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Zoning Review:
Sustainability Working Group
Presentation by
the Office of Planning
&
Clarion Associates/Farr Associates,
consultants
441 4th Street NW
6:30-8:30pm
NOVEMBER 6, 2008
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Agenda
• Introduction of Zoning Review staff and consultants
• Presentation of Zoning Review process and schedule
• Presentation of work group goals, process and
constraints
• Work group introductions
• Overview presentation of diagnosis
• Presentation of Work Group schedule & expectations
• Questions & Discussion
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Zoning Review
2006 Comprehensive Plan:
“The Zoning Regulations need substantial
revision and reorganization, ranging from new
definitions to updated development and
design standards, and even new zones.”
Process to update 50-year old regulations
began November 2007
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Zoning Review Process
OP Goals for Zoning Review:
 Clarity
 Relevance
 Ease of use
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Zoning Review Process
Working Groups
• Issues separated into 20 study areas
• Each study area is reviewed by a working group
• Meets for 2-4 months to refine policy and
draft language
• Open to public
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Zoning Review Process
Zoning Review Taskforce
• Provide guidance on the organization and
execution of the review process
• Provide OP with technical review of the policies
and draft language proposals that result from each
working group
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Zoning Review Process
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Zoning Review Process
Subject Areas
8 Policy
8 Land Use
4 Procedural
• Floodplain
• Height
• Parking
• Loading
• Arts & Culture
• Retail
• Historic Structures
• Sustainability
• Low/Mod Density – Res.
• Industrial
• Campus/Institutional
• Downtown
• Med/High Density –
Res. & Comm.
• Commercial Corridors
• Mixed/Other
• Parks/Open Space
• Planned Unit
Development
• Design Review
• Administration/
Enforcement
• ZC & BZA
Procedures
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Zoning Review Website
www.dczoningupdate.org
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Zoning Review: Public Forums
http://forums.dczoningupdate.org/forums
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Working Group Goals
• Identify existing zoning barriers to
implementation of sustainability policies
• Identify potential new methods and tools to
effectively achieve sustainability policies
• Recommend changes to Zoning Code based
on analysis of identified problems and
solutions
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Work Group Process
• Six interactive Work Group meetings
• Presentations by consultant:
– Diagnosis of existing regulatory regime
– Suggestions for improvements
• Participant discussion and feedback
– Comments on diagnosis
– Additional possible solutions
– Viability and desirability of proposed solutions
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Work Group Constraints
• Recommendations will distinguish between zoning changes
and other regulatory solutions
• Zoning recommendations should complement and not
conflict with other regulations
• Changes to other D.C. regulations – not within scope
• Neighborhood-specific density and height standard changes –
not within scope
• Sustainability Diagnosis paper is input to the process – not
output
– Goal is not to refine the Diagnosis but to use it to make specific
recommendations for new or amended zoning regulations
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Sustainability Working Group
PARTICIPANT
INTRODUCTIONS
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Consultant Team
Clarion Associates
Farr Associates
• Land use planning, growth
management, and zoning
• Offices in North Carolina, Florida,
and Colorado
• We Know Codes: Worked with 60
local governments on zoning
reform in the U.S., Canada, and
overseas
• Leadership in Sustainable Codes
and Plan
• Sustainable planning and
architecture
• Based in Chicago
• Form-based coding
• Leadership in LEED-ND
Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute
Partners with Clarion Associates on Sustainable Development Code
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Consultant Team
Sustainability Experience
• Conceived and Developed Model Sustainable
Development Code/Saving the World Through
Zoning-Duerksen
• Sustainable Code Writing - Salt Lake City, Abu
Dhabi, UAE, Henderson NV, and Philadelphia
• Biodiversity Protection: Nature Friendly
Communities (2006)
• Sustainable Urbanism (2008)-Farr
• Sustainable Architecture Practice
• Farr chaired LEED-ND Core Committee
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Sustainability Diagnosis
Subjects Covered
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Climate Change
Energy Conservation & Renewable Energy Production
Integrating Land Use & Mobility
Water Conservation & Greywater
Slopes, Streams, Stormwater & Hydrology
Food Production/Security & Community Health
Sustainable Businesses & “Green” Jobs
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Sustainability Diagnosis
Each topic in the Sustainability Diagnosis has:
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An introduction to the topic
A review of the District’s existing planning and regulatory
framework
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A Diagnosis of what additional tools might be considered
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Comprehensive Plan policies
Incentives and programs in place
Regulations already on the books
What other cities / organizations have done
Links to references and examples
Available information on costs and economic impacts
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Work Group Schedule
Mtg. 2
Mtg. 3
Mon. Nov 17
Thur. Dec 4
Mtg. 4
Mon. Dec 15
Mtg. 5
Mtg. 6
Thur. Jan 8
Thur. Jan 22
Mtg. 7
Thur. Feb 5
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Climate Change
Energy Conservation
& Generation
Water Conservation
/Slopes & Streams
Land Use & Mobility
Food Security &
Green Jobs
Wrap-up
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Work Group Expectations
• Study the appropriate chapter(s)
– No need to read the whole Diagnosis at once
• Come prepared to discuss issues relevant to
that week’s discussion
• Bring or cite supporting material that would
help support recommendations
• Written comments/feedback encouraged
• Be respectful of others’ input and time
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Zoning Review 2008
Website:
www.dczoningupdate.org
Travis Parker, AICP
(202) 741-5243
[email protected]
Michael Giulioni
(202) 442-8813
[email protected]
Laine Cidlowski
(202) 442-8809
[email protected]
Stephen Varga, AICP
(202) 741-5244
[email protected]
Dan Emerine
(202) 442-8812
[email protected]
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