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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes.

Most zoning in Ward 3 prohibits duplexes or even rowhouses now.

That is what the so-called Urbanists are trying to help address.[/quote]

What the DC Smart Growth lobby is pushing are 10-12 story buildings on major streets, even in low-rise historic districts in Ward 3.  On the side streets, they push soothing-sounding “gentle density.”  This means that a developer could build a small apartment building of 8 or 9 units in a SFH zone.  So instead of a tear down that results in a mini-mansion next door to you, an apartment building could be built next to SFHs on a side street, with no parking requirements. All of this is “matter of right” which means no review of plans by the zoning commission and no challenges by neighbors.[/quote]

Literally the worst possible idea. It will ruin neighborhoods. Let DC be DC. Don't turn it into featureless urban landscape like outer borough Queens where I grew up. Ugh. It gives me a pit in my stomach that people don't understand that what makes this city so amazing is the blue sky and green trees. Once it is destroyed, you will never get it back. [/quote]

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