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Community Update: Built Environment Natural Landscape

This document provides information about the Burtonsville Crossroads Neighborhood Plan including: 1) A schedule of community outreach events to develop the plan, including workshops, charrettes and meetings with stakeholders through 2011. 2) A vision for Burtonsville to be a mixed-use rural village with a walkable town center. 3) Community aspirations for improvements like sidewalks, parks, and protecting natural areas. 4) Proposed design guidelines drawing from examples of other Maryland towns. 5) Expectations that the plan will guide both short term private investments and long term public projects.

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Community Update: Built Environment Natural Landscape

This document provides information about the Burtonsville Crossroads Neighborhood Plan including: 1) A schedule of community outreach events to develop the plan, including workshops, charrettes and meetings with stakeholders through 2011. 2) A vision for Burtonsville to be a mixed-use rural village with a walkable town center. 3) Community aspirations for improvements like sidewalks, parks, and protecting natural areas. 4) Proposed design guidelines drawing from examples of other Maryland towns. 5) Expectations that the plan will guide both short term private investments and long term public projects.

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community update

introduction
built environment natural landscape

outreach and schedule neighborhood plan


results of community workshops and charrettes vision community aspirations design guidelines short term and long term expectations zoning

discussion of expanded boundaries


Staff: John Carter, Calvin Nelson, Ki Kim, Katherine Nelson, Rachel Newhouse, Dom Quattrocchi and Kristin OConnor

introduction
burtonsvilles built environment

introduction
burtonsvilles natural environment

schedule

outreach and schedule


regular status reports to the eccab at their monthly meetings; meetings with business owners/stakeholders charrette with the eccab workshop with residents; meetings with property owners open house on plan highlights status update to planning board community workshop and status update staff recommendations, eccab meeting completion of the staff draft planning board public hearing county executive and county council january-may 2011 february 2011 march 2011 may 2011 may 26, 2011 sep 19, 2011 oct 5, 2011 october 2011 november 2011 december 2011

neighborhood plan

vision
burtonsville will be
a mixed-use, rural village in upper east county filled with neighborhood retail, restaurants, housing and employment.
the burtonsville crossroads area will continue to offer a mix of ethnic restaurants & community-friendly convenience retail as a connected and walkable village center.

VILLAGE CENTER EAST VILLAGE CENTER WEST

the

neighborhood plan

community aspirations connectivity


md 98 as main street (120 row) new median
sidewalks/crosswalks/hiker/ biker street trees pedestrian-scaled lighting stormwater management)

access road/retail service road


on-street parking, special paving plantings stormwater management closure for special events

park/trail connections to FLP

neighborhood plan

community aspirationsland use and design


housing and commercial mixed uses (not to exceed 1997 zoning)
redevelopment on the burtonsville crossing site - prominent open space - civic focal point - park-and-ride landscaped gateways and intersections - md 198 and old us 29 - old columbia pike/school access park in the main street district and in village center west with any future redevelopment

VILLAGE CENTER EAST VILLAGE CENTER WEST

neighborhood plan

community aspirations environment


design large and small green spaces into redevelopment in each district to reduce imperviousness plan for parks and open spaces

protect and restore the existing stream and stream valley buffer
maximize tree canopy cover

Design Guidelines

Design Guidelines

Community Patterns

Middleburg: Route 50 1740

Chevy Chase: Connecticut Avenue 1891

Germantown Town Center: Century Boulevard 1990

Design Guidelines

Community Patterns - Streets


Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase Main Street, Germantown Main Street, Middleburg Streets: Main Street: 4 - 6 lanes Local Streets: Narrow, 2 lanes and on-street parking

Design Guidelines

Community Patterns - Open Spaces


Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase Main Street, Germantown Main Street, Middleburg Open Spaces : Open Space focal points Open space between buildings Varied streetscape

Design Guidelines

Community Patterns - Buildings


Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase Main Street, Germantown Main Street, Middleburg Buildings: 2 - 4 Story Main Street Variety of building heights Street oriented buildings Retail and Institutional Buildings

Design Guidelines

Burtonsville Crossroads Neighborhood Plan


Spencerville Road (MD 198) Old Columbia Pike Retail Connector Street Local Streets Public Open Spaces/ Focal Points Intersection enhancement

TC

ES TC Transit Center ES Elementary School

Design Guidelines
main street/md 198 district

Burtonsville Crossroads Neighborhood Plan

Design Guidelines
village center district

Burtonsville Crossroads Neighborhood Plan

neighborhood plan zoning

neighborhood plan

short and long term expectations


short term mixed use in commercial area
private and public money into site upgrades - buildings along the north side targeted by dhca - landscaping/tree canopy - burtonsville crossing site, phase I - ground floor retail in office park - additional access into burtonsville town square shopping center retail access road back on countys cip and redesigned acquire properties for much needed ballfields and rec

long term reconstruct md198 with intersection improvements

retail access road built with pocket park(s) retail street grid with redevelopment mix of land uses (retail, services, employment, housing) full-scale redevelopment of burtonsville crossing site build recreation

expanded boundary
northern parcels: 39.24 ac, five owners; rc zoned; county council added in july; sewer and water category changes requests to county for a church and elderly housing, prior development application for elderly housing in 1998; in patuxent watershed mangums subdivsion; 36.52 ac; one owner; four home lots and a forested conservation area that includes a major tributary to the Rocky Gorge reservoir; potential park acquisition and legacy open space athey property; 15.67 ac, one owner; approved single-family cluster application for 12 lots; stream, proposed as single-family cluster or active recreation

1 2

expanded boundary

neighborhood plan
uses permitted
general uses permitted in rc single family detached dwelling farm tenant dwelling farm and other agricultural uses christmas tree sales farm market church respite care home kennel child care facility special exception equestrian facility winery agricultural process site manufacturer of mulch and compositing country market landscape contractor nursery, horticulture retail and wholesale senior housing antique shop farm machinery sales, storage or service farm supply and sales outdoor storage animal boarding vet hospital hospice care facility nursing home country club

aside from rc and re-1, no residential is allowed today in burtonsville. many uses are not permitted in c-1 that are okay for c-2 such as department stores, general office, clinics and labs.

discussion what opportunities do you see in the expanded areas that would compliment the goals for the village center? take 25-30 minutes with your table. reporting out will follow for 20 minutes

http://www.montgomeryplanning.org/ community/burtonsville/

Kristin OConnor, 301-495-2172 [email protected]

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