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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, it is not fuzzy Ward 3 Vision math, but developers’ lawyer math.

The height of the building on Wisconsin Avenue definitely is taller than what is allowed by right. The matter of right limit for height along Wisconsin Avenue is 50 feet, and GDS is asking for a height of 80 feet. That is 60 percent higher than what can be built by right on the avenue.

The tabulation in the architectural drawings on page A02 doesn’t compare the proposed development “with the standards and requirements that would apply to a matter-of-right development under the zone district classification of the site at the time the application is filed” as they are supposed to, but instead compares their proposed development with the standards and requirements that would apply with the much higher zoning that they are requesting. So, their strategy seems to be to mislead someone who doesn't know the zoning code or who isn't reading closely.
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You mean the Zoning Commission? Perhaps because all the ladies on the commission are distracted by GDS's crack team of Casanovas. Because that's who they have to mislead.

The zoning map in the submission clearly shows how they want to transfer density that could be built tomorrow, from the Safeway site and GDS's existing school, to the parcel across Wisconsin, away from some houses. Yes, that does mean a taller building height. But that height was good enough for Tenley Hill!

I've been through another Planned Unit Development process. They're part of the zoning code. They allow for this kind of transfer. If it were illegal, GDS would not be proposing it.

I guess the test will be at the Zoning Commission. [/quote]

The height of Tenley Hill is 65 feet.  GDS is asking for a height of 80 feet in the mixed use project.  So if 65 feet is good enough for Tenley Hill, perhaps it is also good enough for the GDS project.

As to the transfer of density between the two sites for a PUD, there is no excess density on the school parcel to transfer to the mixed use parcel.  If the calculation in the application is repeated using the actual zoning regulations for PUDs, the requested density of the school parcel is actually higher than allowed for a non-residential use for a PUD on that site.

Seems like GDS has some success in its strategy of trying to mislead the public.
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