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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the plan for schools and infrastructure if SFHs start becoming 3 or 4 unit structures? Our local DCC schools are already overcrowded and it takes years to renovate or rebuild bigger schools. Class sizes are already large and aggravated by recently approved layoffs by MCPS (egregious, but that’s a whole other topic). [/quote]

The folks in Planning have posited that the impact on school populations will be minimal.  They have not put their analysis that supports that thought out for public review, so...[/quote]

They tried nothing and are all out of ideas, so they gave up.  The end.

“Durr…just let everybody build some stuff, I guess”. [/quote]

Far more likely that they are shoehorning this in because that is the direction they have been given by the politicians on the Council and Planning Board.[/quote]

Yes, the County Council directed the Planning Board to do this. The County Council is elected by the voters of Montgomery County. The Planning Board is appointed by the County Council, and confirmed by the County Executive (who is elected by the voters of Montgomery County). And the Planning Board is in charge of the Planning Department. [/quote]

Was it the new planning board or the old planning board?  Pretty sure that most of these plans stemmed from these upstanding civil servants:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/10/12/montgomery-planning-board-resign-thrive/

The new board just rubber stamped the previous plans.  Can’t wait to learn more about the current board.[/quote]

June 13, 2024 3:53 pm

Planning Board votes 5-0 to recommend allowing more types of homes to be built countywide; sends proposal to the County Council for review and approval

https://montgomeryplanning.org/montgomery-county-planning-board-recommends-changes-to-single-family-zoning-in-montgomery-county/[/quote]

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