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The commission unanimously supported drafting a memo backing a proposed parkland program, with comments on acceptable donated land, impacts on low-income development, and incentives for green building. Under the proposal, projects larger than 5 acres would dedicate at least 10% of the site to parkland or pay a fee based on 10% of the land’s predevelopment value; the fee schedule has not yet been created.
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The proposal would require larger development projects to provide land or funding for nearby parks, while new residential units would generally pay an additional park impact fee. The commission also unanimously recommended adopting Montgomery County’s home-sale radon testing and energy disclosure requirements, which would require sellers to provide radon test information and 12 months of utility bills. Neither the parkland proposal nor the code changes were adopted at this meeting.
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