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S T A F F D R A F T. Twinbrook Sector Plan. A New Community in the Technology Corridor. Montgomery County Department of Planning The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Planning and Outreach Process. Residents and businesses beyond the Plan area
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S T A F F D R A F T Twinbrook Sector Plan A New Community in the Technology Corridor Montgomery County Department of Planning The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Planning and Outreach Process • Residents and businesses beyond the Plan area • Coordination with City of Rockville • Varied forums • Informal advisory group
Plan Area and Location • Near Metro • Buffered by tracks, cemetery, • major roads • Adjacent to City of Rockville
325,000 square feet of office space 220,000 square feet of retail 1,595 units Twinbrook Station • Meets goals of 2000 charrette: • - Mixed uses • - Pedestrian orientation • - Access to Metro • - Public open space • Change agent
City of Rockville Plans • Rockville Pike Corridor Plan • Twinbrook Neighborhood Plan • Shared vision of a Metro station area • - Pedestrian connections • - Revitalizing industrial • - Creating active mixed communities
Plan Goals • Create Twinbrook as a distinct • place along the Metro Red • Line • Provide opportunities for • housing • Reduce the impact of • development on the natural • environment • Create a connected road • network • Provide an improved system • of pedestrian and bicycle • connections • Encourage high quality design • features • Establish a development • envelope balanced with • infrastructure capacity
Sector Plan Districts Metro Core Area Technology Employment Area Light Industrial Area
Metro Core Area • What’s there now: • Metro Station and parking lot • JBG’s Twinbrook Station project • Remaining county sites
Metro Core Area • Why and how it should change: • Near Metro and Twinbrook • Station project • Continue the pattern and • character established by • Twinbrook Station • - Housing • - Mixed use • - Retail • - Main street pattern • - Pedestrian connections • Achieve through: • TOMX-2/TDR and TOMX-2 Zones • Redevelop with amenities and connections
HHS Parking Lot Fishers Place USP HHS Parking Lot Technology Employment Area • What’s there now: • Emerging technology center • Large parking lots • Parklawn Building • Small but not walkable • Near Metro and Rock Creek Park
Technology Employment Area • Why and how it should change: • Build on technology uses • Main street pattern • Parklawn Building renovation • Achieve through: • TOMX-2 and TOMX-1/TDR • Redevelop with amenities and connections
Light Industrial Area • What’s there now: • Mixed lot sizes • Mixed commercial uses • Isolated but convenient
Light Industrial Area • Why and how it should change: • Boundary focuses redevelopment • to the Parklawn streetfront • Small sites have industrial value, • but limited capacity • Achieve through: • I-4 amendments • - lot size • - parking setbacks • - accessory housing
Environment • Existing Conditions: • Paving • Streams • Metro proximity 1950 1970 1979 2000
Environment • Benefits of redevelopment: • Connections • More pervious surface • Open space • Street trees • Green building redevelopment • Improved stormwater management
M Transportation • Existing Conditions: • Incomplete street grid, bike, and • pedestrian connections • Opportunities to make best use of Metro • Impacted intersections
Estimated Trip Generation 15000 12,592 12,118 10,593 10000 5000 M 0 Existing and Approved Development 1992 Master Plan 2007 Recommendation Transportation • Transportation Proposals: • Create grid • Make bike, pedestrian, transit, and • vehicle connections • Metro-oriented, mixed-use development
Parks and Open Space • Existing Conditions: • Local parks outside the Plan area • Near Rock Creek Park • Plan Proposals: • Add local amenities • Make regional connections *
Actions: • Set public hearing date • Establish worksession schedule