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Residents urge limits on lot consolidation, flag-lot loopholes in SRA 25-02
Summary
At a Sept. 16 public hearing, dozens of residents and civic groups told the Montgomery County Council that SRA 25-02, the subdivision regulation amendment tied to ZTA 25-02, should cap consolidation by total area and prohibit new flag or through lots to avoid outsized development in single‑family neighborhoods.
The Montgomery County Council on Sept. 16 heard extensive public testimony on SRA 25-02, a subdivision regulation amendment tied to ZTA 25-02 that would prohibit creation of new through lots and flag lots for optional-method workforce housing, limit lot consolidation for that method to three lots, and generally amend subdivision requirements for such development. A Planning, Housing and Parks Committee work session is scheduled for Sept. 29, 2025.
Why it matters: The amendment affects which parcels along designated corridors may be assembled for multifamily workforce housing. Residents and municipal officials said the SRA as drafted could permit consolidated parcels far larger than planning staff illustrations, producing building scale incompatible with adjoining single-family neighborhoods and increasing traffic, stormwater and school impacts.
Many speakers urged the council to measure consolidation by total lot area rather than a number of lots. Barney Rush, mayor of the Town of Chevy Chase, said the draft…
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