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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can we advocate for a referendum given the lack of prior transparency and clarity about these plans?[/quote]

Yes.  It would have to wait until the next election cycle unless some authority could be convinced to order a special election (and that isn't going to happen).  They dropped the report, with all the more expansive aspects that had not previously been made public, just at the time it would he impossible to get an issue on the November ballot, and they are aiming to have the legislation passed before a referendum at the next cycle could come into force.  Once there, they can campaign against such a ballot item more effectively, given the legal / liability hazard created by the then-enshrined additional development rights.

Uncertain if challenge based on open meetings requirements could upend it or cause the timeline to move, but a multi-pronged approach may be needed to counter the multi-pronged approach that is bringing this on.[/quote]

This change is literally irreversible (assuming it is passed legally) [b]due to changes in MD law that ban single family zoning for areas where it did not exist prior to the cutoff date.[/b] If single family zoning is eliminated in MOCO, this area will no longer be grandfathered under the law and it will be impossible to establish again. This is an irreversible decisions to increase the allowable density through the county by a factor of 4x plus throughout the county. [/quote]

No such law exists.[/quote]

You are lying HB 538 passed this year makes this change irreversible in many areas. Eliminating single family zoning makes MOCO ineligible for the grandfather clause that exempts areas zoned single family before 1/1/24 from bonus density provisions in this law. [b]Eliminating single family zoning[/b] green lights developments that exceed 8x the existing allowable density in many areas due to stacking of these bonus density laws. We https://dhcd.maryland.gov/TurningTheKey/Documents/HB538-FAQ.pdf[/quote]

Where does that law eliminate SFZ?  Point me to the provision that says that any county or municipality cannot create a zone that is SF?[/quote]

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