Why is the Scott administration’s controversial zoning bill 25-0066 at odds with Maryland housing legislation passed a year ago? [OP-ED]
The City Council’s handling of Bill 25-0066 – a history-making Zoning Code amendment already marred by the body’s refusal to mail notices to affected property owners and the premature closure of public testimony – just got worse.
In addition to the unsupported claims of the public benefit of this upzoning measure, we’re now seeing proposed new language touted, cynically, as bringing the city into compliance with the state’s 2025 Accessory Dwelling Unit mandate…