Approval Recommended For 7,063 SF Retail Building in Cloverly

Montgomery County Planning Staff recommended approval earlier this month to an amendment to Preliminary Plan No. 11999100A to develop one lot for a 7,063 square foot commercial retail/service establishment building, 29 surface parking spaces on a 0.78-acre site on  New Hampshire Avenue in Cloverly.

The Application consists of a new 7,063 square-foot retail commercial use with no drive-thru facility. The Subject Property is located at 15504 New Hampshire Avenue (MD 650), south of Bryant’s Nursery Road and north of Briggs Chaney Road; and is in the Cloverly Master Plan area and the NR-0.75 H-45 zone.

To the southwest, the Property abuts the Cloverly Village Center commercial center which is zoned ‘Neighborhood Retail’; it contains a variety of retail, restaurant, and business establishments. To the northwest is vacant land owned by the Se Me Hahn Presbyterian Church (Church Property) and a regional storm water management facility owned by the Maryland State Highway Administration (“SHA”). Directly to the northwest of the Property (at 15520 New Hampshire Avenue), Preliminary Plan No. 120200230 approved a subdivision for a new restaurant with a new 5,000 square foot building.

To the east and across New Hampshire Avenue are additional commercial establishments, some of which are referred to as the Cloverly Shopping Center or the Cloverly Town Center. These properties include a supermarket, Montgomery County alcohol beverage store, along with various other retail and commercial uses. These properties are zoned ‘Neighborhood Retail’z

The Project provides opportunities for inter-parcel connections with the Church Property and the Cloverly Village Shopping Center, should future redevelopment occur on the adjoining properties. Additionally, the proposed parking and drive aisle layout provides for an inter-parcel connection with the adjacent property to the north (Block D, lot 5), which is subject of Preliminary Plan No. 120200230. These three connections would allow vehicular access between the properties and with New Hampshire Avenue.

Pedestrian improvements along New Hampshire Avenue will create a 10-foot wide sidepath along the Property frontage and continue off-site approximately 180 feet to the south. Along New Hampshire, the landscape plan includes a row of canopy trees, as well as ground cover, shrubs and understory trees. The landscape plan also includes ground cover, shrubs, understory and canopy trees along the north and west Property lines and within parking lot islands.

Courtesy of Montgomery Planning