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Montgomery County hearing on ZTA 25-01 draws public concern about private-benefit and local fit
Summary
At a public hearing on zoning text amendment ZTA 25-01 — the “street activation and vacancy elimination” proposal — a resident urged the council to reject a provision she characterized as a private benefit that would allow above-ground self-storage in CR zones if paired with a ground-floor charitable or cultural use.
A Montgomery County resident used public hearing time on Zoning Text Amendment 25-01 to oppose a provision that would allow self-storage above ground in commercial-residential (CR) zones when paired with a ground-floor charitable, philanthropic or cultural institution.
Vanessa Katz, who identified herself as a lifelong Montgomery County resident, told the council she had reviewed the ZTA materials and related planning documents and concluded ZTA 25-01 “doesn’t have much in the way of climate or diversity or tax impact, but has nothing…
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