Thomas Building (Goddard School and Offices)
Preliminary Plan Hearing
January 14, 2010, 9:00 AM
The Preliminary Plan hearing before the Planning
Board of for the Thomas Building (Goddard School
and commercial offices) on Route 108, near the
intersection with Norwood Road, is scheduled for
Thursday, January 14 at 9:00 AM.
The Planning Staff’s
Preliminary Plan
report on the plan is available for your
inspection. The staff recommends approval subject to
a number of conditions that are detailed in the
report. The
Preliminary Plan itself is also available.
The process for
construction of the Thomas Building has already
included a
Development Plan Amendment Hearing to
determine if the use is appropriate. The use was
determined by the County Council to be
appropriate. The Planning Board had expressed concern
about the massiveness of the development in the
rural village of Sandy Spring, and recommended
some additional binding elements that were
supported by the County Council.
These additional binding elements are:
(1) number of buildings not to exceed 4;
(2) gross floor of all buildings not to exceed
86,077 square feet, and the gross floor area of
the proposed building not to exceed 35,000
square feet; (3) height of the proposed building
not to exceed 30 feet or 2 1/2 stories; (4)
development of the property not to exceed the
standards of the C-T zone, as they existed on
April 25, 1989.
The latest Preliminary Plan adheres to
the revised binding elements.
If the Preliminary Plan is
approved by the Planning Board, there will be a
Site Plan review by the Planning Board that will
cover details about the design of the building.
Additional documents about
the Thomas Building are also available.
We encourage you to let the
Planning Board know of your views during the
Preliminary Plan phase by either sending letters
or testifying at the meeting on January 14.
You can give written input to the Planning Board
by sending a letter to these two people:
Royce Hanson
Goddard School (Thomas Building), Case Number 120090230
Maryland National Park and Planning Commission
8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Email:
mcp-chairman@mncppc-mc.org
Neil Braunstein
Development Review Division
Attn: Goddard School (Thomas Building), Case Number 120090230
Montgomery County Department of Planning
Maryland National Park and Planning Commission
8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301-495-4532
Email:
neil.braunstein@mncppc-mc.org
The Preliminary
Board hearing will be held on Thursday, January
14, 9:00 AM, in the auditorium at the Park and
Planning Commission building at 8787 Georgia
Avenue in Silver Spring. There will be an
opportunity for members of the community to
verbally express their opinions. If you
would like to testify, call 301-495-4600 to
register. You can also
register online.
Testimonies are limited to three minutes, and if
you have written testimony, bring ten copies to
the hearing.
SSARPC would
like to receive copies of your letters and
testimony. Please send them electronically
to
feedback@ssarpc.org or via surface mail to
SSARPC
Box 518
Sandy Spring, Maryland 20860
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