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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Aren't the majority of houses in, say, RF-1 zoned rowhouse neighborhoods still single-family homes?  I mean, sure there are some condo conversions and some basement apartments.  But we're not talking about huge apartment buildings on residential streets here, because the height and setback limits of R-1 and R-2 zoning will still be in place.  This just means that someone can decide to split their house into two units or maybe add an ADU.  Which some people will do, and most people won't.

Scary! /s[/quote]

Setback limits are modified under the plan as well. That was a key component even in the Comp Plan.

At the end of the day, under the new Single Family Zoning proposal in the District of Columbia, you can raze your SFH if it is within that 'walkable' distance to public transportation and build in its stead a taller (would depend on how far you were from the transit route. Taller if you were closer to the road, lower if you were at the half mile point) and closer to the sidewalk (covering a greater percentage of lots size) multi family dwelling in the middle of a SFH zoned neighborhood under the 'gentle density' plan. You would NOT get a highrise bout you would have one lot with one house with one family, now be converted to one lot with eight units (two units per floor for four stories). Would there be anything inherently 'wrong' with this as a one of? No, absolutely not. Would this happening as a concerted effort to increase density change the character of a neighborhood? Absolutely.

[img]https://assets.urbanturf.com/dc/images/blog/2020/04/sfh-mmh-op1200.jpg[/img][/quote]

What’s also interesting about Bowser’s diagram is the several levels of underground parking shown for the buildings closest to the major street.  But the reality is that the mayor already has watered down DC off-street parking requirements for developments and her agencies like OP and DDOT have been supporting applications from developers for zoning waivers to exempt projects from even the remaining minimal parking requirements.  So where do you think that all of the new residents in the densest projects and in the “missing middle” gentle density developments will park?

Oh wait.  They won’t have cars.  Everyone will take public transportation and Lyft.  Especially after Covid-19.[/quote]

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