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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Council process which at the time was led by Mayor Barry (see the deal he brokered with Upper-Caucasia voters in the mid 1980's re-election).

Yes, that was an upstanding process.[/quote]

Nice try, but surely Ward 3 Vision and the crony consultants can spin better than that.

The current Comprehensive Plan was new in 2006, and the Council reviewed and amended it several years later.  All post Mayor Barry.  From the DC government website:

"The Home Rule Act requires that the District government develop a Comprehensive Plan. This Plan is a general policy document that provides overall guidance for future planning and development of the city. The first Comprehensive Plan was adopted in 1984 and 1985. In 2006 a new Comprehensive Plan was approved, which was the first major revision of the Plan. Subsequently, the first Amendment Cycle for the 2006 Comprehensive Plan was initiated in 2009.  After concluding the approval process the amendments officially became effective on April 8, 2011."[/quote]

Do you think there should be no process for getting an exemption ever?  This really seems like the perfect use of the PUD process - moving matter of right density from one parcel that is closer to the SF homes on the safeway site to the awkwardly laid out lots located on a major thoroughfare where there are no neighbors in the shadows, so to speak.  This is a good thing![/quote]

There are special exceptions in zoning to deal with minor variances or extreme hardship or projects of exceptional merit to the city.  Which of these does GDS Commons fit under?[/quote]

From the website: The BZA is authorized to "grant special exceptions, as provided in this title, where, in the judgment of the Board, the special exceptions will be in harmony with the general purpose and intent of the Zoning Regulations and Zoning Maps and will not tend to affect
adversely, the use of neighboring property in accordance with the Zoning Regulations and Zoning Maps."  However you feel about the park on Ellicott or the steps, benching, walkways, or the reduction in cut through traffic on a residential street, GDS is proposing a ton of green space. The public land they are taking is not land that is currently used by anyone.  The Volvo site is a blight.  The safeway site is a parking lot. [/quote]

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