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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you. I didn't realize that [b]GDS' fudging would actually allow them to build less than the minimum affordable housing required by the current zoning[/b]. I hope whoever wrote this mentions it at the next ANC meeting.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]GDS's development on the three parcels together, including the land transfer, is less dense than the total that could be built by right on all three parcels. Period.

It's a bit taller, but not any taller on the avenue.

Recall that one thing Safeway wanted for its deal was extra height to move the building mass away from the neighbors. I thought that was an OK outcome too, but the design was huuurrrble.[/quote]

This seems to be Ward3Vision math.  The matter of right limit for height along Wisconsin Avenue is 50 feet, and in its application, GDS is asking for a height of 80 feet, 60 percent taller than what can be built by right on the avenue.

The maximum floor area allowed along this portion of Wisconsin Avenue as a matter of right is 2.5 times the land area (3 times the land area with inclusionary zoning), and GDS is asking for a floor area that is 5.96 times the land area, i.e., nearly twice the amount that can be built by right on that site.

In addition, by requesting a change in zoning, the affordable housing requirement will be reduced from 10% of the residential square footage to 8% of the residential square footage, and the half the units will be for households with higher incomes than without the change in zoning.  According to its statement, GDS will be providing the minimum amount of affordable housing required for the requested zoning, 8 percent of the gross floor area devoted to residential use, evenly divided between “low-income” households and “moderate-income” households, rather than the current requirement for C-2-A of 10% of the gross floor area devoted to residential use allocated entirely to low-income households.  And they claim that providing this amount of affordable housing is an amenity.
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Must be the GD$ variant of "$ocial justice."[/quote]

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