Growth Action HOT SPOT Facts and Issues Arundel Gateway Fr. Meade Rd. at Rte. 198
300 acres
Proposed mixed use zoning. Currently zoned for commercial use only.
Development poses environmental risks to Patuxent Wildlife Reserve.
Developer is Ribera
Suburban Airport
520 Brock Bridge Rd., Laurel, MD
Airport is proposed for development. 1,200 residences
Two Rivers
Odenton MD
1,500 acres.
Proposed 2,065 residential units, golf course.
Developer is Ribera. Builders are NV Homes, Ryan, Koch and Classic Communities.
Highland Farm
Old Dairy Farm Rd.
22 acres.
Proposed 27 homes + 50 townhouses.
Developer is Ribera.
AIC Forest LLC
Forest Dr. between approx. Spa Rd. and Crystal Spring Farm Rd.
approx. 7 acres.
Currently zoned Residential. Property Owner wishes to develop as part of the Katherine Properties development, as retail/commercial.
Property Owner appears to be Alan Hyatt.
Katherine Properties
Forest Dr. at Spa Rd.
180 acres. (80 acres of Masque Farm Horse Farm is in conservation easement.)
80+ acres proposed for mixed use development: several hundred homes and townhouses, retail/offices.
Concerns are traffic impacts on Forest Dr.; environmental degradation due to loss of forest and to stormwater runoff.
Owner is Janet Richardson-Pearson.
Bay Village
Bay Ridge Rd. at Edgewood Rd.
10 acres.
Annapolis City zoning is PM2 Professional Mixed Use in front; R1 Residential in rear.
Proposed retail/office development in front, including a drive-thru CVS, 2-story building with offices above, re-sited Mexican Cafe below, and one undeveloped lot.
City's Comprehensive Plan proposes forest in rear be conserved as Greenway. Property Owner failed to get Special Exception to develop 112 unit apt. building.
Property Owner: Karen Connelly & Ed Dyas, Severna Park
Carrs Beach (Rodgers Prop.)
Bembe Beach Rd.
6.1 acres, R-3 (Annapolis)
Proposed development of up to 68 townhouses.
Concerns are environmental and fiscal/financial costs when property floods during big storms.
Owner: Rodgers family, Baltimore MD.
Old Annapolis Neck Rd.
Forest Dr., west of Hillsmere Dr.
67 acres
Adjacent to Quiet Waters Park, Hunt Meadow subdiv. and Annapolis Overlook condos.
Zoned R1B and R3 (Annapolis city)
Proposed development of 137 3,000 sq. ft. homes and 19 1,300 sq. ft. homes.
Concerns: impact of additional traffic on congested Forest Dr.; traffic egress is dangerous left turn onto Forest Dr.
Property Owner is Milt Horn, Dreamcraft Homes.
Samaras Property, aka C&C Liquor
Bay Ridge Rd. at Georgetown Rd.
4.6 acres, zoned R2 Residential (County) +
1.9 acres, zoned C1 Commercial (County).
Property owner wishes to upzone to all commercial. Has community support. County Council commented in May '07 that the '09 Gnrl Development Plan would upzone.
Owner: Samaras family, Mike Abrams, Greg Gosnell.
Village Greens condos
Forest Dr. at Bywater, to East of Safeway.
aka "Skipper" property.
35 acres.
Zoned R3 (Annapolis city)
Plan 109 new units: 69 Triplexes, 6 Duplexes, 10 Townhomes. 14 units will be Moderately Priced Units.
Concern is impact of traffic on Forest Dr.
Forest Dr. Bypass Road
Total distance: 2931.65 ft
City is encouraging the development of a new road to be parallel to Forest Dr.
Concerns are environmental impact on Church Creek; egress onto Aris Allen Blvd.
