BETHESDA
CBD MASTER PLAN
Approved and Adopted July 1994
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| Abstract
& Table of Contents |
The
Future of Bethesda
1.1 - Vision
1.2 - Goals
1.3 - Sector Plan Highlights
A. Land Use and Zoning Plan
B. Transportation
C. Streetscape Plan
D. Environmental Resources
Plan
E. Community Facilities
Plan
F. Historic Resources Plan
G. Implementation
1.4 - Maryland Planning Act of 1992
1.5 - General Plan for Montgomery County |
Sector
Plan Framework
2.1 - Role and Planning History of Bethesda
A. Description of Sector
Plan Area
B. Role of Bethesda
C. Planning History
2.2 - Sector Plan Profile
A. People
B. Land Use and Employment
C. Housing |
Planning
and Design Objectives
3.1 - Land Use Objectives
A. Employment Growth
B. Housing and Neighborhoods
C. Retail
D. "Cultural District"
Theme
3.2 - Urban Design Objectives
A. General Objectives
B. Urban Form
C. Open Space
D. Pathways |
Land
Use and Zoning Plan
A - Introduction
B - Chapter Organization
4.1 - The Metro Core District
4.2 - The Transit Station
Residential District
4.3 - The Old Georgetown
Road Corridor
4.4 - The Battery Lane District
4.5 - The Woodmont Triangle
District
4.6 - The Wisconsin North
Corridor
4.7 - The East Bethesda
Transition Area
4.8 - The Montgomery Triangle
Corridor
4.9 - The Town of Chevy
Chase Transition Area
4.10- The Wisconsin South
Corridor
4.11 -The Brandley Boulevard
District
4.12 - The Arlington Road
District
4.13 -The Edgemoor Transition
Area |
Transportation
Plan
5.1 - Plan Objectives and Strategies
5.2 - Transportation Demand Management
5.3 - Public Transportation
A. Existing Rail and Bus
Transit Service
B. Proposed Loop Bus Circulation
C. Future Silver Spring-Bethesda
Trolley
5.4 - Pedestrian Circulation
5.5 - Bicycle Network Plan
5.6 - Parking
5.7 - Highway System Plan
A. Capacity
B. Annual Growth Policy
Group Designation
C. Roadway System Improvements
D. Neighborhood Protection |
Streetscape
Plan
6.1 - Plan Objectives
6.2 - Area-wide Recommendations
6.3 - District Recommendations
6.4 - Staging Priorities |
Environmental
Resources Plan
7.1 - Plan Objectives
7.2 - Air Quality
7.3 - Solid Waste Management
7.4 - Noise
7.5 - Stormwater Management
7.6 - Water Supply and Sanitary Sewerage |
Community
Facilities Plan
8.1 - Plan Objectives
8.2 - Human Services
8.3 - Parks, Recreation and Open Space
8.4 - Public Security
8.5 - Educational Facilities
8.6 - Other Public Facilities |
Historic
Resources Plan
9.1 - Plan Objectives
9.2 - Introduction
9.3 - History of Bethesda
9.4 - Master Plan Sites
9.5 - Sites Under Consideration for Historic Designation
9.6 - Historic Designation |
Implementation
10.1 - Zoning
10.2 - Staging and the Annual Growth Policy
10.3 - Bethesda Urban Partnership
10.4 - Capital Improvements Program (CIP) |
| LIST
OF FIGURES |
The
Future of Bethesda
1.1 - Aerial of Downtown Bethesda
1.2 - General Plan |
Sector
Plan Framework
2.1 - Regional Location
2.2 - Location Within Montgomery County
2.3 - Sector Plan Area
2.4 - Existing Employees in 1991
2.5 - Redevelopment Potential
2.6 - Retail Space by Category |
Planning
and Design Objectives
3.1 - Framework Concept
3.2 - Building Height Limits
3.3 - Views and Focal Points
3.4 - Urban Form Principles
3.5 - Open Space Concept
3.6 - Open Space Principals
3.7 - Pathways and Places
3.8 - Pathway Principles |
Land
Use and Zoning Plan
4.1 - Existing Land Use - Spring 1991
4.2 - Existing Zoning
4.3 - Zoning Plan
4.4 - Districts
