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Article: Montgomery Planning Board unaware of its duties; Claims on heights contradicted.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 31, 2005
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Byline: Jon Ward, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Montgomery County Planning Board members and staff say they did not know it was their job to monitor building heights in Clarksburg, but those claims are contradicted by their own reports and by county legislation their own chairman helped pass 11 years ago.
Planning Board Chairman Derick Berlage said in an interview this week that enforcing building standards such as building heights is "a shared responsibility" between his agency and the Department of Permitting Services (DPS).
Planning Board Staff Director Charles R. Loehr said in an interview this week that he "assumed" that DPS was enforcing standards ...