greens divided...

I was browsing through the council’s press releases over the weekend (I know – get a life) and chanced across a disagreement back in april between roger berliner and marc elrich. The point of contention was a developer’s innovative proposal to provide legally mandated green space.

The Bethesda developer managed to convince roger and five other council members to count a rooftop green area toward the requirement that developers provide 30% of their properties as green space. Elrich, with the backing of the montgomery county civic federation, was not convinced. On one hand, this could be an innovative new way to promote “green roofs”. On the other hand, the decision could become a precedent for bigger, bulkier buildings.

Time will tell…