Columbia

Development Tracker July 2016

The Columbia Development Tracker is comprised of four separate sections, which

are listed below in order of appearance:

1. Upcoming development related meetings

2. Previous development related meetings and decisions

3. Newly submitted development plans

4. Previous development proposals and decisions/status

This monthly report is produced by CA’s Office of Planning and Community Affairs with information

compiled from Howard County Government.

Upcoming Development Related Meetings

Project Village Meeting Date

Time Location Meeting Type

Proposal to add six single-family detached housing units north of Oak Hill road and west of Old Annapolis Road, as part of the Oak Hill subdivision.

Near Dorsey’s Search

7/18/16 6:00pm Howard County Miller Branch Library, 9421 Frederick Road, Ellicott City 21042

Presubmission Community Meeting

Setback reduction for single-family detached home from 10 feet to 8 feet for a swimming pool east of Oakland Mills Road and south of Montgomery Road on Charles Edward Terrace.

Near Oakland Mills

7/11/16 9:00am 3430 Court House Drive, Ellicott City MD 21043

Administrative Adjustment

Two single-family detached housing units proposed in the Holiday Hills neighborhood west of Long View Road and north of Hunting Lane.

Near Hickory Ridge

7/22/16 6:00pm 5th District Volunteer Fire Department 5000 Signal Bell Lane, Clarksville MD 21029

Presubmission Community Meeting

Previous Development Related Meetings and Decisions

Project Village Meeting Date

Time Location Meeting Type

Decision

FDP amendment to allow a proposed CA tennis facility west of Old Dobbin Road and the Long Reach Park.

Long Reach 6/23/16 7:00pm 3430 Court House Drive, Ellicott City, MD 21043

Planning Board

Approved

BA-724D: Appeal Planning Board decision to deny an adjustment to the accessory structure setback requirement for existing radio antenna west of Kindler Road and east of Silent Bird Court.

Kings Contrivance

5/2/16 6:00pm 3430 Court House Drive, Ellicott City 21043

Hearing Examiner

Waiting final decision and report

BA-15-035C&V: Conditional use for use of historic building for personal service establishment (health, spa, yoga, massage therapy, hair salon, nail salon, wellness classes and similar uses) and a variance to reduce the front building setback south of Route 108 between Eliots Oak Road and Beaverbrook Road.

Near Harper’s Choice

5/9/16 6:00pm 3430 Court House Drive, Ellicott City 21043

Hearing Examiner

Waiting final decision and report

BA-14-022C: Proposed conditional use to add gasoline service station to existing Royal Farms at the intersection of Lark Brown Road and Waterloo Road.

Near Long Reach

9/4/2014 6:00pm 3430 Courthouse Drive, Ellicott City, MD

Hearing Examiner

Denied – May 2016

New Development Proposals

F-16-107

Submitted: 6/3/16

Zoning: NT

Decision: Under Review

Project Description: Roadway

plan for the extension of

Merriweather Drive to

Symphony Woods Road and

North-South Connector; and a

small portion of the North-South

Connector near Toby’s Dinner

Theater.

Downtown Columbia

SDP-16-075

Submitted: 6/29/16

Zoning: NT

Decision: Under Review

Project Description: A Site

Development Plan for mass

grading of the Crescent Area 3

site.

Downtown Columbia

WP-16-148

Submitted: 6/16/16

Zoning: R-SC

Decision: Under Review

Project Description: Owner has

proposed seven single-family

detached homes and is seeking a

waiver from existing regulations

regarding on-site forest

retention priorities and state

champion trees.

Near Hickory Ridge

WP-16-118

Submitted: 6/9/16

Zoning: R-20

Decision: Under Review

Project Description: Owner is

seeking a waiver from existing

regulations on grading with

steep slopes near wetlands,

state champion tree retention

and lot design.

Near Hickory Ridge

WP-16-152

Submitted: 6/21/16

Zoning: R-ED

Decision: Under Review

Project Description: Owner is

seeking a waiver from existing

regulations on construction in a

floodplain and near streams.

Near River Hill

F-16-126

Submitted: 6/9/16

Zoning: R-20

Decision: Under Review

Project Description: Final Plan

for existing Christ Memorial

Presbyterian Church located

between Shaker Drive and

Amherst Avenue for conditional

church use and merging of

several lots into one parcel.

Near Kings Contrivance

ECP-16-065

Submitted: 6/22/16

Zoning: NT

Decision: Under Review

Project Description:

Environmental Concept Plan to

convert the ball fields at the East

Columbia Library from grass to

synthetic turf.

Owen Brown

SDP-16-053

Submitted: 6/6/16

Zoning: NT

Decision: Under Review

Project Description: Site

Development Plan for a

Columbia Association tennis

facility located west of Old

Dobbin Road and south of the

Long Reach Village Center,

across from Long Reach Park.

Near Long Reach

WP-16-154

Submitted: 6/21/16

Zoning: NT

Decision: Under Review

Project Description: Property in

Oakland Ridge Industrial Park is

seeking a waiver from

requirements to submit a site

development plan for site

changes.

Near Oakland Mills

This is the monthly summary of proposed development and redevelopment projects and meetings in Columbia.

Previous Development Proposals and DecisionsProject Latest Submission Project Description Village Zoning Decision/Status

SP-16-009 5/11/2016 Preliminary equivalent site plan for

Crescent neighborhood area three

for nine commercial properties and

945 apartments.

