OMG again this fixation on rent controlled units in Ward 3. Please spell out why this would happen? The proposed upzoning in most cases is modest - it doesn't take buildings that are 3 stories and suddenly put them in high density zones where you could build a 12 story building. But in a situation where that did happen the IZ units (which unlike rent control units are actually income screened) would almost certainly be greater in number than the rent controlled units they would replace. But here is the thing and this is why we aren't going to lose these buildings & units - by law developers have to include the same number of rent control units in any new building. With a presumed one class upzoning of the lot there is probably no circumstance in which a developer is going to tear down a paid off 5 story building to replace it with an expensive new 7 story building that must keep the same number of units. This fetishization about rent contol units in Ward 3 is both bizarre and ignorant. |
The mayorn is dismantling rent control in a different way, by offering above market rent and an out to landlords who fill units with voucher recipients. In one stroke she overspend AND dismantles rent control. Its weirdly funny. |
Has any paved space been converted to green space? That would seem to be needed in any identifying planning. Wont more people need more green space? |
Whatever your position on bike lane usage (and according to the data, you're wrong that hardly anyone uses bike lanes), the fact is that bike lanes take up very little space and, in any case, use existing pavement that was previously allocated for general usage. Street parking, on the other hand, is exclusively for cars. You could add an enormous quantity of green space if you converted half of the street parking spaces to parklets.. |
I'm just saying barely anyone uses the bike lanes. It's like buying a bunch of exercise equipment and then never using it. |
It's like you literally can't see people when they're on bicycles. Weird. |
What is a "parklet"? |
What is proposed and planned in the Cleveland Park neighborhood undercuts your assertions. OP proposes to allow 12, even 13 story buildings in the CP historic district, where one to three story buildings predominate. Also, a current building on Connecticut Avenue with all rent controlled units is being emptied out and expanded, with 12 or 14 rent controlled units being eliminated and only 2 IZ units added. A good example of "smart growth math." |
Not true and not true. The building you are presumably referencing actually retained its rent control units, as required by law: https://anc3c.org/documents/2019-004-resolution-regarding-historic-preservation-review-board-application-for-3432-connecticut-ave-nw/ |
I think we can all agree that low density, originally middle class neighborhoods (and many still) like AU Park, CP, Mount Pleasant, the Mayor's pristine neighborhood, the neighborhood around CU should be preserved if , for nothing else, as historical artifacts of the 'way we lived". Do you enjoy visiting Colonial Williamburg? Would you want to see a blockish apartment building plopped in the middle of "America's most beautiful street" in San Francisco? #keepDCDC! |
And what about protecting neighborhoods that are, uh actually historic districts? The Office of Planning Comp Plan amendments seem to be targeting historic districts, at least certain ones. |
Why would it be a tragic loss if a few lots in AU Park had duplexes or four-unit apartment buildings on them instead of single-family houses? A lot of the homes have had additions put on recently, anyway; that’s not a problem for “the way we lived,” but adding a little bit of density near Metro stations is? |
I don't agree with that at all. Unless you're willing to ban cars from AU Park, CP, Mount Pleasant, etc? That would be historically authentic. Then I might have a different opinion. Would you want to see streets full of cars in these beautiful historic neighborhoods? I don't. |
You're making my point. It's really hard to put a genie back in the bottle once you uncork it. FYI, at least the city is actually making an effort with cars. with bike lines, mass transit etc. Once you uncork your density that will be impossible to reverse. |
Is AU Park an historic district ? Just go by the number of pop ups and oversized renovations, I suspect it is not. |