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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, you purchase a house in a nice suburban neighborhood.  Nothing fancy--not a McMansion.  And, [b]next thing you know your neighbor decides to put in a duplex[/b].  Parking becomes a problem among other issues.

This proposed law would outlaw jurisdictions from restricting neighborhoods to single family housing.  That is the issue.  Nothing there about grandfathering neighborhoods that are already zoned single family.  Not a good idea.[/quote]

Oh no?

What "other issues"?[/quote]

[b]This is happening in our MoCo neighborhood[/b] and it’s a huge pain.

There are plenty of other issues.  Some of these unusual have multiple families living there and can have 5 or 6 vehicles parked on the street, on both sides, making it difficult for school buses and garbage trucks to get by.

It also leads to more kids in an already overcrowded school system.

It’s really difficult to enforce housing regulations in MoCo, so often the homes are rentals and are rented out to way more people than should be there.[/quote]

Really? People are building duplexes in your Montgomery County neighborhood?[/quote]

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