Posts tagged Accessory Dwellings
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One more chance to make the zoning update better
This summer, the DC Office of Planning further softened its ever-more-timid zoning update proposal, but there’s good news: some zoning commissioners don’t agree with the latest retreat. However, if they’re going to prevail, you have to trundle down to Judiciary Square one more time this coming Monday to speak at a hearing. In July, the Office of Planning… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Winter is coming
Homeless numbers increase; All men must age; You know nothing, Muriel Bowser; Alleyways to fun; Don’t litter in DC; Pipeline coming to Virginia?; Arlington students walk; Walk the DC boundary; More highway spending?. Keep reading…
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Zoning update retreat on housing and parking gets a chilly reception from the DC Zoning Commision
DC’s Office of Planning (OP) may have backed down on some key provisions of the DC zoning update, but some members of DC’s Zoning Commission, which has the final say on zoning, voiced skepticism about the recent changes at a meeting last week. A majority of commissioners may be prepared to reject several of OP’s proposed amendments, including one that would… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Adjust your plans
Leave your car at home; Everything longer on the Blue Line; Housing beats offices; How to make housing affordable; What happens in Tenleytown; Trashy work; Senator leaves big shoes to fill; Crosswalk enforcement; Bike in a skirt; And…. Keep reading…
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For the umpteenth time, DC’s zoning update gets watered down some more
In the six-year-and-counting saga of DC’s zoning update, the Office of Planning (OP) has watered down proposed zoning changes yet again. Planners have removed residents’ right to put an accessory apartment in a carriage house or other external building and reinstated most of the existing parking minimum requirements around high-frequency bus lines. While… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Victims of the road
Cycling hit on Bike to School Day; Hit-and-run gets 6 months; Intersection of doom; Did confusion kill?; Transit first in MoCo; Right to play; Heights stay; Returning home; Diversifying the housing stock; Can’t build there. Keep reading…
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Hear the candidates: Ward 6 on housing
We interviewed candidates for DC mayor and competitive council races for the April 1 primary, and recorded the conversations on video. We will be posting the videos for each subject area and each race over a few weeks. Here are the discussions about housing with candidates for Ward 6 on the DC Council. See all of the articles here. It’s not that easy to find specific policy… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Correlation is not gentrification
Gentrification by the numbers; Living wage debate restarts; Just tickets for cyclist death; DeBlasio plans to increase housing supply; As base grows, so does Columbia; Loudoun contemplating Silver Line loan; NYC releases safe streets design guide; And…. Keep reading…
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Have you signed up to testify on the zoning update?
The epic hearings for DC’s zoning update are coming up in just a few weeks (and so are Montgomery County’s). Have you signed up to testify? There are 4 key hearings: Wednesday November 6 on low-density residential areas. This includes the proposal to allow accessory apartments which will let a homeowner rent out a basement or garage to add housing and help with the… Keep reading…
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Sign up right now to testify on DC’s zoning update
After 5 long years, DC’s process to update its decades-old zoning code is almost done. But DC won’t make important progress on reducing parking minimums, allowing accessory dwellings and corner stores, and more without your help. The Zoning Commission just released dates for its public hearings on the zoning update. They will span 9 nights in November, with a different… Keep reading…