4.5 - Metro Core District: Future Land Use
4.6 - Metro Core District: Recommended Zoning
4.7 - Metro Core District: Urban Design Guidelines
4.8 - Hot Shoppes Site: Illustrative Concept
4.9 - Hot Shoppes Sites: Urban Form Diagram
4.10 - East-West highway and Wisconsin Avenue: Illustration
4.11 - Bethesda Theatre Cafe, Beta Lot, Lot 42: Property
Sizes
4.12 - Bethesda Theatre Cafe: Illustrative
4.13 - Transit Station Residential District: Future Land
Use and Recommended Zoning
4.14 - Low-Rise, High-Density Housing Prototype
4.15 - Transit Station Residential District: Illustrative
4.16 - Transit Stations Residential District: Urban Design
Guidelines
4.17 - Old Georgetown Road Corridor: Future Land Use and
Recommended Zoning
4.18 - Old Georgetown Road Corridor: Urban Design Guidelines
4.19 - Battery Lane District: Future Land Use and Recommended
Zoning
4.20 - Battery Lane District: Urban Design Guidelines
4.21 - Woodmont Triangle District: Future Land Use and
Recommended Zoning
4.22 - Norfolk Avenue: Illustrative
4.23 - Fairmont Avenue: Mixed Street Illustrative
4.24 - Woodmont Triangle District: Urban Design Guidelines
4.25 - Wisconsin North Corridor: Future Land Use and Recommended
Zoning
4.26 - Wisconsin North Corridor: Urban Design Guidelines
4.27 - East Bethesda Transition Area: Future Land Use
4.28 - East Bethesda Transition Area: Recommended Zoning
4.29 - East Bethesda Transition Area: Urban Design Guidelines
4.30 - Montgomery Triangle Corridor: Future Land Use and
Recommended Zoning
4.31 - Montgomery Triangle Corridor: Urban Design Guidelines
4.32 - Town of Chevy Chase Transition Area: Future Land
Use and Recommended Zoning
4.33 - Town of Chevy Chase Transition Area: Urban Design
Guidelines
4.34 - Wisconsin South Corridor: Future Land Use and Recommended
Zoning
4.35 - Wisconsin South Corridor: Urban Design Guidelines
4.36 - Bradley Boulevard District: Future Land Use and
Recommended Zoning
4.37 - Arlington Road District: Future Land Use and Recommended
Zoning
4.38 - Arlington Road District: Urban Design Guidelines
4.39 - Arlington Road District: Illustrative
4.40 - Edgemoor Transition Area: Future Land Use and Recommended
Zoning
4.41 - Edgemoor Transition Area: Urban Design Guidelines |
Transportation
Plan
5.1 - Conceptual Loop Bus Route
5.2 - Trolley Station Alternatives
5.3 - Pedestrian Access Improvements
5.4 - Bikeway Classes
5.5 - Bicycle Network Plan
5.6 - Capital Crescent Trail Street Level Route-A2
5.7 - Metro-Bradley Bikeway-C (Capital Crescent Trail
to Metro)
5.8 - Public Parking Requirements
5.9 - Street and Highway Plan
5.10 - Potential Street Improvements and Pattern Change
5.11 - Proposed Changes for Arlington Road District
5.12 - Mixed Streets: Illustrative
5.13 - East-West Highway Cross Section |
Streetscape
Plan
6.1 - Streetscape Plan
6.2 - Street Types
6.3 - Paving Plan
6.4 - Street Lighting Plan
6.5 - Street Tree Plan |
Community
Facilities Plan
8.1 - Existing and Proposed Community Facilities |
Historic
Resources Plan
9.1 - Historic Resources |
| LIST
OF TABLES |
Transportation
Plan
5.1 - Identification of Sector Plan Strategies for
Improved Transportation in the Bethesda CBD
5.2 - Bikeways: Locations and Classes
5.3 - Highway Classification in Bethesda CBD |
Historic
Resources Plan
9.1- Bethesda CBD Historic Resources |
Implementation
10.1 - Housing Incentives in DBD Zones
10.2 - Staging of Sector Plan Development in the Bethesda
CBD |
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