ASPEN
HILL MASTER PLAN
Approved
and Adopted 1994
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| TABLE
OF CONTENTS |
| PLAN
VISION |
| PLAN
HIGHLIGHTS |
BACKGROUND
History of Aspen Hill
Planning History of Area
Maryland Planning Act of
1992
General Plan for Montgomery
County
Summary of Key Indicators
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LAND
USE
Introduction
Land Use Objectives
General Planning Framework
Land Use Recommendations |
TRANSPORTATION
Introduction
Transportation Objective
History of the Intercounty
Connector
Transportation General Conclusions
Transportation Recommendations |
ENVIRONMENTAL
RESOURCES
Introduction
Environmental Resource Objectives
Environmental Resource Recommendations
Water Resources
Sensitive Area Protection
Water and Sewer Systems
Air Quality
Solid Waste Management
Noise Impacts |
HISTORIC
RESOURCES
Introduction
Master Plan Sites
Locational Atlas Resources
Resources Recommended for
Evaluation by the Aspen Hill Community
Historic Preservation Designation
Criteria
Effects of Historic Designation |
COMMUNITY
FACILITIES
Introduction
Community Facility Objectives
Community Facility Recommendations
Parks and Recreation Facilities
Recreation Centers
Public Schools
The Elderly
Child Day Care Facilities
Public Safety
Libraries
Mid-County Government Center
Shelter
Post Offices
Trolley Museum
Accessibility for People
with Disabilities |
IMPLEMENTATION
Zoning
Capital Improvements and
Operating Programs
Staging
Place Names |
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A: Background
Selected Population and
Housing Characteristics, Aspen Hill
Selected Social, Employment,
Commuting & Income, Aspen Hill
APPENDIX B: Land Use
Euclidean and Floating Zones
Transferable Development
Rights (TDR's)
Moderately Priced Dwelling
Unit (MPDU)
Productivity Housing
Transit, Bicycle and Pedestrian-Oriented
Neighborhood Study
APPENDIX C: Transportation
Traffic Forecasting Process
Results of Road System Analysis
Previously Planned Streets
Other Planned Roads and
Streets Crossing the Former Rockville Facility
Results of Existing Transit
Service Analysis
Results of Future Transit
Service Analysis
Results of Development Review
Regulatory Standards Analysis
Results of the Bikeway Analysis
Results of Green Corridors
Analysis
APPENDIX D: Environmental Resources
List of M-NCPPC Documents
Pertaining to Aspen Hill Planning Area
Stormwater Management
Summary of Aspen Hill Water
Resources
Wetlands
APPENDIX E: Historic Resources
Resources Not Recommended
by Historic Preservation Commission or Planning Board
for Addition to the Locational Atlas
APPENDIX F:
County Council Resolution
#12-1545
APPENDIX G:
The Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission Resolution #94-07 |
LIST
OF FIGURES
1. Planning Area Boundary
2. Planning Area Map
3. Regional Location Map
4. Existing Land Use: View One
5. Existing Land Use: View Two
6. Existing Land Use: View Three
7. Existing Zoning
8. Zoning History
9. Significant Parcels
10. Proposed Zoning
11. Significant Parcels and Areas: Site No. 1
12. Significant Parcels and Areas: Site No. 1
13. Significant Parcels and Areas: Site Nos. 2, 3, &
4
14. Significant Parcels and Areas: Site Nos. 5 & 19
15. Significant Parcels and Areas: Site Nos. 6, 7, 19
& 20
16. Significant Parcels and Areas: Site Nos. 8, 9, 10,
20, 24 & 26
17. Argyle Country Club/Bel Pre Road Area Environmentally
Constrained Areas
18. Significant Parcels and Areas: Site No. 8
19. Layhill and Plaza Del Mercado Shopping Centers: Illustrative
Concept for Redevelopment
20. Significant Parcels and Areas: Site No. 11
21. Significant Parcels and Areas: Site Nos. 12, 13, 22,
& 23
22. Significant Parcels and Areas: Site No. 13
23. Significant Parcels and Areas: Site No. 13
24. Significant Parcels and Areas: Site No. 14
25. Significant Parcels and Areas: Site No. 15
26. Significant Parcels and Areas: Site No. 16
27. Significant Parcels and Areas: Site No. 17
28. Significant Parcels and Areas: Site No. 18
29. Significant Parcels and Areas: Site No. 18
30. Significant Parcels and Areas: Site No. 20
31. Significant Parcels and Areas: Site No. 21
32. Gate of Heaven Environmentally Constrained Areas
33. Significant Parcels and Areas: Site No. 25
34. Significant Parcels and Areas: Site No. 25
35. Proposed Public Transportation System Improvements
36. Proposed Highway Capacity Improvements
37. Proposed Street and Highway Plan
38. Bikeway Plan
39. Green Corridors
40. Aspen Hill Road: Proposed Concept For Redesign (Sections)
41. Aspen Hill Road: Illustrative Concept (Plan View)
42. Georgia Avenue Sections: Illustrative Concept
43. Water Resources
44. Sensitive Areas Protection
45. Historic Resources
46. Environmental Setting for Layhill M.E. Church #27/10
47. Environmental Settings for John R. Champayne House
#27/12
48. Existing Parks and Recreations
49. Public Schools
50. Day Care Facilities
51. Day Care Quadrant Boundaries
52. Intersection Levels of Service (A.M. Peak Hours)
53. Intersection Levels of Service (P.M. Peak Hours)
54. Aspen Hill Peak Hour Traffic
55. Argyle Country Club/Bel Pre Road Area Proposed Access
Plan
56. Existing Public Transit Coverage
57. Typical Bikeway Cross Section |
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LIST
OF TABLES
1. Aspen Hill Area Population Forecast by
Age
2. Identification of Master Plan Strategies
for
Improved Transportation in Aspen Hill
3. Key Intersections and Possible Future
Improvements
4. Street and Highway Classifications
5. Bike Trails/Paths
6. Aspen Hill Historic Resources
7. Existing Parks and Facilities
8. Selected Population and Housing
Characteristics,
Aspen
Hill, MD: 1990
9. Selected Social, Employment, Commuting
and Income
Characteristics,
Aspen Hill, MD: 1990
10. Transferable Development Rights, Equivalent
Zone Densities
11. Travel Measures in Aspen Hill Morning
Peak Hour
12. Pedestrian Paths, Connections Within
Residential Subdivisions
13. Pedestrian Paths, Connections From Residential
Subdivisions
to
Public Facilities
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