{"id":990,"date":"2024-05-01T00:02:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T00:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/?p=990"},"modified":"2026-02-10T01:29:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T01:29:54","slug":"1617-u-street-luxury-zoning-hearings-over-record-closed-zoning-commission-to-discuss-next-steps-on-may-9th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/2024\/05\/01\/1617-u-street-luxury-zoning-hearings-over-record-closed-zoning-commission-to-discuss-next-steps-on-may-9th\/","title":{"rendered":"1617 U Street Luxury Zoning Hearings Are Over &#038; The Record Closed, Zoning Commission to Discuss Next Steps on May 9th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">After nearly 30 hours of hearing time and more than <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/app.dcoz.dc.gov\/CaseReport\/ViewExhibitsReport.aspx?case_id=23-02\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/app.dcoz.dc.gov\/CaseReport\/ViewExhibitsReport.aspx?case_id=23-02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">730 written submissions<\/a><\/strong>, the public record in<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/app.dcoz.dc.gov\/Home\/ViewCase?case_id=23-02\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/app.dcoz.dc.gov\/Home\/ViewCase?case_id=23-02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zoning Case 23-02<\/a><\/strong> is now closed.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Parties in opposition will be submitting further post hearing arguments and documents in the coming weeks and the Zoning Commission has announced they will meet to discuss next steps on May 9, 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/2023\/12\/22\/giving-thanks-for-your-support\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"777\">outpouring of local opposition to the luxury upzoning from MU4 to MU10 is undeniable<\/a><\/strong>. Also undeniable is the absolute dismissal of community engagement by the Office of Planning especially the lack of outreach to Black neighbors around 1617 U Street, NW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_jLKYM-tanU?si=Xz7z0FEURy-fZUuw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Six hearing videos between January 8 to March 18, 2024:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>March 18, 2024 <\/strong>(4 hours) &#8212; <strong>Opposition parties<\/strong> present case against the luxury upzoning at 1617 U Street accompanied by expert testimony &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ao5zEG5jcE8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ao5zEG5jcE8<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>February 26, 2024<\/strong> (5hr30min) &#8212; Second set of <strong>individuals testifying in opposition<\/strong> to luxury upzoning &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U6J8vgDxGPE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U6J8vgDxGPE<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>February 12, 2024<\/strong> (5hr10min) &#8212; First set of <strong>individuals in opposition<\/strong> to the luxury upzoning testify &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5zHF116VGPY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5zHF116VGPY<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>January 29, 2024<\/strong> (5hr10min) &#8212; <strong>Individuals in support of the luxury upzoning<\/strong> at 1617 U Street, plus ANC 1B &amp; ANC 2B testimony, and cross-examination  >> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rmB-8bjfVQ4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rmB-8bjfVQ4<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>January 18, 2024<\/strong> (4hr30min) &#8212; Last cross-examination of the <strong>Office of Planning <\/strong>then presentation by the <strong>Office of the Attorney General <\/strong>with cross examination &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xr-8mUtfKko\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xr-8mUtfKko<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>January 8, 2024<\/strong> (5hr15min) &#8212; First hearing, <strong>presentation of the luxury zoning application by the DC Office of Planning<\/strong> &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-Amkrp29BZA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-Amkrp29BZA<\/a><br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After nearly 30 hours of hearing time and more than 730 written submissions, the public record in Zoning Case 23-02 is now closed. Parties in opposition will be submitting further post hearing arguments and documents in the coming weeks and the Zoning Commission has announced they will meet to discuss next steps on May 9, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,13,6,8,9,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1617u","category-ancs","category-publicland","category-brianne","category-brooke","category-zoning"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/shutterstock_15753445.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=990"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1014,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions\/1014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}