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Ix. Implementation and Staging: Zoning

The document outlines the implementation of the Cloverly Master Plan through public and private actions over time. It discusses zoning and zoning ordinance text amendments to achieve the plan's goals of protecting watersheds and community character. It also discusses recommendations for the Comprehensive Water Supply and Sewerage Systems Plan and capital improvements to include in future programs.

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Ix. Implementation and Staging: Zoning

The document outlines the implementation of the Cloverly Master Plan through public and private actions over time. It discusses zoning and zoning ordinance text amendments to achieve the plan's goals of protecting watersheds and community character. It also discusses recommendations for the Comprehensive Water Supply and Sewerage Systems Plan and capital improvements to include in future programs.

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IX.

IMPLEMENTATION AND STAGING


The Cloverly Master Plan will be implemented through many public and private actions over its life span.
The balancing of competing needs must continue through implementation and enforcement if the fundamental
planning principles of protecting watersheds and community character are to be achieved.

ZONING
The zoning recommendations shown in Figure 16, page 34, will be implemented by the sectional map
amendment that follows the adoption of this Plan.

ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS


Some issues identified during the development of this Plan require zoning ordinance text amendments for
implementation. Since the following text amendment affects other parts of the County, it should be processed
through the normal text amendment process. The following amendment is identified here for reference and to
establish the desirability of this change in Cloverly.

C The Council is in the process of amending the zoning ordinance (Section 59-C-341.1) to modify the
provision that permits site plan review in the C-1 zone so that all development or redevelopment of
any portion of a C-1 zoned site that exceeds 15 acres is subject to site plan review. This Plan
recommends site plan review of development on all C-1 zoned property in the Cloverly Commercial
Area.

The Council recently adopted an environmental overlay zone for the upper Paint Branch watershed as
discussed on pages 28 and 87.

The Cloverly Master Plan also supports text amendments recommended by other master plans, and relies on
them for implementation. Following is a brief description of these text amendments. The initiating master
plan also is noted.

1. Allow front yard building setbacks in the C-1 and C-2 zones to be reduced in order to achieve a
minimum of 15 feet from the face of the curb when approved in a site plan. Reduced front yard
setbacks will allow buildings to be located along the pedestrian thoroughfare and will encourage
pedestrian activity. (From the White Oak Master Plan)

2. Allow only those uses in rural zones that are consistent with rural character by their very nature, such
as riding stables. Remove from consideration in Sandy Spring/Ashton and Cloverly any special
exception uses that are not consistent with the preservation of rural character by evaluating the types
of uses currently permitted in rural zones by special exception. (From the Staff Draft Sandy
Spring/Ashton Master Plan)

3. Allow only agricultural uses in the open space created through rural cluster development. Non-
agricultural uses should not be counted as part of the required percentage of preserved open space.
An evaluation of uses currently permitted in the Rural Cluster zone, particularly by special exception,
should be undertaken. (From the Staff Draft Sandy Spring/Ashton Master Plan)

CLOVERLY MASTER PLAN - 107 - APPROVED AND ADOPTED


COMPREHENSIVE WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE SYSTEMS PLAN
The Montgomery County Comprehensive Water Supply and Sewerage Systems Plan governs the provision of
water and sewer service throughout the County. The goal of the Plan is to assure that existing and future
water supply and sewerage system needs of the County are satisfied in an orderly and cost-effective manner
consistent with the County=s land-use planning policies and other environmental and public health goals. The
Plan designates for all properties in the County one of six water and sewer staging categories that are
primarily based on master plan development staging strategies and/or capital program infrastructure staging.
The authority to adopt and amend the Plan resides with the County Council, and the County Executive
administers the Plan through the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

This Master Plan recommends comprehensive water and sewer service area map amendments for the Water
and Sewer Plan which will place properties in the appropriate service area categories consistent with the
policies of the Water and Sewer Plan and the recommendations of the Master Plan. MCDEP will prepare the
amendments, in consultation with the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, for
consideration by the County Council.

Specific recommendations related to the provisions of community water and sewer service are listed starting
on Page 90 of this Plan. This Plan does not recommend any formal staging of community service; the timing
of water and sewer service extensions should depend on development activity, infrastructure requirements,
and the need to relieve public health problems. Properties that require community water or sewer service
must be in categories S (Sewer)-1, 2, or 3, and W (Water)-1, 2, or 3, indicating the highest priorities for
community service, to proceed with the development process. Construction of water main extensions
necessary for the proposed WSSC Brown=s Corner storage tank at the Hampshire Greens site is unrelated to a
specific development project.

Changes in WSSC=s front foot benefit assessment charge (FFBA) policies in 1994 results in the deferral of
FFBA assessments for residential properties with a functioning well and/or septic system until those
properties connect to the community system. This change only affects properties fronting new mains; it does
not affect FFBA assessments already charged to property owners fronting on older mains.

STREETSCAPE
The streetscape recommendations in this Plan are designed to create or maintain the character of the
surrounding community as new roads are built and existing roads are modified. Many of these
recommendations will be accomplished through retrofit projects on existing roads and will occur as adjacent
properties develop or as government projects are implemented. The net effects of the streetscape
recommendations are improved pedestrian safety, environmental quality, and visual character.

STAGING
All capital facilities proposed in the Cloverly Master Plan must be evaluated and placed in priority; they
cannot be programmed simultaneously. The amount of development that can be accommodated in the
Cloverly Policy Area in any fiscal year is determined by the Annual Growth Policy (AGP). Those portions of
the Cloverly Master Plan Area that are north of Spencerville Road and east of New Hampshire Avenue are in
the Rural Policy Area and are therefore subject to local area review, but not to the policy area ceiling,
provisions of the AGP.

APPROVED AND ADOPTED - 108 - CLOVERLY MASTER PLAN


CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM
The following improvements recommended in this and previous plans should be included in future Capital
Improvements Programs:

Table 7
RECOMMENDED ADDITIONS TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
PROGRAM TO SERVE THE CLOVERLY MASTER PLAN AREA

Location/ Estimated
Description Improvement

Park Acquisition
Northwest Branch Stream Valley

Paint Branch Stream Valley

Patuxent Conservation

Roads

Spencerville Road Widening 10,500 LF*

Old Bonifant Road Terminus Reconstruction

Kinghouse Road Extension 1,150 LF

Intersection Improvements

Streetscape Improvements

Sidewalk Improvements

Cape May Road 2,400 LF

Johnson Road 1,100 LF

Notley Road 3,030 LF

Bikeways

Gallaudet Avenue 750 LF

Patuxent Trail 9,750 LF

* LF = Linear feet

CLOVERLY MASTER PLAN - 109 - APPROVED AND ADOPTED

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