June 18th Town Meeting Summary, Page 2

Legal Issues – Parking

• R-60:  There is a zoning regulation that parking for commercial areas is not allowed in an area that is zoned R-60 (a type of residential zoning).  The current plan has parking throughout the R-60 area of the site, 120 parking spaces altogether.
• Structured parking in C-1:  The plan has an underground garage for 51 cars.  The C-1 commercial zoning prohibits this type of parking.

SSARPC’s Plan (see the presentation)

Some features of the SSARPC plan are:

• No parking in the R-60 zone.  The SSARPC attorney concurs with the Planning Staff that it is not permitted.
• Active store fronts on both New Hampshire Avenue and Route 108 (no blank wall).
• Village green at the corner of Route 108 and New Hampshire Avenue, with the Sandy Spring Bank building prominently placed at the end of the green.  An interconnected system of walkways links the green to the interior of the site via a set of steps.  There could be a nice coffee shop facing the village green that would be a social gathering point.  But, most of all, it is an inviting place for pedestrians to enter the area.
• Bank drive through is hidden by the village green.
• Parallel parking on both Route 108 and New Hampshire Avenue.
• Two homes in the R-60 area.  The zoning allows for the houses to include a professional office and associated parking, with permits through the special exception process.
• An anchor store of approximately 15,000 square feet.  The AMP plan calls for a grocery store of approximately 30,000 square feet.
• Size, mass and details supportive of a rural village environment.
• Parking garage for 30 cars.

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