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Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan
Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan
February 3, 2012
Work on the Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan is continuing. The following is a report on recent activities:
Over the last three months, representatives of the Village, together with other affected municipalities and the communities surrounding the commercial properties at Chevy Chase Lake, have been meeting with the Chevy Chase Land Company to explore whether there are areas of agreement relating to the redevelopment of the area.
While it is too early to tell if a consensus can be reached, there are some areas of general agreement— mainly centered on the public use space and the general arrangement of buildings on the site. Height and density continue to be unresolved issues.
The Village's main concern centers on the issue of additional traffic that the development is certain to generate. Both Connecticut Avenue and Brookville Road will see increased traffic with added development, especially at the levels currently being discussed. The Land Company is conducting a traffic analysis which it will present to the communities this month. At the same time the planning staff at Park and Planning is conducting its own traffic studies. The traffic analysis will look at traffic on Connecticut Avenue as far south as Bradley Lane.
As the schedule now stands, the Park and Planning staff proposal for the rezoning of Chevy Chase Lake Sector will be presented to the Planning Board in late February or early March. A public hearing will be held by the Planning Board sometime in April with a final plan sent to the County Council in the summer. Additional information may be posted on the Planning Board site. http://www.montgomeryplanning.org/community/chevychaselake/.
Representatives of the Village will continue to meet with the Chevy Chase Land Company, to work with our neighboring communities, and to weigh in where Village interests are affected. If you are interested in working with the Village representatives, or would like more information as it becomes available please contact the Village office. Also, we hope to have an information meeting for interested Village residents within the next month.
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September 29, 2011 -
The Village continues to monitor the planned development in the Chevy Chase Lake area located along Connecticut Avenue between Chevy Chase Lake Drive and Manor Road, and the surrounding residential areas. The County Planning Staff's draft report is still awaited, which will determine the future of the Chevy Chase Lake area.
New developments reveal that the Chevy Chase Land Company has pulled its proposal to construct 4.25 million square feet of development including multiple 19 story buildings. In addition to ending their contract with their outside public relations company, the Land Company has also hired a new in-house Vice President of Public Relations and a new attorney who has worked successfully with the surrounding communities when he represented the developers of the former Hecht Company site in Friendship Heights.
The new team at the Chevy Chase Land Company is now seeking active engagement with the neighboring communities. The Connecticut Avenue Corridor Committee, of which the Village is an active member, continues to monitor the planning developments and weigh in where Village interests are affected.
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Planners are laying the groundwork for a Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan that will focus on improving the form and function of some of the commercial areas, among other goals, to coincide with the coming of the Purple Line light rail line.
Montgomery County Planning Department Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan Project page: http://www.montgomeryplanning.org/community/chevychaselake/
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The future of the Chevy Chase Lake area is under review by the County Planning Board. The area being considered for a change includes both the commercial area along Connecticut Avenue between Chevy Chase Lake Drive and Manor Road, and also the surrounding residential areas. It is likely that significant changes will be recommended including far greater densities, taller buildings, and a change in the type of retail services offered. Traffic congestion will increase, possibly leading to pressure to widen Connecticut Avenue and other roads.The Village will be affected both because of increased traffic on Connecticut Avenue and diverted traffic on Brookville Road, and also because of the usefulness and convenience of the retail services currently available at Chevy Chase Lake. Because of these concerns, Board Chair Pat Baptiste, together with leaders in other affected communities, has organized twenty-three of the municipalities, condominium boards, and civic associations from Chevy Chase Circle to Kensington. This Connecticut Avenue Corridor Committee (CACC) meets regularly to share information and common concerns, with a goal to engage fully in the planning process and to assure the best possible outcome for the communities surrounding the Chevy Chase Lake. Issues that this group will be focusing on include: pressure on already congested roadways; the desire to continue neighborhood-oriented retail; and the amount, nature and placement of any proposed increased density.
In recent months, the Chevy Chase Land Company, which owns the bulk of the area of potential rezoning, has unveiled its vision for the area. Last month the County’s professional planning staff presented its vision to the community. On June 18th these professional planners held a community meeting at the Village Hall where interested residents had the opportunity to question planning staff regarding the future of the
Here are the two proposals:
- The Planning Staff’s Draft Vision: A neighborhood center at Chevy Chase Lake that balances redevelopment with the character of the established residential community. Development would be limited to an overall new density of approximately 1.2 million sq. ft. and building heights of 65 feet maximum (approximately 6 stories). Rezoning would occur in two stages, with the greatest influx of density limited until the Purple Line is actually under construction. (For more information click on the following link: Planning Staff Draft Vision.
- The Chevy Chase Land Company’s Vision: A transit-oriented development that maximizes use of the Purple Line Light Rail bringing 4.3 million sq. ft. of new development with 12 buildings that are 10 to 19 stories tall with a total of 23 buildings. The plan would include a hotel, 900,000 sq. ft. of office space, 250,000 sq. ft. of retail space and 3,000 apartment units. (For more information click on the following link: Chevy Chase Land Company's Draft Vision.
Residents are encouraged to share their thoughts on either vision with the County Planning Department by e-mail at MCP-CCLake@mncppc-mc.org. The staff will be finalizing the sector plan report for presentation to the County’s Planning Board in early September.
Background
Recommendations for Chevy Chase Lake, a community of mixed housing types and commercial strip centers along Connecticut Avenue just north of Washington, D.C., will become part of a community vision that revises that part of the 1990 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Master Plan.
Chevy Chase Lake is one in a series of land use plans that set design and development patterns in Purple Line station areas. Planners will focus on land use and zoning recommendations as redevelopment occurs around the proposed Purple Line station at Chevy Chase Lake Drive and Connecticut Avenue.
Click here to view the scope of work for the Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan. The Planning Board approved the scope on July 1, 2010.
In 1890, Senator Francis G. Newlands established the Chevy Chase Land Company, which led development as Connecticut Avenue was extended north of the Washington, D.C., line. Chevy Chase Lake was formed when a small dam was constructed across Coquelin Run stream to supply water for an electric power plant.
The community grew around the lake about two miles north of the District line at the junction of a trolley line and the Baltimore and Ohio Georgetown Branch. The area included several businesses, an amusement park, and from 1925 to 1972, a swimming pool. For Chevy Chase residents, “the lake” enjoyed a particular community significance.
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