{"id":283,"date":"2023-05-10T00:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T00:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/?p=283"},"modified":"2026-02-10T01:15:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T01:15:41","slug":"radical-upzoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/2023\/05\/10\/radical-upzoning\/","title":{"rendered":"ANC Commissioners Speak Against Radical Upzoning at 1617 U Street; Ward One Councilmember Brianne Nadeau Commits Funding to a Project That Doesn’t Yet Exist (unless it already does)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ANC Commissioners Speak Against Radical Upzoning at 1617 U Street; <\/b>Ward One Councilmember Brianne Nadeau Commits Funding to a Project That Doesn’t Yet Exist (unless it already does)<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
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May 8, 2023, Washington, D.C.\u00a0 — <\/b>In the past couple of months, the Mayor, through the Deputy Mayor’s Office of Planning and Economic Development has been pitching a radical land use change at the 2-acre public site bounded by 17th and V Streets and 1620 U Street, NW.\u00a0 The Mayor wants this large public site to be rezoned from MU4 to MU10, almost tripling the allowable density of the site.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Neighbors in the surrounding communities — that straddle Adams Morgan and North Dupont — have not been meaningfully welcomed to a highly-advertised community-wide discussion about such a dramatic land use change that may result in the teardown and disruption of the existing police & fire stations to be replaced with a 12-story (with penthouse) 100+ foot tall downtown-sized building.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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mockup of potential building (no plans yet shared)
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The neighborhood context along 17th and V Streets includes existing affordable coops and 120-year old two- and three-story row houses such as formerly occupied by Fredrick Douglass and his family<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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DMPED has been compelling local Advisory Neighborhood Commissions around 1617 U Street to take a position in favor of the rezoning and have won those votes but with serious caveats that highlight and seek to mitigate the impacts of such a substantial land use change on the surrounding communities.<\/div>\n
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Notably, the ANC Commissioners who live closest to the Third District Police and Fire Stations have voted against the rezoning after speaking with the impacted neighbors.<\/p>\n