Greater Roland Park Master Plan
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GREATER ROLAND PARK MASTER PLAN Approved by the Baltimore City Planning Commission February 17, 2011 Submitted By The Communities of the Greater Roland Park Master Plan 5115B Roland Avenue Baltimore, MD 21210 GREATER ROLAND PARK MASTER PLAN Contents Plan Vision Planning Commission Adoption Planning Department Report Planning Commission Members Executive Summary Acronyms List of Stakeholders Summary of Master Planning Process Acknowledgements Description of Roland Park Today (pending) Implementation Implementation Summary Table 1. Open Space and Recreation Table 1.1: Open Space Implementation Summary Figure 1.1: Stony Run Watershed Figure 1.2: Stony Run Park and Trail Capital Improvements Appendix 1.A: Design Guidelines for the Redevelopment of the Roland Water Tower 2. Transportation Table 2.1: Transportation Implementation Summary Figure 2.1: MTA Transit Map Figure 2.2: Traffic Count Analysis Figure 2.3: Gilman/Roland Avenue Turning Lane Diagram Figure 2.4: Existing Street Section Page i Figure 2.5: Curb Extension Street Section Figure 2.6: Paths/Open Space Map Network Figure 2.7: Crosswalks Precedent Figure 2.8: Curb Extensions Precedent Figure 2.9: Special Intersection Paving Precedent Figure 2.10: Pedestrian Refuge Island Precedent Figure 2.11: Baltimore’s Bicycle Master Plan Figure 2.12: Roland Avenue Section Figure 2.13: Cycle Track Figure 2.14: Cold Spring Lane 3. Housing Table 3.1: Housing Implementation Summary Figure 3.1: Greater Roland Park Area Appendix 3.A: Model Set of Design Guidelines for Buildings in Greater Roland Park 4. Commercial/Retail Table 4.1: Commercial/Retail Implementation Summary 5. Infrastructure Table 5.1: Infrastructure Implementation Summary Figure 5.1: Wyndhurst Avenue Culvert Figure 5.2: BGE Feeder Lines Serving Greater Roland Park Figure 5.3: Aluminum Pole with Cobra Head Light Fixture Figure 5.4: Wooden Pole with Cobra Head Light Fixture Figure 5.5: GE Luminaire Figure 5.6: Victorian Acorn Light Figure 5.7: Pedestrian Bridge over Roland Avenue Figure 5.8: Pedestrian Bridge over Stony Run Page ii Figure 5.9: Failing Retaining Wall in Right‐of‐Way Figure 5.10: Parallel Grate – Not Bicycle‐Friendly Figure 5.11: Hybrid Grate – Not Bicycle‐Friendly Figure 5.12: Perpendicular Grate – Bicycle‐Friendly Appendix 5.A: Green Alley Cross‐section Appendix 5.B: Public Street Lights Inventory 6. Livability Table 6.1: Livability Implementation Summary Appendix 6.A: Assessment of Existing Facilities in the Greater Roland Park Area Appendix 6.B: Community Events that Contribute to Social Cohesion Appendix 6.C: Survey for Area Schools Appendix 6.D: Roland Park Sustainability Pledge 7. Streetscape Table 7.1: Streetscape Implementation Summary Figure 7.1: Right‐of‐Way and Private Property Planting on Slopes Figure 7.2: Roland Avenue and University Parkway Planting Typology Figure 7.3: Commercial Area Typology Figure 7.4: Recommended Street and Pedestrian Lights Figure 7.5: Recommended Tree Guard and Grate Figure 7.6: Recommended Benches Figure 7.7: Recommended Newspaper Rack Enclosure, Bus Shelter and Trash Receptacle Figure 7.8: Recommended Prototype Gateway Sign Figure 7.9: Recommended Pathway Sign Appendix 7.A: Recommended Plant List for Streetscape and Residential Frontage 8. Zoning Page iii GREATER ROLAND PARK MASTER PLAN Plan Vision Greater Roland Park will preserve the foundational concepts upon which the community was established, which include maintaining a predominantly residential character, preserving the area’s natural landscape and architectural beauty, ensuring accessibility to neighborhood amenities and open spaces, and cultivating the spirit of neighborliness, in a manner that adapts to and anticipates 21st century lifestyles and community aspirations. Greater Roland Park will promote a healthy quality of life and environmental stewardship for its residents, foster strong civic engagement regarding community resources and decision‐making, support commercial endeavors that respect and complement residential areas, support activities that serve diverse and intergenerational residents, and collaborate with surrounding communities and the City of Baltimore. Page 1 THOMAS J. STOSUR, DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING 417 EAST FAYETTE STREET, 8TH FLOOR ROLAND PARK MASTER PLAN February 18, 2011 The Honorable Sharon Green Middleton, City Council Representative, 6th District City Hall, Room 516 100 N. Holliday Street Baltimore, MD 21202 The Honorable Mary Pat Clarke, City Council Representative, 14th District City Hall, Room 550 100 N. Holliday Street Baltimore, MD 21202 This is to inform you that on February 17, 2011 the Baltimore City Planning Commission approved and adopted the Roland Park Master Plan. This plan, with recommendations to revitalize the Roland