Columbia

Development Tracker January 2017

The Columbia Development Tracker is composed 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

PB-427: Proposed FDP amendment for a cultural center in Downtown Columbia that includes a redeveloped Toby’s Dinner Theater, other cultural uses and 202 residential units.

Downtown Columbia

1/19/17 7:00pm 3430 Court House Drive, Ellicott City 21043

Planning Board

Presubmission Community Meeting to re-subdivide lot 6 of Mill Haven into 2 residential lots on .73 acres south of Sohap Lane and west of Oakland Mills Road

Near Oakland Mills

1/23/17 6:00pm Oakland Mills Interfaith Center, 5885 Robert Oliver Place, Columbia 21045

Presubmission Community Meeting

Christ Memorial Presbyterian Church is seeking a conditional use to expand their facility to make the space larger, but not accommodate more people.

Near Kings Contrivance

1/30/17 6:00pm 3430 Court House Drive, Ellicott City 21043

Hearing Examiner

Presubmission Community Meeting for 18 single-family attached homes proposed on four acres at the corner of Cedar Lane and Owen Brown Road.

Near Hickory Ridge

2/8/17 7:00pm Abiding Savior Lutheran Church, 10689 Owen Brown Rd. Columbia 21044

Presubmission Community Meeting

A Verizon telecommunications tower is proposed on the W.R. Grace Headquarters site, north of Grace Drive.

Near River Hill

2/16/17 6:00pm Claret Hall, 6020 Daybreak Circle, Columbia 21029

Presubmission Community Meeting

Previous Development Related Meetings and Decisions

Project Village Meeting Date

Time Location Meeting Type

Decision

BA-16-033V: The owner of property at the intersection of Columbia Road and Route 108 has proposed 90 single-family attached residential units and is seeking a variance to reduce the required 30’ structure setback to 8’ for retaining wall along Columbia Road; and to reduce the required 50’ apartment setback to 34.4’ for the building at northern boundary and to 20.3’ for buildings along the eastern boundary of site.

Near Dorsey’s Search

12/19/16 9:30am 3430 Court House Drive, Ellicott City 21043

Hearing Examiner

Approved - December

ASDP-77-006: Proposal to add a new deck and storage shed to an existing house on Bright Plume and obtain approval for an existing deck. The structures extend into setbacks and exceed 30% lot coverage limit.

Hickory Ridge

1/5/17 7:00pm 3430 Court House Drive, Ellicott City 21043

Planning Board

Approved - January

TU-16-004: Columbia Association has proposed a temporary use: bell tree on the dock of Lake Kittamaqundi.

Downtown Columbia

12/8/16 10:00am 3430 Court House Drive, Ellicott City 21043

Department Division

Approved - December

Design Advisory Panel meeting for the proposed redevelopment of Hickory Ridge Village Center.

Hickory Ridge

12/7/16 7:30pm 3430 Court House Drive, Ellicott City 21043

Design Advisory Panel

DAP made a motion (with DPZ recommendation) for Kimco to schedule another meeting before the DAP to reconsider design

challenges

BA-16-021C: Beth Shalom Congregation located south of Harriet Tubman Lane is proposing an addition to the property and seeking a conditional use for religious activities within the addition.

Near Hickory Ridge

9/19/16 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

New Development Proposals

ECP-16-061

Submitted: 12/15/16

Zoning: R-20

Decision: Under Review

Project Description:

Environmental Concept Plan for

the Oak Hill community west of

Old Annapolis Road and north of

Oak Hill Drive.

Near Dorsey’s Search

FDP-DC-CRSCNT-2

Submitted: 12/19/16

Zoning: NT

Decision: Under Review

Project Description: FDP

amendment for the

redevelopment of the existing

Toby’s Dinner Theater to create

a cultural center that will include

a new Toby’s Dinner Theater,

other cultural uses and 202

residential units.

Downtown Columbia

WP-17-052

Submitted: 12/6/16

Zoning: NT

Decision: Under Review

Project Description: Howard

Hughes Corporation is seeking a

waiver from regulations for

multiple Downtown Columbia

neighborhoods that require a

minimum frontage requirement

of 60 feet on public roads and

the requirement that public

right-of-ways on corner lots at

an intersection shall be

truncated by straight lines

joining points 25 feet from the

property line intersection.

Downtown Columbia

Downtown Columbia

ECP-17-027

Submitted: 12/9/16

Zoning: NT

Decision: Under Review

Project Description: Temporary

parking lot proposed south of

Divided Sky Lane and east of

Broken Land Parkway

Not Site Specific

17-052

SDP-15-061

Submitted: 12/9/16

Zoning: NT

Decision: Under Review

Project Description: Proposal for

stream restoration south of

Little Patuxent Parkway and

west of Banneker Road between

the existing Exxon station and

Zips Dry Cleaners.

Downtown Columbia

F-17-003

Submitted: 12/12/16

Zoning:

Decision: Under Review

Project Description: Plan for

phase 2 of Tierney Farm

development (70 single-family

detached homes) at the corner

of Route 108 and Guilford Road.

