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Status Report On The Plan

The document provides a status report on a neighborhood plan for Burtonsville, Maryland. It summarizes the planning process, including outreach efforts from January to May 2011. It outlines the neighborhood plan, which includes a vision to make Burtonsville a mixed-use, walkable village. The plan addresses connectivity, land use and design, and the environment. It aims to improve streets, create a street grid, add open spaces, and guide redevelopment. Design guidelines were also created to implement the neighborhood plan through the development process.

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Status Report On The Plan

The document provides a status report on a neighborhood plan for Burtonsville, Maryland. It summarizes the planning process, including outreach efforts from January to May 2011. It outlines the neighborhood plan, which includes a vision to make Burtonsville a mixed-use, walkable village. The plan addresses connectivity, land use and design, and the environment. It aims to improve streets, create a street grid, add open spaces, and guide redevelopment. Design guidelines were also created to implement the neighborhood plan through the development process.

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status report on the plan

may 26, 2011


outline
status report on the plan
introduction
 neighborhood planning scope
 regional context
 burtonsville today
 challenges and opportunities

neighborhood plan
 outreach
 vision - corridors and focal points
 planning elements
- connectivity
- design and land use
- environment

design guidelines

implementation
 managing expectations
 schedule
introduction
neighborhood planning scope
 authorized by county council
 small area
 known issues
 targeted outreach
 reduced scope
 small core team of planners
 less labor-intensive
 short list of topics to examine
 completed in a 12-month timeframe
 managed expectations
 first in a series
introduction
regional context
Baltimore
burtonsville and other 30 minutes

places in the region

Columbia 20
 north eastern gateway minutes

 highway access Laurel-


Ft. Meade
Rockville 20 minutes
25 minutes
 park and ride- bus FDA
15
minutes
 near multiple housing,
Silver Spring
transit and employment 20 minutes
centers:
- montgomery county
- howard county
- prince george’s
introduction
burtonsville today
introduction
challenges and opportunities
 SHA’s md 28/md198 corridor
improvement study (2016+)

 anchor + ten vacancies at the c-1


zoned burtonsville crossing site

 vacancies in “see through” office


buildings in o-m zoned land

 e/w traffic on md198 and the future


impacts of the federal base
realignment and closure (BRAC)
at fort meade in laurel.

 icc/md200

 future bus rapid transit along us29

 east county science center plan/fda


introduction
challenges and opportunities
major highways variety of streets
198 can be transform into a main create an expanded range of street
street with street trees and lighting. types .The streets range from three
old us 29 or burtonsville boulevard lane retail streets (one parking
can be narrowed and a linear park lane) to a two-way retail street.
can be planned.

traffic intersections
establish a grid of interconnected create intersections with
Grid of Streets streets that will provide better crosswalks to improve pedestrian.
connections. The grid system require substantial streetscaping
should improve access for with street trees, street lights, and
vehicles, pedestrians, and street furniture to establish an
bicyclists. urban environment for
pedestrians.

long blocks short blocks


establish a system of short blocks Establish a system of short
to expand the pedestrian access blocks to expand the
in the crossroads area. The short pedestrian access throughout
blocks will create a foreground for the commercial area. The short
street oriented buildings blocks will create a foreground
for street oriented buildings
neighborhood plan
neighborhood planning scope
the burtonsville plan will
address:

 specific land uses


 street right-of-way and
connections
 zoning issues
neighborhood plan
outreach
january – may 2011 provided regular
status reports to the
eccab land use
subcommittee at their
monthly meetings and
held meetings with
business owners and
stakeholders
february 2011 conducted a charrette
with the eccab
march 2011 held a workshop with
residents, meetings
with property owners
may 2011 held an open house
on plan highlights
neighborhood plan
vision
burtonsville will be…

… a mixed-use, rural village


BURTONSVILLE
in upper east county filled BOULEVARD
DISTRICT EAST
with neighborhood retail,
restaurants, housing and
BURTONSVILLE
employment. the
BOULEVARD
DISTRICT WEST

The burtonsville crossroads


area will continue to offer a
mix of ethnic restaurants and
community-friendly
convenience retail as a
connected and walkable
village center.
neighborhood plan
planning elements
connectivity (infrastructure, access, health)
 improving connectivity within the commercial area
 integrating the md 198 and access road
improvements
 recommending other transportation infrastructure
improvements

design/land use (economy, knowledge, social)


 advancing the goals of sustainability
 addressing the character of the streets, open
space and buildings
 improving quality of place

environment (ecology, energy, food)


 improving the natural environment through
redevelopment
neighborhood plan
planning elements
connectivity
 md 98 as main street (120’ row) connectivity
 new median
 sidewalks/crosswalks/hiker/ biker trail
 street trees
 pedestrian-scaled lighting
 stormwater management)

 access road/retail service road (60’ row)


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

 pedestrian and vehicle connections


 street grid
 park/trail connections to fairland park
 narrow burtonsville boulevard/old 29
neighborhood plan
planning elements
land use and design
 housing and commercial mixed land use and design
uses (not to exceed 1997 zoning)

 redevelopment on the burtonsville BURTONSVILLE


BOULEVARD
crossing site DISTRICT EAST
- prominent open space
- civic focal point BURTONSVILLE
- park-and-ride BOULEVARD
DISTRICT WEST

 landscaped gateways and intersections


- md 198 and old us 29
- old columbia pike/school access road

 pocket park in the main street district

 open space/park in burtonsville


boulevard west with any future
redevelopment of the town square
shopping center site
neighborhood plan
planning elements
environment environment
 design large and small green
spaces into redevelopment in
each district to reduce
imperviousness

 remove the northbound lane of


old us 29 and replant as a
linear park

 protect and restore the existing


stream and stream valley buffer

 maximize tree canopy cover


Design Guidelines Burtonsville Crossroads Neighborhood Plan

May 26, 2011


Design Guidelines Burtonsville Crossroads Neighborhood Plan

Master Plan Zoning Road Subdivision Environmental


Ordinance Code Regulations Regulations

Design
Guidelines

Vision Districts Elements


Plan Review
Neighborhood Locate Design Streets
Character Elements Sketch Plan/
Open Space Project Plan

Buildings Site Plan

Board Approval
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
TC

 Public Open Spaces/


Focal Points
 Intersection enhancement
ES
TC Transit Center
ES Elementary School
Design Guidelines Burtonsville Crossroads Neighborhood Plan

Main Street/MD 198 District


Design Guidelines Burtonsville Crossroads Neighborhood Plan

Boulevard District
implementation
managing expectations
short term expectations
 mixed use everywhere
 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 county’s cip and redesigned

long term expectations


 reconstruct md198 with intersection improvements
 retail access road built with pocket park(s)
 burtonsville boulevard gets narrowed north w/ linear park
 retail street grid with redevelopment
 mix of land uses (retail, services, employment , housing)
 full-scale redevelopment of burtonsville crossing site
implementation
schedule

 planning board briefing may 26, 2011


 completion of the staff draft september 2011
 planning board public hearing october 2011
 county executive and county council fall 2011
http://www.montgomeryplanning.org/community/burtonsville

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