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Somerset council discusses whether to endorse civic letters opposing county ZTA corridor amendments
Summary
Councilors debated endorsing two civic organizations' letters asking the county to reject or narrowly amend zoning text amendment ZTA 25‑2 (corridor multifamily allowances), expressing concerns about parking, chaining of corner lots into corridors, infrastructure and lack of prior master‑plan studies; no final endorsement vote was recorded.
Councilors discussed a request to endorse letters from the Montgomery County Civic Federation and the Citizens Coordinated Committee of Friendship Heights seeking changes to County ZTA 25‑2, a corridor zoning proposal that would allow multifamily dwellings along specified corridors.
Speaker 2 described the civic letters' concerns: inclusion of corner lots facing…
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