Park Community is to be used as a guide plan for future development. Copy of the staff report is attached and the link to the plan is www.rolandpark.org/MasterPlan. If you have any questions please contact Ms. Laurie Feinberg, Division Chief of the Comprehensive Planning Division at (410) 396-1275. TJS/wya Attachment CC: The Honorable Bernard “Jack” Young, President of City Council Ms. Kaliope Parthemos, Deputy Mayor Mr. Alfred Foxx, Director of DPW Mr. Paul Graziano, Commissioner of DHCD Mr. Jay Brodie, President of BDC Mr. Gregory Bayor, Director of the Dept. of Rec. and Parks Mr. Khalil Zaied, Director of BDOT PLANNING COMMISSION Wilbur E. “Bill” Cunningham, Chairman Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Thomas J. Stosur Mayor STAFF REPORT Director February 17, 2011 REQUEST: GREATER ROLAND PARK MASTER PLAN RECOMMENDATION: Amendment and Adoption, subject to all limitations of federal, state, and local fair housing and other laws and limits on city resources. Amendments The language of the Open Space chapter concerning the private properties of St. Mary’s Seminary and the Baltimore Country Club should be revised to reflect commonly agreed upon language between the aforementioned stakeholders and the Roland Park Master Plan Implementation Committee. We are further recommending the deletion of references to BCC land being “returned to community use.” Staff report and final Planning Commission recommendation be incorporated into the final GRPMP document. STAFF: Laurie Feinberg, Katie-Rose Imbriano PETITIONERS: Roland Park Civic League and the Department of Planning GENERAL AREA The Greater Roland Park Master Plan area encompasses several neighborhoods including Roland Park, Evergreen, Wyndhurst, Keswick, the Village of Cross Keys, Hoes Heights and Tuscany –Canterbury. The area is home to several educational institutions (both public and private), several business areas, including Falls Road, Wyndhurst Village and Roland Avenue. The area’s community amenities include several parks such as the Stony Run, playfields and the newly renovated Roland Park Enoch Pratt Branch Library. Most of the area is comprised of National Register Historic Districts. The plan area is primarily characterized by single-family houses along narrow, winding roads that conform to the natural topography and large trees that allow the area to retain a park-like character. HISTORY Roland Park is considered one of America's earliest and best designed garden suburbs. The neighborhood was planned between the 1890s and 1920s by the Roland Park Company. Over the years several notable people worked on the plan for Roland Park including Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. and George Kessler. The early landscape planners for Roland Park laid out the community in the context of the existing topography, leaving the natural beauty of the area undisturbed. Public common areas, deed restrictions on incompatible uses and a community association that maintained public amenities were novel community planning innovations that helped to create and foster the growth of Roland Park as a distinctive Baltimore neighborhood. CONFORMITY TO PLANS The adoption of this plan conforms to the goals and objectives of LIVE EARN PLAY LEARN, the Baltimore City Comprehensive Master Plan, specifically: LIVE Goal 2: Elevate the Design and Quality of the City’s Built Environment (Objective 4: Protect and Enhance the Preservation of Baltimore’s Historic Buildings and Neighborhoods) PLAY Goal 3: Increase the Health of Baltimore’s Natural Resources and Open Spaces for Recreation and to Improve Water Quality and to Improve Neighborhood Social, Economic, and Environmental Well-Being (Objective 1: Maintain a Well-managed System of Parks & Open Spaces; Objective 2: Protect and Enhance Baltimore’s Natural Habitat and Environmental Resources) It also conforms to the goals and objectives of the Baltimore Sustainability Plan through the following: Cleanliness (Objective 2: Sustain a clean and maintained appearance of public land) Pollution Prevention (Objective 5: Improve the health of indoor environments) Greening (Objective 3: Provide safe, well-maintained recreational space within 1/4 mile of all residents) Transportation (Objective 2: Make Baltimore bicycle and pedestrian friendly) Green Economy (Objective 4: Support local Baltimore businesses) ANALYSIS Planning Process In the fall of 2009, the Roland Park Civic League (RPCL) and its partners began a community-led and volunteer-driven master planning process, which produced the Greater Roland Park Master Plan (GRPMP). Over the course of the planning process the community hosted four community charrettes. The Department of Planning supported this process by providing staffing at charrettes and other services, such as map production. The Department of Planning, as well as other City