Posts tagged Zoning Commission
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A trade pact might change local land use decisions in a big way
A key principle of land use in the United States is that homeowners can often veto new buildings on nearby land that other people own. A trade agreement that’s currently in the works could have a huge impact on that long-established system of local control. The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a trade pact that would change the rules for investments and trade among its signers. … Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Mad for development
Calling all developers; Pop-up less; Use a barge; Excellent X2; A tiny tiff; Cherry blossom Metro; Hand in hand; Citi upgrades; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rebuke
Money over culture?; Free our sidewalks; Downzoning going ahead; Safety steps; Slower growth in DC; Morning bell; How can Metro save energy?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Getting around Montgomery
Share the lines; No MoCo authority; ACT against Chevy Chase; Wrong pop-up plan; CaBi upgrade disrupts; How to house the homeless; Anchors weigh down dead malls; Competing with Uber; Tax man comes for Airbnb; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Accumulation
Storm’s a-comin’; When was “peak car”?; Mixed results for mixed-income; Charge on I-95; More than one way to zero; School cuts; Redevelopment in trouble; And…. Keep reading…
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Harriet Tregoning opposes DC’s row house downzoning plan
Mere months after she stepped down as head of DC’s Office of Planning, Harriet Tregoning’s former agency came out with a proposal to limit the height and numbers of units that can go in many row houses. Tregoning has now sent a letter to the DC Zoning Commission opposing this plan. She writes,I am afraid conclusions about development pipeline outcomes and impacts… Keep reading…
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DC may limit condos and building heights in some row house zones. Is this a good idea?
The DC Office of Planning wants to further limit the height of houses in some row house neighborhoods and restrict the ability of property owners to split their houses into multiple units. The proposal, which first came out last June, will have a public hearing this Thursday night. Planners say these proposals are responding to some neighborhoods’ alarm about “pop-ups”… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Sports, sports everywhere
Bowser for soccer, not swap; Empty penthouse promise?; MNCPPC on the move; A flood of flood protection need; When to go for turkey; Inclusionary zoning lags; Not forfeit. Keep reading…
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Finally, DC’s zoning update steps forward
After a debate that has stretched for seven years, reforms for lower parking requirements near transit, basement apartments, and corner grocery stores are actually close to becoming reality in DC. The DC Zoning Commission has been deliberating on the zoning update this week. The commissioners embraced most of the DC Office of Planning’s proposals while even rejecting… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Four thousand problems
4000-series drags down Metro; Taxi discrimination; Too big for Brookland; Contributing to change; Approaching a wrong-way cyclist?; Low-stress bike networks; And…. Keep reading…