Downtown

Columbia

NT Submit Revised

ECP-16-052 5/3/2016 Environmental Concept Plan for a

Day spa south of Route 108 and

approximately 1600 feet west of

Centennial Lane.

Near Harper's

Choice

R-20 Approved - May

ECP-16-055 5/2/2016 Environmental Concept Plan for

W.R. Grace Company’s proposal to

replace an existing warehouse with

a new modern warehouse.

Near River Hill PEC Under Review

SDP-16-070 5/25/2016 Site Development Plan for

subdivided lot with one proposed

single-family home north of

Hunting Lane and west of Long

View Road in the Holiday Hills

neighborhood.

Near Hickory

Ridge

R-20 Technically Complete -

June

WP-16-140 5/27/2016 Owner is seeking a waiver petition

from on-site forest retention

priorities of state champion trees

on property west of Oakland Mills

Road between Shadow Fall Terrace

and Sohap Lane where three single-

family homes are proposed.

Near Oakland

Mills

R-12 Under Review

SDP-16-061 4/26/2016, 6/15/16 Site Development Plan for a

proposed stand-alone Texas

Roadhouse restaurant in the

existing parking lot located east of

Stanford Boulevard and west of

Snowden River Parkway.

Near Long

Reach

NT Under Review

F-16-113 4/25/2016 Proposed improvements to water

outfall under Sweet Hours Way.

Kings

Contrivance

NT Recorded

Columbia Development Tracker (July 2016) Last updated 7/6/16

Project Latest Submission Project Description Village Zoning Decision/Status

WP-16-038 4/4/2016 Owner of Simpson Oaks is seeking a

waiver petition from regulations

governing forest retention priorities

on-site that prevent specimen tree

and state champion tree removal.

Near River Hill CEF-R Decision Deferred -

June

ECP-16-047 3/31/2016, 6/28/16 Environmental Concept Plan for

nine single-family detached homes

north of Tall Timber Drive and west

of Trotter Road.

Near River Hill R-20 Submit Revised

FDP-DC-CRSCN-1A 3/16/2016, 5/12/16 Final Development Plan

amendment in the Crescent

neighborhood of Downtown

Columbia for defined locations of

roadways in Area 3 and changes to

phasing of housing units.

Downtown

Columbia

NT Submit Revised

F-16-078 2/19/2016, 5/13/16 Resubdivision plat to consolidate

parcels and an easement for water

utilities where three retail stores

are proposed (Chick-Fil-A, Mr. Tire

and a drug store) north of Ten Oaks

Road at the intersection of Route

108.

Near River Hill B-2 Approved - June

ECP-16-043 2/3/2016, 4/21/16 Environmental Concept Plan for

proposal to build 18 single-family

attached age-restricted units south

of Owen Brown Road, north of

Freetown Road and west of

Autumn Splendor Drive.

Near Hickory

Ridge

R-SC Submit Revised

Project Latest Submission Project Description Village Zoning Decision/Status

ECP-16-042 2/10/2016, 3/28/16 Environmental Concept Plan for

environmental impacts related to

street, block and public space

configuration in Area 3 for the

Crescent.

Downtown

Columbia

NT Signed - June

SDP-15-050 12/22/2015, 6/14/16 Site Development Plan for next

phase of Blandair Regional Park

construction.

Near Oakland

Mills

RC-DEO Under Review

F-15-113 12/21/2015, 6/10/16Four single-family homes proposed

north of Harriet Tubman Lane

across from Caravan Court.

Near Hickory

Ridge

R-20 Under Review

S-16-004 12/21/2015, 3/14/16,

5/27/16

Site plan for 90 single-family

attached homes on north of Old

Route 108 and east of Columbia

Road.

Near Dorsey's

Search

R-APT Technically Complete -

June

SDP-16-021 11/13/2015, 3/16/16 Three retail stores proposed north

of Ten Oaks Road at the

intersection of Route 108 that

includes a Chick-Fil-A, Mr. Tire and

a drug store.

Near River Hill B-2 Technically Complete -

June

F-15-110 10/29/2015, 2/4/16, 5/2/16

Final Plan for Phase I of the Enclave

at Tierney Farm development

located east of Route 108 and west

of Guilford Road. Phase I includes

50 single-family homes.

Near River Hill R-ED Technically Complete -

June

WP-16-002 7/2/2015 Howard County is seeking a waiver

from the requirement to submit a

site development plan for Phase III

of Blandair Regional Park, located

south of Route 175.

Near Oakland

Mills

RC-DEO Approved - July

Project Latest Submission Project Description Village Zoning Decision/Status

S-15-007 7/13/2015, 4/1/16, 6/10/16 Sketch plan for 103 single-family

homes, 19 single-family attached

Moderate Income Housing Units

and 62 single-family attached

housing units proposed north of

Grace Drive and east of Quiet

NightRide.

Near River Hill CEF-R Under Review

P-15-003 6/11/2015, 8/31/15,

5/11/16, 6/28/16

Five single-family homes proposed

south of Route 100 and west of

Route 103.

Near Long

Reach

POR Under Review

SDP-14-013 5/23/2014, 1/27/15 Proposal for a Royal Farms store

and Canton Car Wash located

southeast of Snowden River

Parkway at Minstrel Way. Proposal

will be heard before the Planning

Board at a public meeting on June

18.

Near Owen

Brown

NT Under Review

LegendWP: Waiver Petition

F: Final Plan

SDP: Site Development Plan

SourceHoward County Government; compiled by the Office of Planning and Community Affairs