Planning and Zoning Commission
MINUTES OF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING
April 14, 2005
A meeting of the Westminster Planning and Zoning Commission was held at Westminster City Hall, 1838 Emerald Hill Lane on the evening of April 14, 2005, at 7:00 p.m. Members Beaver, Graham, Albert, Palmer and Chairperson Bair; Manager of Planning and Development Davis; City Attorney Walsh; County Planner Graf and members of the public were present.
On motion of Ms. Albert, seconded by Ms. Palmer, the minutes of the March 10, 2005 Planning and Zoning Commission were tabled until the next meeting to allow staff to reflect Ms. Bair’s action at the end of the meeting.
Mr. Davis presented the 3rd Amended Site Plan of Westminster Crossing West. Specifically, the pad sites for a Buffalo Wild Wings and Westminster Union Bank were examined by the Commission. Both projects will be located in the parking lot in front of the Michael’s and Office Depot stores. Buffalo Wild Wings will be approximately 6,400 square feet and the Westminster Bank will be approximately 4,000 square feet. A parking analysis of the entire shopping center was completed and adequate parking is available for all the uses. The bank will have four drive through lanes and they will be separated from the rest of the parking lot by curbing and landscape islands. The applicants presented colored renderings of the proposed buildings. The Commission complimented the applicant on the design of their buildings. Mr. Davis informed the Commission that as part of the overall redevelopment plan of the Shopping Center, the applicant would be making several transportation improvements including the intersection of Englar Road and MD Route 140 which would include additional left turn lanes, cross walks for pedestrians and sidewalk along the existing bank. Furthermore, new striping and signal enhancement would occur at the Woodward and Englar Road intersection. Upon a motion of Ms. Graham, seconded by Ms. Palmer, the Westminster Crossing 3rd Amended Site Plan was approved by a 4-0 vote.
Mr. Davis then presented the 4th Amended Site Plan for Westminster Crossing which was a site plan for Chevy Chase Bank. Mr. Davis noted that the transportation improvements previously identified were also tied to this site plan as well. The Chevy Chase Bank will be located in the parking lot in front of the Old Navy store and is approximately 3,600 square feet. Two drive through lanes will be separated from the remainder of the parking lot by curbing and landscape islands. There were no outstanding issues. Mr. Davis informed the Commission that an access agreement between the shopping center owner and the owner of the undeveloped parcel located at the northeast corner of Woodward and Englar Roads had been agreed to and this agreement would prohibit any access directly onto those roads when development occurs on the vacant parcel. Upon a motion of Ms. Palmer, seconded by Ms. Albert, the Commission unanimously approved the Westminster Crossing 4th Amended Site Plan by a 4-0 vote.
Mr. Ken Hunter of CLSI appeared before the Commission to present a conceptual site plan for a New Windsor State Bank located in Westminster Market Place. Follow a brief discussion about internal traffic flow and the location of garbage disposal facilities, the Commission complimented the concept drawing and proposed elevations and indicated they looked forward to a formal submission.
Mr. Graf of the Carroll County Planning Department informed the Commission that a public meeting would be held on Monday, May 16, 2005 at Winter’s Mill High School to present the draft of the new Westminster and Environs Plan. Mr. Graf requested that the draft plan appear on the next agenda in order to allow county staff to formally present it to the Commission.
Mr. Davis informed the Commission that the design of the Pennsylvania Streetscape Project would be presented to the public on April 27th at 7:00 at the Westminster Volunteer Fire Department and invited the Commission to attend. The design is based upon input received from the community solicited at two public meetings.
On motion of Ms. Graham, the meeting adjourned at 7:33 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Matthew B. Davis, AICP
Secretary
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