For Immediate Release: Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Also on July 23: Acting Police Chief Marcus Jones discusses community/police relations
The Council meeting on Tuesday, July 23 will begin at 9:30 a.m. Individuals interested in attending a Council meeting should confirm the information on the day of the meeting by visiting the Council’s web page or by calling the Council’s Communication Office at 240-777-7832. All meetings are held in the Council Office Building (100 Maryland Ave., Rockville, Md.) in the third-floor hearing room, unless otherwise noted.
Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) 19-01, Accessory Residential Uses - Accessory Apartments
The Council is scheduled to vote on ZTA 19-01, which would liberalize the standards for allowing an accessory apartment, with the goal of increasing the supply of affordable housing in the County. Councilmember Hans Riemer is the lead sponsor. ZTA 19-01 would do the following:
The Planning, Housing and Economic Development (PHED) Committee recommends approval with amendments, which are found in the Council staff report here.
Key search terms for ZTA 19-01 on the Council’s website include: in-law suite, cottage, basement apartment, accessory apartments and accessory dwellings. #MoCoTinyHouse is being used for this item on social media.
Zoning Text Amendment 19-05, Industrial Zones - Landscape Contractors
The Council is scheduled to vote on ZTA 19-05, which would allow landscape contractors as a permitted use in all industrial zones. Councilmember Tom Hucker and Council Vice President Sidney Katz are the lead sponsors. Councilmember Will Jawando and Council President Nancy Navarro are cosponsors. The Committee unanimously recommends allowing landscape contractor as a permitted use in the Heavy Industrial (IH) Zone; however, with respect to the Light Industrial (IL) Zone, the Committee recommends allowing landscape contractors as a limited use.
The Council staff report can be viewed here.
Strategies for Community-Police Relations
Acting Police Chief Marcus Jones will brief the Council on police training and de-escalation practices that are intended to keep community members safe and policies and procedures related to community-police relations. On July 9 Council President Nancy Navarro and Council Vice President and Public Safety Committee Chair Sidney Katz sent a memorandum to the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) requesting a public session with Acting Police Chief Jones to address the Council’s concerns about incidences of police misconduct and to discuss MCPD’s community engagement efforts and policing activities focused on building community trust in light of these occurrences. Assistant Chief (AC) David Anderson; Acting AC Dinesh Patil; AC Paul Liquorie; Captain Sonia Pruitt, Community Engagement Division; and Captain Jason Cokinos, Training Academy, are also expected to attend.
The Council staff report can be viewed here.
The Council meeting and public hearings will be televised live by County Cable Montgomery (CCM). The channel can be viewed on Cable Channels 996 (high definition) and 6 (standard definition) on Comcast; Channels 1056 (HD) and 6 (SD) on RCN; and Channel 30 on Verizon.
The Council meeting also will be available live via streaming through the Council web site at:http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/COUNCIL/ondemand/index.html.
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