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Willard Derrick
provided information about the
history of the property. It was
initially owned by Mr. Derrick’s
father, who had one-half acre to
sell Ford cars. Mr. Derrick and his
brother purchased the land from
their father and ran a gas station
on the property. During the
development of the Sandy
Spring-Ashton Master Plan the
property was zoned C2, for
commercial development. The package
of land is now about 2 acres, and
about one-half acre will be
dedicated to road improvements.
There will be
two entrances to the property – one
off 108 and the other off 650. The
108 entrance, to be 35 feet wide,
will be a decent distance from the
entrance to Ashton Meeting Place
(AMP). The 650 entrance will be
past the entrance to Ashton Village
Center, opposite Orion Club Drive.
When entering
from 108, there will be 5 gas pumps,
located off the highway. Each pump
can service 2 cars. This is the
same number of pumps that the
Freestate station had, but the
location will be further off of the
highway.
At the corner
of 108 and 650 there will be a
triangle-shaped convenience store,
with two doorways – one inward
towards the pumps and the other
towards 108. There will be a patio
at the 108 entrance. The patio will
have steps to get down to the level
of the pumps. The size of the
convenience store will be 80 feet
along 650 and 50 feet along 108 (it
narrows to 15 feet deep). It will
be a one story building that is
about 24 feet high. There will be a
tower near the eastern end of the
store, more than 35 feet high, with
a clock.
At the north
end of the property, away from 650
and 108, there will be another
retail store and a car wash. The
retail store will be 90 feet long
and 70 feet deep. On the south side
of the retail store will be an
automatic car wash; the entrance to
the car wash will be from the back
of the building (from the 650
entrance, but away from it). The
building materials are stone and
brick. There are two stories of
office space (maybe for an insurance
company) and also space at the north
end for a retail store (yet to be
determined). The building is
located and designed to block the
view of the gas station for the
houses in Ashton Knolls.
There will be a
6 foot white fence around the
property; people living in Ashton
Knolls asked for that type of
fence. There will be a number of
plantings and trees along with
sidewalks. Street lamps, 14 feet
high, will be between the curb and
sidewalks.
The designers
are creating a 3D model that will
include both AMP and the NE corner.
Within a few weeks, the design will
be put on the AMP web site (www.meetingplace.com).
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