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Borough council delays zoning votes, directs planning commission to study transit‑oriented and "missing‑middle" housing
Summary
The borough council on Aug. 21 paused any immediate vote on zoning changes and directed the Planning Commission to continue studying transit‑oriented development, "missing‑middle" housing types and targeted affordability measures before putting draft text before council.
The borough council on Aug. 21 paused any immediate vote on zoning changes and directed the Planning Commission to continue studying transit‑oriented development, ‘‘missing‑middle’’ housing types and targeted affordability measures before putting draft text before council.
Council and staff framed the immediate next step as finishing a policy‑neutral recodification of the existing zoning code, then asking the Planning Commission and Montgomery County planning consultants to analyze TOD options, housing typologies such as duplexes/triplexes/cottage courts and potential affordability mechanisms.
Why it matters: Council members and dozens of public commenters said changes to zoning along the downtown and around the train station could shape whether younger households, seniors and transit riders can afford to live in the…
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