Montgomery County zoning: Council wants to change zoning throughout the county to multi-family

[Anonymous]

Riemer wants to make it easy to build accessory dwelling units (ADUs).

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/development/council-looking-to-remove-red-tape-for-accessory-dwelling-units/

If you spend your hard earned money to purchase a home in MoCo, your next door neighbor can build another house in their backyard! Unbelievable.

Summary: The Council has before it a residential zoning amendment that will change single family zoning to multi-family dwelling zoning throughout the county to accommodate the building of Accessory Dwelling units (ADUs) in backyards of less than an acre. These changes will dramatically alter neighborhoods and add to traffic and parking congestion, overcrowding in neighborhoods and schools, and increase storm water runoff. These changes will NOT help alleviate the affordable housing crisis. Council President Navarro says the action is tied to their "racial equity and social justice" agenda that the Council has agreed to implement.

ASAP please call and/or email all County Council members and tell them you are opposed to ZTA 19-01. See below for email addresses and phone numbers.

The next Council work session is scheduled for 9:30 am on Tuesday, July 9 in the Council office building, 100 Maryland Avenue, Rockville if you'd like to attend.

Montgomery County Council contact information:

Gabe Albornoz, D - At - Large, 240-777-7959, [e-mail] (Lives in Kensington)

Andrew Friedson, D - District 1, 240-777-7828, [e-mail] (Lives in Bethesda)

Evan Glass, At – Large, 240-777-7966, [e-mail] (Lives in Silver Spring)

Tom Hucker, D- District 5, 240-777-7960, [e-mail] (Lives in Silver Spring)

Will Jawando, D - At – Large, 240-777-7811, [e-mail] (Lives in Silver Spring)

Sidney Katz, D – District 3, 240-777-7906, [e-mail] (Lives in Gaithersburg)

Nancy Navarro, D – District 4, 240-777-7968, [e-mail] (Lives in Silver Spring)

Craig Rice, D – District 2, 240-777-7955, [e-mail] (Lives in Germantown)

Hans Riemer, D – At – Large, 240-777-7964, [e-mail] (Lives in Takoma Park)

[Anonymous]

Uh, you can build another house in your backyard, or, when you go to sell your house, a developer will pay you more because they can build another house in the back yard.

Our land use is crazy with all the space taken for car storage and for french style lawns of grass. No other developed country has the lunacy we have here, and it will take generations to catch up to something that makes more sense.

Any democrat who supports the green new deal and affordable housing initiatives should support this.

[Anonymous]

Most ADU's will be single people or a newlywed type couple. Most zoning, at least in DC, limits the number of unrelated people who can live on the same property, so you may want to get clarification on this before you freak out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Riemer wants to make it easy to build accessory dwelling units (ADUs).

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/development/council-looking-to-remove-red-tape-for-accessory-dwelling-units/

If you spend your hard earned money to purchase a home in MoCo, your next door neighbor can build another house in their backyard! Unbelievable.

Summary: The Council has before it a residential zoning amendment that will change single family zoning to multi-family dwelling zoning throughout the county to accommodate the building of Accessory Dwelling units (ADUs) in backyards of less than an acre. These changes will dramatically alter neighborhoods and add to traffic and parking congestion, overcrowding in neighborhoods and schools, and increase storm water runoff. These changes will NOT help alleviate the affordable housing crisis. Council President Navarro says the action is tied to their "racial equity and social justice" agenda that the Council has agreed to implement.

ASAP please call and/or email all County Council members and tell them you are opposed to ZTA 19-01. See below for email addresses and phone numbers.

The next Council work session is scheduled for 9:30 am on Tuesday, July 9 in the Council office building, 100 Maryland Avenue, Rockville if you'd like to attend.

