Posts tagged Peter May
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DC takes steps to streamline solar power, but some still don’t take a shine to it
To help meet DC’s goal of generating 100% of its energy renewably by 2032 and 10% with solar power by 2041, a likely zoning change will make it easier to build community solar “farms” on the ground and atop garages. But, not surprisingly, some people object, wanting neighbors to have opportunities to speak up in opposition before any solar installations can be built. Keep reading…
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The Zoo can’t build its fences, yet
New fences (for people, not animals) at the National Zoo will have to wait at least two more months. On Thursday, the National Capital Planning Commission deferred approving proposed fences that would limit pedestrian entrances to the zoo and make it possible to add security screening in the future. Keep reading…
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Rowhouse “pop-up” restrictions get much stricter at the eleventh hour
Jim, a homeowner in Columbia Heights who wants to add onto his row house, might be in trouble. New rules limiting homeowners’ ability to divide a house into more than two units or build a “pop-up” on top just got even stricter as DC’s Zoning Commission took its final vote. Responding to neighborhood outcry about row houses being converted into three,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New service
Strong start for Silver; Streetcars around the corner; DC police to wear body cameras; Who is Peter May?; Alexandria bike lanes opposition; How to make Ward 5 bikeable; How to build a cycletrack; And…. Keep reading…