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Burtonsville Crossroads Neighborhood Plan: Preliminary Staff Recommendations

The Burtonsville Crossroads Neighborhood Plan envisions transforming the commercial area into a mixed-use, walkable rural village through zoning changes and public infrastructure improvements. The plan recommends improving connectivity within the area, focusing on designs that create a sense of place while furthering environmental goals. Recommendations address issues like impervious surfaces, tree canopy cover, and stormwater management to promote a more sustainable redevelopment.

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Burtonsville Crossroads Neighborhood Plan: Preliminary Staff Recommendations

The Burtonsville Crossroads Neighborhood Plan envisions transforming the commercial area into a mixed-use, walkable rural village through zoning changes and public infrastructure improvements. The plan recommends improving connectivity within the area, focusing on designs that create a sense of place while furthering environmental goals. Recommendations address issues like impervious surfaces, tree canopy cover, and stormwater management to promote a more sustainable redevelopment.

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burtonsville crossroads neighborhood plan

preliminary staff recommendations


vision
This Burtonsville Crossroads Neighborhood Plan envisions the commercial area as a mixed-use, rural village in upper
East County filled with neighborhood retail and employment. The crossroads will continue to offer community-friendly
convenience retail in a connected and walkable village center.
The Plan’s zoning recommendations and the implementation of County’s street and streetscaping improvements will
set the stage for long term investment in public infrastructure and private redevelopment. Recreating the corridors
and focal points of the Burtonsville Crossroads requires improving connectivity, attention to design, and protecting the
environment.

burtonsville crossroads neighborhood plan highlights

comments?
call Kristin at 301-495-2172 or email her at [email protected]

Montgomery County Planning Department • M-NCPPC • MontgomeryPlanning.org/community/burtonsville


connectivity design environment

connectivity +
Create direct park connections to +
Establish a business group to
Fairland Recreational Park and trails support and promote Burtonsville
Reconstruction of US 29 has from the Plan area. businesses, including promoting
reshaped the Burtonsville Crossroads, community events.
affecting local businesses but leaving +
Reclassify Old US 29 (M-10a) from
opportunities to refocus the area on north of MD 198 to Dustin Road from environment
community needs. a major highway to a road with 70’
minimum right-of-way. The Burtonsville Crossroads is highly
Improve connectivity within the impervious and lacks tree canopy
+
Improve pedestrian and vehicle cover, but it is next to rural land
commercial area by integrating the
connections between the Districts. uses, the Patuxent River, and an
MD 198 realignment and planned
Access Road with other proposed environmental special protection
transportation improvements. design area.

Burtonsville residents and businesses Ensure that redevelopment


In the short term, DHCA’s streetface
have a strong sense of community, is sustainable and doesn’t
and façade treatment plans will
but few places to share it. negatively impact the adjacent
improve pedestrian crossing and
safety, the function of the existing environmental resources.
Focus on design alternatives
road network, and the area’s that create quality of place The Plan’s recommendations address
aesthetics. Longer term actions and advance connectivity and the level of existing imperviousness,
will ensure vehicle and pedestrian environmental goals. the needs for parks and open space,
connections and function.
increasing tree canopy coverage,
+
Treat MD 198 as the community’s The Plan’s recommendations in and incorporating stormwater
main street with a new median, defined districts will update existing management strategies.
sidewalks, crosswalks, a hiker/ zoning to allow more flexibility and
biker trail, street trees, pedestrian- address vacancies. +
Incorporate large and small green
scaled lighting, and stormwater spaces into redevelopment.
+
Rezone to allow housing and
management features within the Remove the northbound lane of
commercial mixed uses. +

already proposed 120’ right-of-way. Old US 29 and replant for linear park
+
Ensure that redevelopment on the facing Burtonsville Crossing.
+
Build the planned Access Road as
Burtonsville Crossing site provides
a retail service road with on-street Protect and restore the existing
a prominent civic focal point and +

parking, special paving, plantings, stream and stream valley buffer and
integrates the park-and-ride lot in its
and stormwater management within maximize tree canopy cover.
design.
the already proposed 60’ right-
of-way, and add it to the County’s +
Provide safe and attractive
capital improvements plan. The road landscaped gateways and next steps
design should allow for closure for intersections particularly at MD 198 Staff will present these preliminary
special events. and the former US 29, and at Old recommendations to the Planning
Columbia Pike and the School Access Board on May 26. Please let us know
+
Provide a street grid through the
Road. what you think. Call Kristin O’Connor
Burtonsville Crossing Shopping
Center and add private streets in the +
Design and build a pocket park in at 301-495-2172 or email her at:
Districts as redevelopment occurs. the heart of the retail core near the kristin.oconnor@
Burtonsville Elementary School. montgomeryplanning.org

Montgomery County Planning Department • M-NCPPC • MontgomeryPlanning.org/community/burtonsville

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