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Council introduces package to convert vacant buildings and expand workforce housing options
Summary
The Montgomery County Council introduced a set of zoning and subdivision measures aimed at activating ground floors, converting vacant commercial space to housing, expediting approvals for commercial‑to‑residential conversions, and creating a targeted workforce housing program along major corridors.
Montgomery County Council members introduced a group of zoning and subdivision measures intended to address high office vacancy, activate street‑level retail frontage, and create new workforce housing opportunities along major corridors.
Council President introduced Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) 25‑01 — the SAVE ZTA (Self‑storage, Activation, and Vacancy Elimination) — which would permit above‑ground storage in largely vacant buildings only when 90% of the building has been unoccupied for at least two years and the ground floor provides community‑serving uses (charitable, philanthropic or cultural institutions) with sidewalk frontage. "This would allow above ground storage…
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