dc zoning review low/moderate density residential working group
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DC Zoning Review Low/Moderate Density Residential Working Group. DC Office of Planning. Meeting 1 March 24, 2008. Zoning Review Process. OP Goals for Zoning Review: Clarity Relevance Ease of use. Zoning Review Process. Zoning Review Taskforce - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
DC Zoning Review
Low/Moderate Density Residential Working Group
DC Office of Planning
Meeting 1March 24, 2008
Zoning Review Process
OP Goals for Zoning Review:
Clarity
Relevance
Ease of use
Zoning Review Process
Zoning Review Taskforce
•Provide guidance on the organization and execution of the review process
•Provide OP with technical review of the policies and draft language proposals that result from each working group
Zoning Review Process
Working Groups
•Issues separated into 20 study areas
•Each study area will have a working group
•Will meet for 1-4 months to refine policy and draft language
•Will be open to public
Zoning Review Process
ZoningCommission
Office of Planning
Working Groups Task Force
Publicinputat alllevels
Zoning Review Process
8 Policy•Floodplain•Height•Parking•Loading•Arts & Culture•Retail•Historic Structures•Sustainability
8 Land Use•Low/Mod Density – Res.•Med/High Density – Res. & Comm.•Downtown•Commercial Corridors•Industrial•Mixed/Other•Campus/Institutional•Parks/Open Space
4 Procedural•Planned Unit Development•Design Review•Administration/Enforcement•ZC & BZA Procedures
Subject Areas
Goals of Working Group
• Identification of problems with the current regulations. Determine how what we have now is not working.
• Identification of what works with current regulations. Identify what currently works with the regulations.
• Identification of gaps with current regulations. Determine what is missing in the current regulations.
• Determine means by which problems and gaps and Comprehensive Plan Action Items can be achieved.
Zoning Review Website:
www.dczoningupdate.org
Comprehensive Plan & Zoning Relationship
Zoning and Residential Neighborhoods Comprehensive Plan & Zoning Relationship
Zoning and Residential Neighborhoods Zoning Regulation Elements
Zoning and Residential Neighborhoods
The Comprehensive Plan:
Background
What does the Comprehensive Plan say about residential
neighborhoods?
Comprehensive Plan
Issues Summary – Low/Moderate Residential
• Building Form and Neighborhood Character• Examine the creation of residential zones more appropriate to existing
or desired densities. • Protect existing architectural character and scale of low density
neighborhoods.• Protect the existing natural character of neighborhoods. • Encourage compatible infill/discourage teardown.
Comprehensive Plan
Issues Summary – Low/Moderate Residential
• Allowable Uses• Define and set limits for compatible neighborhood commercial uses
Define and set limits for compatible institutional uses • Define and set limits for home occupations• Define and set limits for compatible diplomatic uses • Define and set limits for compatible CBRFs
Comprehensive Plan
Issues Summary – Low/Moderate Residential
• Administrative and Policy Issues• Explore changes to allow accessory apartments & shared housing• Prevent creation of flag lots and other unusually shaped lots• Avoid regulations that would prevent affordable housing
How are the existing zoning regulations consistent – or not – with the Comprehensive Plan?
The Comprehensive Plan and Zoning
Examples• § 405.3 (Sideyard requirement applied to rowhouses): consistent with Policy
LU-2.1.7: Conservation of Row House Neighborhoods?• § 203, 204, 301, 321, 331 (Home Occupations, Accessory Buildings):
consistent with the following?: • Policy H-1.5-B: Changes to the Zoning Regulations: Explore
changes which would facilitate development of accessory apartments, English basements, and single room occupancy housing units).
• Policy LU-2.3.11: Home Occupations: Maintain appropriate regulations (including licensing requirements) to address the growing trend toward home occupations, accommodating such uses but ensuring that they do not negatively impact residential neighborhoods.
The Comprehensive Plan and Zoning
Are the existing zoning regulations consistent with the form of our
low- and moderate-density neighborhoods?
The Comprehensive Plan and Zoning
• Is R-1-B doing a good job of protecting neighborhood character on this street?
The Comprehensive Plan and Zoning
• Is this the kind of new addition we want to promote?
The Comprehensive Plan and Zoning
• R-4 district currently makes lot sizes of less than 18 feet in width nonconforming.
• Could we build this historic neighborhood today under R-4 zoning?
The Comprehensive Plan and Zoning
• How do we create and preserve attractive, healthy, and diverse residential neighborhoods?
The Comprehensive Plan and Zoning
“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used
when we created them”
The Comprehensive Plan and Zoning
- Attributed to Albert Einstein
• Introduction of participants
• What do you think of when you hear the word…Zoning?
• Why are you here?
Discussion:
Future Meetings• March 31• April 21• May 5• May 12• May 19• June 2• June 9• June 16 – Final Meeting
Next Steps
Questions?
Contact
Travis Parker, AICP(202) 741-5243 [email protected]
Website:
www.dczoningupdate.org
Dan Emerine(202) [email protected]
Michael Giulioni(202) [email protected] Varga, AICP(202) [email protected]
Laine Cidlowski, LEED AP(202) 741-0817 [email protected]