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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m saying the proposal allows for too much density. [b]I bought in an R60 zone and it should stay that way.[/b] If  Takoma
Park wants this, carve out an exception for them. Don’t pretend this won’t bring more vehicle traffic to already crowded neighborhoods. Riemer doesn’t like to do too much analysis on these proposals. Handling this by forcing it on the entire county is heavy handed.[/quote]

It is staying that way. The lot size (6000 square feet) is staying the same, the setbacks are staying the same, the building heights are staying the same, the coverage is staying the same...  The only difference is that you would be allowed to convert part of your house into an apartment (subject to conditions).

I will note that much of the area zoned for R60 is inside the Beltway in Bethesda and close-in Silver Spring, which is exactly where there should be more housing added.

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No, most of the houses inside the Beltway of Bethesda and Silver Spring have very small lots so everybody is already living densely. Where do you live? Wherever you live, that's where I think more housing should be added.[/quote]

Everybody is living densely in single-family detached houses? Compared to what, Olney? Or Montana?

Plenty of housing is being added where I live. Over 20,000 people have moved in since I've lived here. It's using MCPS capital funding that you'd surely prefer to have for your schools, it's using county capital and operating funds that you'd surely prefer to have for your area, and it's adding cars on the road on 270 so the governor is pushing for even more highways. (And where are all of those cars going to go once they get off the highway?)

Meanwhile you're complaining about the county [i]allowing[/i] you to convert your walk-out basement into an apartment for rent.[/quote]

You are already allowed to convert your walk out basement to an apartment.  [/quote]

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