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4250 Connecticut’s new owner plans to renovate and modernize the 37-year-old office and retail building when Fannie Mae moves out in November. Bernstein Management presented some early plans at ANC 3F’s March meeting. Bernstein is seeking to modify the 1978 and 1980 Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) that allowed this structure to be built in the […]
by Marlene Berlin (Writing as 2018 President of Van Ness Main Street) DC’s Comprehensive Plan, adopted in 2006 and updated in 2011, is going through another round of updates. The plan will guide future land use in the District, setting standards for such things as the density of our commercial areas and neighborhoods. Why is […]
ANC 3F has collected neighbors’ comments on the planned addition of six homes at 3101 Albemarle Street, and incorporated them into a letter to the Zoning Commission, the Office of Zoning and the Office of Planning. The commissioners are not taking sides or otherwise expressing support or opposition to the development. Rather, the purpose of […]
ANC 3F has added a second February meeting because a couple of matters couldn’t hold until its regular meeting on February 20th. The commissioners will meet on Monday, February 5th at 6:30 p.m. at the Van Ness Main Street office (4340 Connecticut Avenue). The two-item agenda: Ellicott Street parking and a letter to the Office […]
Below is the agenda for the December 14th community meeting on development plans for 3101 Albemarle and the developers’ application for zoning relief. Soapstone Valley Ventures plans to build five townhomes and one single-family detached home on the portion of the property that is not landmarked. This is higher density than DC code allows, and […]
Sidwell Friends School is inviting the public to a meeting about its plans to expand onto the Washington Home property next door. On Monday, December 7th at 7 p.m., Head of School Bryan Garman will be joined by members of the project development team – architects from Ennead and traffic consultants from Wells and Associates. […]
We’ve told you now about about two different “last chances” to comment on the zoning rewrite (last chance #1 and last chance #2). Here’s the third – and perhaps final – round. The DC Office of Planning is hosting open houses today and the following two Fridays (the schedule is below), where residents to get […]
If you have a strong opinion on the proposed changes to DC’s 1958 zoning code and the Zoning Commission has not yet heard from you, your chance comes on Tuesday, February 11th. The commission’s hearing for Wards 3 and 4 will be held at 6 p.m. at the Wilson High School auditorium (3950 Chesapeake Street). […]
by Marlene Berlin Is Van Ness “well-served by transit?” That’s the question I am left with after reading the Coalition for Smarter Growth’s recap of parking minimums changes in the Office of Planning zoning rewrite (PDF). In areas “well-served by transit,” the current parking minimums are halved. Most of the Van Ness/Forest Hills area certainly […]
The next step in the now years-long process to rewrite the 55-year-old zoning code enters its next phase in November: Public hearings. And if you wish to testify, the time to sign up is now. Greater Greater Washington, which supports reducing parking minimums and allowing accessory dwellings and corner stores, reports on what the hearings […]
