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Old Posted Jun 30, 2014, 10:00 PM
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NIMBYs strike back, DC office of planning neuters "smart growth" zoning plan

DC has been debating a zoning code overall. The initial proposal included lots of smart growth friendly plans to encourage greater density. Some of the more controversial issues surrounded: 1) eliminating parking requirements near transit 2) row house additions/sub-divisions and 3) allowing accessory dwelling units. The new proposal basically kills those.

"Office of Planning Neuters Zoning Update, and Then Some"
Washington City Paper
Posted by Aaron Wiener on Jun. 30, 2014 at 7:30 am


http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/b...and-then-some/

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Last summer, smart-growth advocates were horrified—and car defenders delighted—to learn that the Office of Planning had decided to scale back its plans that would have allowed developers to construct fewer off-street parking spaces near high-capacity transit lines. As part of an update to the city's 1958 zoning code, the office, led then by Harriet Tregoning, had proposed eliminating parking minimums within half a mile of Metro stations and a quarter of a mile of high-frequency bus routes, as well as downtown, giving developers the freedom to build as many or as few spaces as they thought the market demanded. The proposal, Tregoning said, "was really wigging people out," and so rather than eliminate the minimum altogether in transit zones, the Office of Planning opted to cut the requirements in half....
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