Montgomery County Council contact information:

Gabe Albornoz, D - At - Large, 240-777-7959, [e-mail] (Lives in Kensington)

Andrew Friedson, D - District 1, 240-777-7828, [e-mail] (Lives in Bethesda)

Evan Glass, At – Large, 240-777-7966, [e-mail] (Lives in Silver Spring)

Tom Hucker, D- District 5, 240-777-7960, [e-mail] (Lives in Silver Spring)

Will Jawando, D - At – Large, 240-777-7811, [e-mail] (Lives in Silver Spring)

Sidney Katz, D – District 3, 240-777-7906, [e-mail] (Lives in Gaithersburg)

Nancy Navarro, D – District 4, 240-777-7968, [e-mail] (Lives in Silver Spring)

Craig Rice, D – District 2, 240-777-7955, [e-mail] (Lives in Germantown)

Hans Riemer, D – At – Large, 240-777-7964, [e-mail] (Lives in Takoma Park)

Lol. Democrats. The gift that keeps on giving. What a st hole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most ADU's will be single people or a newlywed type couple. Most zoning, at least in DC, limits the number of unrelated people who can live on the same property, so you may want to get clarification on this before you freak out.

You can have up to 3 people in your backyard house. Montgomery County is not DC, FYI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Uh, you can build another house in your backyard, or, when you go to sell your house, a developer will pay you more because they can build another house in the back yard.

Our land use is crazy with all the space taken for car storage and for french style lawns of grass. No other developed country has the lunacy we have here, and it will take generations to catch up to something that makes more sense.

Any democrat who supports the green new deal and affordable housing initiatives should support this.

Or you'll make less because your neighbor has a tenant in his backyard shed.

[Anonymous]

Democrats destroying themselves. Fun times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Democrats destroying themselves. Fun times.

Are you nuts? This will cause property values to skyrocket.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

If you spend your hard earned money to purchase a home in MoCo, your next door neighbor can build another house in their backyard! Unbelievable.

If you spend your hard-earned money to purchase a home in MoCo, you'll be able to add an accessory apartment for your child or parents or to help you with the mortgage! (If the zoning text amendment passes.) Unbelievably great!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Uh, you can build another house in your backyard, or, when you go to sell your house, a developer will pay you more because they can build another house in the back yard.

Our land use is crazy with all the space taken for car storage and for french style lawns of grass. No other developed country has the lunacy we have here, and it will take generations to catch up to something that makes more sense.

Any democrat who supports the green new deal and affordable housing initiatives should support this.

Or you'll make less because your neighbor has a tenant in his backyard shed.

That’s not how it works.

[Anonymous]

Tenant income sounds great. I would build a small unit for my retired sibling or parents and collect rent. They could live here part time, and we could invest in a shared condo in FL. That would be awesome.

[Anonymous]

I'm in favor. Nowhere should be exclusively SFH zoning. Allowing people to build various kinds of MFH--duplexes, ADUs, garden apartments, small apartment buildings, etc.--all are consistent with residential areas and can help alleviate the housing shortage, and it's more environmentally sound. Lots of cities and states are looking at this. I bet half the people screaming about this are nominally opposed to government regulations and in favor of the "free market"--well, this is all about reducing restrictions and letting the market work better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm in favor. Nowhere should be exclusively SFH zoning. Allowing people to build various kinds of MFH--duplexes, ADUs, garden apartments, small apartment buildings, etc.--all are consistent with residential areas and can help alleviate the housing shortage, and it's more environmentally sound. Lots of cities and states are looking at this. I bet half the people screaming about this are nominally opposed to government regulations and in favor of the "free market"--well, this is all about reducing restrictions and letting the market work better.

And property rights, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Democrats destroying themselves. Fun times.

Are you nuts? This will cause property values to skyrocket.

Are you fruits? This will cause a major flight from MoCo to Northern Virginia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Democrats destroying themselves. Fun times.

Are you nuts? This will cause property values to skyrocket.

Are you fruits? This will cause a major flight from MoCo to Northern Virginia.

You're going to move to Northern Virginia if Montgomery County law allows your neighbor to have a legal apartment in their basement? Seems like an overreaction to me, but you do you.