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The cure for insomnia: MontCo’s zoning code

By Brian Hughes
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Throw away those sleeping pills. Montgomery County has a surefire way to put you in a coma-like state — its 1,152-page zoning ordinance.

The massive outline of building regulations contains more than 120 zones detailing where and what can be constructed in a county that has largely run out of developable land. 

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