CITY OF ROCKVILLE PLANNING DIVISION

STAFF REPORT

September 28, 2000

RECORD PLAT: Parcel B, Tower Oaks

APPLICATION NUMBER: PLT2000-00236

APPLICANT:
Boston Properties, Inc.
401 9^th Street NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC  20004

DATE FILED: September 8, 2000

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTIES:

Size: 471,655 square feet (10.82771 acres)
Location: Southeast quadrant of Preserve Parkway and Wootton Parkway

Zone: O-3 (Restricted Office)
Present Use: Vacant
Comments: This plat will create a single record lot to allow construction of an office building.

PREVIOUS RELATED ACTION:

· Comprehensive Planned Development Application CPD-1-85, (Concept Plan) - to determine the land uses and development potential for the Tower Oaks development; approved by the Mayor and Council on October 12, 1987.

· Comprehensive Planned Development Application CPD-1-85, Amendment - to delete planned lake from site plan and reallocate development densities; approved by the Mayor and Council on September 27, 1993.

· Comprehensive Planned Development Detailed Application CPD2000-0001H ­ for approval of a 185,000 square feet office building; approved by the Planning Commission on July 26, 2000. 

STAFF COMMENTS: This plat has been submitted to allow for the development of the office building approved by the Planning Commission in Detailed Application CPD2000-0001H.  It will create one building lot of 471,655 square feet at the southeast corner of Wootton Parkway and the future Preserve Parkway.  The plat includes dedication of a stormwater management maintenance easement for the facility under the surface parking lot and a Forest Conservation Easement.  The location of the Forest Conservation Easement coinciding with the approved Forest Conservation Plan must be shown correctly on the plat.

STAFF RECOMMENDATION:  Approval, subject to the conditions noted below:

1. That the plat be revised to make modifications/additions as identified on Planning Commission Exhibit “A” (in Planning Division file);

2. That all necessary easements be shown on the plat.

3. That the final corrected plat be submitted in an appropriate electronic format as specified in Section 25-782(c), (d) and (e) of the Rockville Zoning Ordinance;

4. That bonds be posted and permits obtained for all public improvements.  Bonds shall be posted prior to plat recordation.

Staff sent notification letters to the following Citizens Associations: North Farm, Hungerford Stoneridge, New Mark Commons, and The Villages at Tower Oaks.  Residents of Hungerford-Stoneridge south of West Edmonston Drive and residents of the southern portion of New Mark Commons, the Villages at Tower Oaks, and North Farm were notified, in addition to adjacent property owners, of this Planning Commission meeting date.

/rjw

Attachments

1. Proposed Plat