Near River Hill

F-17-032

Submitted: 11/7/16

Zoning: R-20

Decision: Under Review

Project Description: Final Plan to

subdivide property south of

Hunting Lane and west of

Newberry Drive for an additional

single-family home in the

Holiday Hills neighborhood.

Near Hickory Ridge

ECP-17-031

Submitted: 12/22/16

Zoning:

Decision: Under Review

Project Description:

Environmental Concept Plan for

seven single-family detached

homes at the terminus of

Somerville Lane east of Route

108 and south of Mayfield

Avenue.

Near Long Reach

SDP-17-003

Submitted: 12/12/16

Zoning: R-20

Decision: Under Review

Project Description: One single-

family detached home proposed

west of Owen Brown Road and

north of Broken Land Parkway.

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

F-17-050 11/7/2016 The builder of Centennial Overlook

(west of Old Annapolis Road and

north of Oak Hill Drive) is seeking a

lot setback revision to

accommodate a preferred house

model on lot 80.

Near Dorsey's

Search

R-20 Recorded - December

ECP-17-023 11/21/2016 Environmental Concept Plan for the

River Hill Garden Center

redevelopment proposal, which

includes two strips of retail and a

pad bank site.

Near River Hill B-1 Submit Revised

WP-16-038 10/13/2016 The proposed Simpson Oaks

development (north of Grace Drive

and south of Quiet Night Ride) is

seeking a waiver from on-site forest

retention priorities for state

champion trees and specimen trees

for 184 single-family homes.

Near River Hill CEF-R Approved - December

F-17-037 11/3/2016 Final Plan for seven single-family

detached homes proposed north of

Hilltop Lane.

Near Hickory

Ridge

R-SC Submit Revised

F-17-049 10/20/2016 Owner of property at the

intersection of Harmel Drive and

Cedar Lane is seeking to abandon

the .22 acres of on-site forest

conservation easement and send it

to an off-site forest bank.

Near Hickory

Ridge

R-20 Recorded - January

SDP-17-021 11/2/2016 Site Development Plan for an

expansion at Christ Memorial

Presbyterian Church in Allview

Estates west of Amherst Avenue.

Near Kings

Contrivance

R-20 Submit Revised

Columbia Development Tracker (January 2016) Last updated 1/4/16

Project Latest Submission Project Description Village Zoning Decision/Status

SDP-17-010 11/7/2016 Development Plan to renovate the

existing office building and add

carry-out retail on the first floor.

This will require a modification of

the parking field. The property is

located at the corner north of

Robert Fulton Drive and west of

Columbia Gateway Drive.

Near Owen

Brown

M-1 Submit Revised

SDP-17-017 11/22/2016 Site Development Plan to retrofit

Mimi’s Café in the Gateway

Overlook Shopping Center to a

Silver Diner.

Near Long

Reach

NT Submit Revised

WP-17-047 11/29/2016 Antwerpen is seeking a waiver from

submitting original plans within 180

days after approval of the site

development plan and final plan,

and payment of fees and other

financial obligations to Howard

County regarding their property at

the corner of Ten Oaks Road and

Route 108

Near River Hill B-2 Under Review

F-17-031 10/13/2016 Final Plan for Trotter Woods

development west of Trotter Road

and north of Tall Timber Drive,

which has proposed nine single-

family detached residential units.

Near River Hill R-20 Submit Revised

ECP-17-016 10/14/2016 Environmental Concept Plan for a

self-storage facility south of

Guilford Road and north of the

Patuxent Branch Trail.

Near Kings

Contrivance

M-1 Submit Revised

WP-17-017 9/16/2016 The owner is seeking a waiver for

an extension to pay fees required

for submitting development plans.

Downtown

Columbia

NT Under Review

SDP-17-006 9/6/2016, 11/14/16 One new warehouse proposed at

W.R. Grace & Company.

Near River Hill PEC Technically Complete -

December

Project Latest Submission Project Description Village Zoning Decision/Status

F-17-007 7/19/2016 Proposal to remove a portion of the

existing forest conservation

easement to extend public water

and sewer to the Enclave at Tierney

Farm subdivision at the corner of

Route 108 and Guilford Road.

Forest conversation will be

replaced on Tierney Farm

subdivision site.

Near River Hill R-12 Under Review

F-16-107 6/3/2016, 9/1/16, 12/2/16Roadway 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

NT Under Review

SDP-16-075 6/29/2016, 10/24/16A Site Development Plan for mass

grading of the Crescent Area 3 site.

Downtown

Columbia

NT Technically Complete -

December

ECP-16-065 6/22/2016, 11/9/16 Environmental Concept Plan to

convert the ball fields at the East

Columbia Library from grass to

synthetic turf.

Owen Brown NT Approved - December

WP-16-154 6/21/2016 Property in Oakland Ridge

Industrial Park is seeking a waiver

from requirements to submit a site

development plan for site changes.

Near Oakland

Mills

NT Deferred due to existing

zoning violation on

property- October.

Owner can resubmit

when violation is

corrected.

SP-16-009 5/11/2016, 10/19/16,

11/28/17

Preliminary equivalent site plan for

Crescent neighborhood area three

for nine commercial properties and

945 apartments.

Downtown

Columbia

NT 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.

Near Owen

Brown

NT Under Review

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