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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2019/05/10/bowser-ready-to-explore-d-c-height-limit-changes.html

Read and weep.[/quote]

A. That article has no quotes indicating she is proposing raising the height limit. Rather she wants office of planinng to explore many options - which can certainly include upzonings - there are many parts of DC where regular zoning (floor area ratio limits, etc) are binding, the district wide height limit does not matter.

B. Before addressing the height limit, the office of planning would need to do a build out analysis, to determine who much building can still occur without altering the height limit.  They did one back in 2012, the last time this came up.  However critics said the analysis was not thorough enough, and in particular, IIRC, did not fully explore all potential upzonings.

C. That said, there are plenty of places where buildings above the current height limit would not materially change the look of the historic parts of DC.  For one, you could raise it in areas near the MoCo line, where there are already taller buildings nearby on the Md side of the line.   Or you could allow taller buildings in some place like L'Enfant Plaza, where I have difficulty seeing the harm.  [/quote]

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