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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The mixed use site will have well over twice the density (and a substantially more height) than is allowed with a PUD on that site without changing the zoning.  
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Yes, they're getting a map amendment, an acceptable action in a PUD. The lawyers and the architect aren't breaking rules, they just know them better than you.

[b]Oh, and C-2-B is still "medium density development." i.e. consistent with the comprehensive plan. 
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Don't hate the player, hate the game. [/quote]

Since the comprehensive plan calls for low or moderate density development, and C-2-B, without the additional height and density associated with a PUD, is medium density development, you have just demonstrated that what they are requesting is clearly NOT consistent with the Comprehensive Plan.

But there is more.  GDS is asking for additional height and density.  GDS would like to build a high-density mixed use building 80 feet in height with the developed space being over 6.7 times the land area (over three times the density associated with moderate density residential and over twice the density associated with low-density commercial development).  Moderate density residential is characterized by row houses and low-rise apartment buildings, and low-density commercial is comprised primarily of one- to three-story commercial buildings.  High density residential is where “high-rise (8 stories or more) apartment buildings are the predominant use.”   The height and density that GDS is requesting falls into the high density category and is inconsistent with the Comprehensive Plan designation.

I assume that the land use attorneys and Goulston & Storrs know the regulations, but they seem to have chosen to define something new, an “equivalent FAR,” which might confuse people who might think that they are reading a description and looking at tabulations that actually reflect the DC zoning regulations. 
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