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County Council approves targeted workforce-housing zoning change for corridors; effective Nov. 1
Summary
Montgomery County Council on July 22 approved Zoning Text Amendment 25‑02 to allow limited duplexes, triplexes and townhouse-style workforce housing on specified corridors, with planning-board review, a delayed effective date of Nov. 1 and a required biennial impact report.
Montgomery County Council voted to approve Zoning Text Amendment 25‑02 on July 22, 2025, allowing certain property owners along designated corridors to pursue optional-method workforce housing developments—including duplexes, triplexes and townhouses—subject to planning-board review and conditions. The council approved the measure as amended, and set the ordinance to take effect Nov. 1, 2025, to align with a companion subdivision regulation amendment (SRA 2052).
Why it matters: Council leaders and planning staff said the narrow, corridor‑focused change is intended to increase the county’s limited supply of middle‑income housing and retain middle‑class residents who the county is losing. Supporters said the optional‑method review preserves public input and department-level scrutiny for traffic, stormwater and tree canopy protections.
The council package requires a minimum share of workforce units for eligible developments (the ZTA sets the workforce threshold at 15 percent with a 120 percent AMI definition under existing county workforce housing rules), keeps a…
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