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Theme
One: Community Preservation,
Stability and Character
Theme
Two:
Commercial Centers- Character and Vitality
Theme
Three: Neighborhood-Friendly
Circulation Systems
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Highlights: Theme 2 - Commercial
Centers - Character and Vitality
Vision
This
Plan recommends improvements to the access,
appearance, and overall economic health of commercial
centers to ensure their long term viability.
Highlights
North
and West Silver Spring residents value local
businesses in their community and many of their
daily convenience retail needs can be met in
the immediate neighborhood. Recommendations
to improve the appearance, vehicular and pedestrian
access, and the overall economic health of commercial
centers in North and West Silver Spring are
an important focus of this Plan. The map shows
the commercial centers concept for North and
West Silver Spring.
Recommendations
Reconfirm
the existing commercial zoning in North and
West Silver Spring and limit commercial and
industrial development to the existing established
centers.
Ensure
that the Army complies with and fully implements
the 1992 Memorandum of Understanding for the
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Forest Glen
Annex that the army made with the National
Capital Planning Commission and the Montgomery
County Planning Board.
Prepare
a minor master plan amendment to this Plan
if the proposed reuse of the National Park
Seminary Historic District cannot be accommodated
by the existing zoning (R-90, residential,
one-family).
Apply
increased scrutiny to the review of special
exception applications to minimize their impact
in residential neighborhoods.
Remove
the designation of properties as suitable
to apply for a non-resident professional office
special exception on most properties in the
Master Plan area except the nine houses on
Cedar Street between Ellsworth Drive and Pershing
Drive and any other properties that currently
have an approved special exception.
Improve
landscpe buffers between the industrial uses
and the residential neighborhoods.
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