Anonymous wrote:

People who live on a tiny lot are not the ones who are going to build ADU. It's the folks who live on an acre in Potomac who are more likely to build ADUs.

No one on the 1 -2 acre lots is going to build an ADU and invite low income people to live in Potomac. Please stop smoking bee pollen. Retiree's in Potomac change their residency to Florida to avoid taxes or sell and move into expensive condos somewhere. Developers may build more THs there but they will be luxury TH for divorced wealthy people or young families seeking the Churchill cluster. None of them will be low income or even close to it.

Anonymous wrote:I for one am adding an ADU (well technically the only owner did but never made it legal). Can’t wait to generate income from renting the basement apartment...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone said no one will put an ADU on a tiny lot followed by someone saying no one will build on a big lot. So if no one wants to build let’s forget the whole thing.

Nobody said that nobody will.

But if it turns out that actually nobody does, then good news! you panicked for nothing.

If no one is going to build an ADU, then why is MoCo making all these efforts? Typical MoCo. Ill-planned policies and acts surprised when things go wrong.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I watched the AM session of the council's worksession on this issue on You Tube. It did seem that several of the members were trying to make the point that probably very few people would actually be able to do this due to structure coverage rules. However, if you look at some of the examples the planning board put out, it seems that plenty of people would qualify to do this. And these structures have different setback requirements than an addition. A principal residence cannot be closer to the back of the property than 20 feet, while a one story detached ADU can be 12 feet away. Also, the detached ADU does not have the same stormwater management requirements that an addition has which I thought was based on state environmental rules. So I don't know why they would be exempt.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/COUNCIL/Resources/Files/packet/ADUPlanningPresentation.pdf

Note: R-60 means a standard lot is 6,000 sq ft and R-90 means standard is 9,000 sq ft. However, your lot probably isn't standard as many of those lots predate standards. Your lot could be much larger or much smaller than the standard.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/ondemand/index.html
The above link will take you to a link to video of the July 9 council meeting.

Except that if you have an older home, your setbacks are grandfathered in. Most of my neighbors have sheds that are right on the border line of someone else's property which could easily be converted into ADUs.

Anonymous wrote:I watched the AM session of the council's worksession on this issue on You Tube. It did seem that several of the members were trying to make the point that probably very few people would actually be able to do this due to structure coverage rules. However, if you look at some of the examples the planning board put out, it seems that plenty of people would qualify to do this. And these structures have different setback requirements than an addition. A principal residence cannot be closer to the back of the property than 20 feet, while a one story detached ADU can be 12 feet away. Also, the detached ADU does not have the same stormwater management requirements that an addition has which I thought was based on state environmental rules. So I don't know why they would be exempt.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/COUNCIL/Resources/Files/packet/ADUPlanningPresentation.pdf

Note: R-60 means a standard lot is 6,000 sq ft and R-90 means standard is 9,000 sq ft. However, your lot probably isn't standard as many of those lots predate standards. Your lot could be much larger or much smaller than the standard.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/ondemand/index.html
The above link will take you to a link to video of the July 9 council meeting.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone said no one will put an ADU on a tiny lot followed by someone saying no one will build on a big lot. So if no one wants to build let’s forget the whole thing.

Nobody said that nobody will.

But if it turns out that actually nobody does, then good news! you panicked for nothing.

If no one is going to build an ADU, then why is MoCo making all these efforts? Typical MoCo. Ill-planned policies and acts surprised when things go wrong.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone said no one will put an ADU on a tiny lot followed by someone saying no one will build on a big lot. So if no one wants to build let’s forget the whole thing.

Nobody said that nobody will.

But if it turns out that actually nobody does, then good news! you panicked for nothing.

Anonymous wrote:Someone said no one will put an ADU on a tiny lot followed by someone saying no one will build on a big lot. So if no one wants to build let’s forget the whole thing.

Anonymous wrote:If nobody wants to build an ADU, let’s just cancel the legislation.

Anonymous wrote:

People who live on a tiny lot are not the ones who are going to build ADU. It's the folks who live on an acre in Potomac who are more likely to build ADUs.

No one on the 1 -2 acre lots is going to build an ADU and invite low income people to live in Potomac. Please stop smoking bee pollen. Retiree's in Potomac change their residency to Florida to avoid taxes or sell and move into expensive condos somewhere. Developers may build more THs there but they will be luxury TH for divorced wealthy people or young families seeking the Churchill cluster. None of them will be low income or even close to it.