Posts tagged Corner Stores
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Rewritten DC zoning code corrects past mistakes
Accessory apartments, corner stores, alley dwellings, and less parking, all of which were legal when DC’s historic neighborhoods grew into their current form, could become more prevalent under a proposed new zoning code. The first third of the code is now out as a public draft, and residents will debate these and other changes in the coming months. Formal Zoning Commission… Keep reading…
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Boxing Day links: Bad garages make bad neighbors
Neighbors object to secret garage; Fingers crossed for transit; CaBi huge with tourists; Calvary to meet with community; Quenching food deserts; 2011 not great for NPS; Better predictions for transit projects; No ads in Brazil city. Keep reading…
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Ensuring retail and residential diversity in zoning
The DC Office of Planning routinely posts their reports on zoning variance requests. This week, they recommended against approving two requests concerning tricky zoning issues: multifamily conversions and corner stores. Many neighborhoods have numerous townhouses divided into multiple apartments, and many have corner stores in residential districts. Creating new ones,… Keep reading…
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Dinner links: cheap, plentiful parking spaces are like clean coal
I got a new way to park: WebUrbanist finds “15 Creative, Innovative & Hilarious Parking Solutions”, from the giant VW factory cavern to falling into quicksand. Via Planetizen. Keep reading…
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OP proposing neighborhood-based zoning
The DC Office of Planning presented early draft recommendations to the Low & Moderate Density zoning working group last Thursday. Their approach revolves around a basic idea: the current zones (R-1A, R-1B, R-2, etc.) are too inflexible, imposing a one-size-fits-all approach on very diverse neighborhoods. Keep reading…
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Early draft of parking zoning rules reduces some minimums (but not enough)
Over five meetings of the Parking and Loading working group, citizens gave their input on how much DC’s zoning code should require parking lots or garages in new development, where parking can be located on a lot, how many trees parking lots need, what bike parking is mandatory, and more. And last week, the Office of Planning released a draft of the new rules which they’ve… Keep reading…