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[quote=Anonymous][quote]If the “gentle density” proposal changed nothing in SFH areas, why would Mayor Developer and OP propose it?

Note that the transit corridor category for “gentle density” would cover 72 percent of the SFH lots in the District.  The TBD “high-cost, high-opportunity” category presumably will include still more areas that are not within a quarter-mile of a bus stop.[/quote]

Mayor and the OP propose the 'gentle density' upzoning as tool to get around the SFH zoning which the COMP Plan largely left intact.

It is a little similar to the city's observance of the Height of Buildings Act of 1910. The act still exists, however, the city has simply overstruck its mention at every point in the Comp Plan. So the Act is still there, we just won't mention it because it is 'hard'. Note that the Height of Buildings act does provide a mechanism to build taller buildings, but it is 'hard' and would not allow the mayor to profit today.

Exceptions to the Height of Buildings Act: 
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, completed in 1959, was granted an exemption to the law by the District Zoning Commission. 
Hughes Memorial Tower. 
Old Post Office Building was grandfathered in, and remains as the tallest high-rise federal building in the district. 
One Franklin Square is the tallest commercial building in District of Columbia and the fifth highest building overall.[/quote]

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