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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why not do this in Chevy Chase and Takoma Park? Makes more sense[/quote]

They are proposing to do just that: https://montgomeryplanningboard.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Attainable-Housing-Strategies-Work-Session-10_05.30.24-Staff-Report_Final.pdf[/quote]
What a massive waste of time and money.[/quote]

I think this idea is terrible, but I will give them credit for doing a detailed analysis on potential impact of this proposals. Arlington did a much sloppier job with analyzing this before they pushed it through.[/quote]
The fact that they recommend 4-plexes on 5,000 sq ft lots and removing set back requirements just reinforces that “detailed analysis” by dumb people produces dumb results. [/quote]

I didn't say that I agree with the conclusions of the analysis, but it is more thorough in comparison to the NOVA planning offices. I asked my local planing office how many parcels would be eligible for a proposed zoning ordinance they have been working on "analyzing" for more than a year and they didn't know. They basically did not do any analysis at all, they only explained why they believe that they need it, based on stale housing market data from 2019. They did not have any information on the distributional impact on different regions of the county, traffic, schools, or even the number of parcel/units that would be subject to the zoning change. It is a half-baked solution to a problem that they don't have current data on and they did not evaluate whether it will even solve the problem they are claiming the county has. [/quote]

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