plan No. 1-95042 – Clarksburg Town Center – Extension:  RMX-2 Zone; Request for a 24-month extension to the preliminary plan validity period; located in the northeast quadrant of the intersection of Frederick Road (MD 355) and Stringtown Road; Clarksburg – Grant 6-month extension to April 26, 2006.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

R. Krasnow

 

*3.

Continuation of Clarksburg Violation Hearings: CTCAC (Clarksburg Town Center Advisory Committee) will make a presentation to the Board regarding additional alleged violations. (No public testimony will be taken at this time, although persons from the audience may be asked questions)

Part 1 - Staff Report
Part 2 - Attachments

 

12:00 P.M.

 

LUNCH

 

1:00 P.M.

 

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

 

R. Krasnow

 

 

Continuation of Clarksburg Violation Hearings

 

6:00 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

24 -

7:15 p.m.,

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

 

26 -

7:30 p.m.,

Historic Preservation Commission, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

 

27 -

9:30 a.m.,

Montgomery County Planning Board, General Meeting, MRO, 3rd Floor Conference Room, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

 

27 -

1:00 p.m.,

Montgomery County Planning Board, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

 

27 -

7:00 p.m.,

Western Montgomery County Citizens Advisory Board, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda

 

27 -

7:30 p.m.,

Montgomery County Planning Board continues, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

November

1 -

10:00 a.m.,

Retirement Board of Trustees, MRO Conference Room, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

 

2 -

8:30 a.m.,

Keep Montgomery County Beautiful (KMCB) Taskforce Meeting, Executive Office Building (EOB) 101 Montrose Street, 10th Floor, Rockville

 

2 -

9:30 a.m.,

Montgomery County Planning Board, General Meeting, MRO, 3rd Floor Conference Room, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

 

2 -

7:15 p.m.,

East County Citizens Advisory Board, Eastern Montgomery Regional Services Center, 3300 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring

 

3 -

9:30 a.m.,

Montgomery County Planning Board, General Meeting, MRO, 3rd Floor Conference Room, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

 

3 -

1:00 p.m.,

Montgomery County Planning Board, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

 

3 -

6:30 p.m.,

Montgomery County Planning Board continues, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

 

7 -

7:00 p.m.,

County-wide Recreation Advisory Board, Recreation Administrative Offices, 4010 Randolph Road, Conference Room 300, Silver Spring

 

8 -

4:30 p.m.,

Wheaton Urban District Advisory Committee, Mid-County Services Center, 2424 Reedie Drive, 1st Floor Conference Room, Wheaton

 

8 -

7:00 p.m.,

East County Recreation Advisory Board, Fairland Community Center, 14906 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville

 

9 -

7:00 p.m.,

Silver Spring Recreation Advisory Board, Parkside Headquarters, 9500 Brunett Avenue, Silver Spring

Notices and Reminders – continued

 

November

10 -

9:30 a.m.,

Montgomery County Planning Board, General Meeting, MRO, 3rd Floor Conference Room, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

 

10 -

7:00 p.m.,

Mid-County Recreation Advisory Board, Recreation Administrative Offices, Room 300, 4010 Randolph Road, Silver Spring

 

10 -

7:30 p.m.,

Western Area Recreation Advisory Board, Potomac Community Center,

 11315 Falls Road, Potomac

 

11 -

HOLIDAY
Veterans Day

 

14 -

7:00 p.m.,

Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board, AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring

 

15 -

7:45 a.m.,

Bethesda Urban Partnership, 7700 Old Georgetown Road, Lobby, Bethesda

 

15 -

7:00 p.m.,

Mid County Citizens Advisory Board, Mid-County Services Center, 2424 Reedie Drive, 1st Floor Conference Room, Wheaton

 

16 -

9:30 a.m.,

Full Commission Meeting, MRO, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

 

16 -

7:00 p.m.,

Upcounty Region Recreation Advisory Board, Upcounty Region Recreation Office, Suite 1600, 12900 Middlebook Road, Germantown

 

16 -

7:30 p.m.,

Historic Preservation Commission, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

 

17 -

9:30 a.m.,

Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, Brookside Gardens, Visitors Center, 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton

 

 

GOING GREEN AT HOME LECTURE SERIES

Thursday October 20, 2005, 7:30pm - 9:00pm

 

 

Increase Home Energy Efficiency and Comfort

Are you prepared for the coming increase in energy costs?  Learn simple steps to take to create a cozy home this winter while saving on utility bills.

 

Thursday lecture will be held at the Bohrer Park Activity Center at Summit Hall Farm, 506 Frederick Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD 20877.

 

Tuesday, November 15 and Thursday, November 17

7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

 

Alternative Energy Systems

 

Tuesday lecture will be held at the M-NCPPC Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring. Thursday lecture will be held at the Activity Center at Bohrer Park at Summit Hall Farm, 506 S. Frederick Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD 20877.

 

 

 

For more information, please go to http://www.goinggreenathome.org or call Sheila Samson at 301-495-4540 in Silver Spring or Meredith Strider at 301-258-6310 in Gaithersburg.

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


                                                                             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON

2007 PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET

 

The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission seeks public comment on the agency’s proposed operating budget for fiscal year 2007 during a public forum on Thursday, October 20, 2005. 7:30 p.m. at the M-NCPPC Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland.

 

Those wishing to sign up in advance to testify in person may call 301/495-4600.  Written testimony may be sent to the Planning Board Chairman Derick Berlage at 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, or faxed to 301/495-1320 or emailed to mcp-chairman@mncppc-mc.org.

 

 
 


                                                                                 

 

   

 

 

 

 

You’re invited to testify on the

Future of Parks and Open Space in Montgomery County
Thursday, October 27, 2005

Please sign up in advance to speak!

 

The Montgomery County Planning Board invites you to testify at a public hearing on the proposed 2005 Land Preservation, Parks and Recreation Plan (LPPRP), Thursday, October 27, 2005, 7:30 p.m., in The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910.  To sign up in advance to speak, those interested may call 301-495-4600.

 

Copies of the proposed plan will be available online and at the M-NCPPC Information Counter 8787 Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring and at M-NCPPC's Parkside Headquarters, 9500 Brunett Avenue, Silver Spring.  To provide for additional feedback, the public record will remain open until Thursday, November 10, 2005.  Written comments may be addressed to Derick P. Berlage, Chairman, Montgomery County Planning Board, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910 or e-mail mcp- Chairman@mncppc-mc.org.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CIVIC AND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION LEADERS

 

HELP US UPDATE OUR DATABASE!

 

The Planning Board’s Development Review Division is updating our extensive database of more than 1,200 civic and homeowners associations in Montgomery County.  You can help us by calling 301-495-4603, any time of day or night, with the current president’s name, address, phone number and e-mail address.  Thank you for your cooperation. This information will help us to keep you informed of Park and Planning issues concerning your community.