Montgomery Community Media

Do you have a deck in your backyard that has not been inspected for quite some time? May is Building Safety Month and the Montgomery County Department of Permitting Services is offering free deck inspections. County homeowners should call MC 311 to request a deck inspection.

The Montgomery County Department of Permitting Services launched the Design for Life website. The site promotes tax incentives offered by  the County to help residents with temporary or permanent disabilities install basic accessibility features to their home. Lorna Virgili reports. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

The Primary Election may be still a month away but candidate signs are popping up across Montgomery County and some of them has been placed illegally in the right of way and on private property. So who enforces the county’s sign ordinance? Ehsan Motazedi is the division chief for the Department of Permitting Services Division […]

Here are your five things to know today, Dec. 16, in Montgomery County: 1.  Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett will be headlining the Committee for Montgomery’s annual legislative breakfast along with Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser. The event starts at 7 a.m. 2. The Department of Permitting Services will […]

Two fires – one on July 5 and another on July 8 – left hundreds of Silver Spring residents without power. People living at University Towers Condominiums said it was a frustrating situation. Some are reaching out for government agencies for help. One tenant has been living with his family in the Silver Spring condominium […]

Some development projects take more than three years to clear Montgomery County’s planning hurdles, according to a report released by the Office of Legislative Oversight Tuesday. The report  examines the review and approval timeframes for preliminary plans, site plans and record plats for development projects in Montgomery County. The report found that certain projects that are […]

County Executive Isiah Leggett announced on Nov. 4 changes in permitting structure fees for “midrise” woodframe construction in the County. The change reduces from $8 million to $4.5 million the threshold at which lower permitting fees kick in, a 44 percent reduction in the threshold. “With recent master plan changes and building code changes, mid-rise […]