Thomas Building (Goddard School)
Development Plan Amendment Hearing
November 13, 2008
The process
for approval of the construction of the Thomas Building (Goddard School and commercial
offices) on Route 108, near the intersection with Norwood Road, includes a Development
Plan Amendment Hearing to determine if amending the existing Development Plan
to include the new use is appropriate.
The Development Plan Amendment approval process has two steps. The first step is a Planning Board hearing
that is scheduled for November 13 at about 2:30 PM. The
precise time will depend on the time taken by preceding hearings. The Planning
Board will forward its findings to a County hearing examiner, who will conduct
another public hearing on November 21 at 9:30 AM (see below for the location). The hearings will reference a schematic
plan for the project. The
October 9 version of that plan is available for your
inspection. The Planning Staff's
report
and several letters
to the Planning Board from the SSARPC Steering Committee and others are also
available.
The planning process will also include the usual Preliminary
and Site Plan hearings before the Planning Board, which will take place if
the Development Plan Amendment is approved. At these hearings the Planning
Board considers whether it should grant permission to construct the building,
as designed, on the site. The Planning
Board may require changes to the design as a condition of approval. Sometimes the Preliminary and Site Plan
Hearings are combined. We will let you
know when these hearings are scheduled.
There will be opportunities to give input prior to these hearings.
You can give written input to the Planning Board’s Development
Plan Amendment Hearing by sending a letter sending a letter to the two people
listed
here.
The
Planning Board’s public amendment hearing will be held on November 13 at 2:30
PM, in the auditorium at the Park and Planning Commission building at 8787
Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring. The precise time will depend on the
time taken by preceding hearings. 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.
Thomas Building (Goddard School and
Offices) Documents
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