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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In a surprise move that is shameless even by Bowser standards, the mayor this afternoon submitted her aggressive pro-developer Comp Plan amendments to the DC Council, claiming that it provides the blueprint for DC to recover from the coronavirus crisis!  Because nothing says public health like and social distancing like pushing big increases in height and density to build high end condos in SFH residential neighborhoods.  And the mayor said it is urgent that the Council pass this developer giveaway soon - at a time when the Council is meeting virtually with no provision for public hearings.[/quote]

As was the case with the draft proposals the final proposal does not include a proposed upzoning of a single family home zone anywhere in the city.

Now maybe it should as much of the city is zoned for single family homes and that would be a way to increase the supply and the local suburban jurisdictions mostly upzoned the lane near their Metro stations while DC never did but in this case the Office of Planning proposed no such upzonings.

So no one is coming for your single family home and you can relax.[/quote]

Hmmm...so you are maintaining that none of the buildings along Wisconsin Ave will be razed and have multiple stories of apartments added on top of a new storefront?

I am looking to avoid the walking down a canyon of glass feel that cities seem to be going for.[/quote]

Are there a lot of people living in single-family houses with yards on Wisconsin Avenue?

If Wisconsin Avenue isn't the right place for apartments on top of street-level commercial use, where is?[/quote]

Yes. There are lots of single family and multi family homes immediately adjacent to Wisconsin Ave. [/quote]

Right so as stated earlier no single family homes are being upzoned.

Also Wisconsin Ave is 120 feet from building to building and no buildings that tall are likely to get built so there is not going to be any sense of walking in a canyon but maybe you've never been in a canyon?

In Ward 3 the commercial corridors (Mass, Wisconsin, Connecticut) are all many blocks apart so the number of people who will even be able to see any new buildings will be very few and we don't need to speculate about this as Connecticut is mostly built out with buildings as tall as you'll get in any other area and that corridor is still a very desirable and nice one to live on and near with zero "canyon" like feel.[/quote]

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