April 16, 2008 Town Meeting Summary
continued (page 2)
Question and Answers
Question: How do you get in and out of the
bank?
Answer: Entrance is from Porter Road (on
the west side of the site). Exit is either
via Porter Road, or if turning right,
directly onto Route 108. Someone expressed
strong concern about the ability to turn
left into and out of Porter Road. It was
noted that banking hours are restricted, not
nearly as long as stores. If this is a
concern to you, contact Chevy Chase Bank and
the Park and Planning Staff (contact
information is available
here).
Question: What will happen to Sole d’Italia?
Answer: The restaurant will have a couple
of months notice before it will be shut
down. During that time the owner will look
for another location. There is currently
another Sole d’Italia on Layhill Road at Bel
Pre Road.
New Hampshire Avenue and Ednor Road
Intersection
(Presented by Michelle Layton)
The Resurrection Baptist Church is being
built at that intersection. Approximately a
year ago, all the trees were removed within
a day or two. On October 8, the SSARPC sent
a
letter to the Planning Board asking that
the construction of the church be halted
until a plan is approved for restoring the
rural atmosphere of the intersection. The
Master Plan (pages
43-45) explicitly states that the trees
are to remain. The Church planted a number
of new, extremely small trees that will take
about 20 years to grow to a reasonable
size. The Master Plan states that this area
is the entryway to Ashton and is to remain
rural.
There is no way to immediately restore the
area. The developer has been encouraged to
plant large trees and native trees and to
consider other options, such as a split rail
fence, that would make the area look more
rural. Robert Kronenberg of the Montgomery
County Park and Planning Staff has written a
letter to the church requiring that it
submit a new landscaping plan. So far the
church has not submitted that new
landscaping plan.
The previously
approved landscaping plan was displayed
and the Limit of Disturbance area
identified. This is an area where no
vegetation was to be removed, but, in fact,
all of it was demolished.
The church has said to Robert Kronenberg
that they plan on shifting some trees
(previously allocated to the back of the
lot) up to New Hampshire Avenue and that a
new landscaping plan will be submitted.
The next step is to make sure that Robert
Kronenberg of the Park and Planning Staff
hears your thoughts. Information about
where to write is
here. The web site will be updated to
include
who in the church should be contacted
[done]. Some ideas that might be discussed
are:
Plant good size trees (e.g., 2 to 2 1/2 inch
minimum diameter)
Plant a mixture of native trees
Develop a new landscape plan
Include rural characteristics in the
landscape plan
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