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Burtonsville Crossroads Neighborhood Plan

The document summarizes a neighborhood plan for the Burtonsville Crossroads area. The plan envisions turning the crossroads into a more cohesive community through zoning that allows for housing and mixed uses, enhancing the main road with streetscaping, and adding new public spaces. Community outreach on the plan occurred between 2011-2012, with a recommendation to be made to the County Council in May 2012.

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Burtonsville Crossroads Neighborhood Plan

The document summarizes a neighborhood plan for the Burtonsville Crossroads area. The plan envisions turning the crossroads into a more cohesive community through zoning that allows for housing and mixed uses, enhancing the main road with streetscaping, and adding new public spaces. Community outreach on the plan occurred between 2011-2012, with a recommendation to be made to the County Council in May 2012.

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eccab briefing the burtonsville crossroads neighborhood plan

2/1/2012

neighborhood plan vision turning a crossroads into a community


neighborhood plan recommendations zoning for housing and a mix of uses main street/md 198 public spaces outreach and schedule

neighborhood plan

vision turning a crossroads into a community


a neighborhood with diverse, communityfriendly uses at a neighborhood scale small businesses appropriate to the local market a main street community a system of streets, sidewalks and trails new high quality public areas for community gatherings and recreation protections for sensitive areas in the rural edge

neighborhood plan

recommendations for turning a crossroads into a community


CR zoning (CRT and CRN) with a FAR of 1.5 and various heights ranging from 45 to 75 park and county acquisition for properties that are sensitive and provide recreational and conservation areas

further protections for the headwaters (at 8 percent imperviousness in RC)


attention to new (access road and others), existing (Business 29) and improved (MD 198) road connections including streetscape and landscaping emphasis on local, small business infill and new housing

zoning recommendations

main street/md198 recommendations

The proposed local streets show the general location of streets, not the actual alignments.

portunities on and They will be options.

public spaces recommendations East of Local US recommendations29 side should be Redevelopment of the east
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public spaces recommendations

outreach and schedule


regular status reports to the east county citizens advisory board (eccab); meetings with business owners/stakeholders charrette with the eccab workshop with residents; meetings with property owners open house on plan highlights county council updated plan boundaries community workshop and status update staff recommendations, eccab meeting eccab subcommittee status update eccab briefing on the staff draft completion of the staff draft planning board public hearing county executive and county council jan 2011-jan 2012 feb 2011 mar 2011 may 2011 july 2011 sep 19, 2011 oct 5, 2011 jan 11,2012 feb 1, 2012 feb 2012 mar 2012 may 2012

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