The D.C. Council unanimously approved a plan for greater density and affordability in the area around Connecticut Avenue in Chevy Chase, but a District agency says opportunities were missed to advance racial equity.
During a council meeting Tuesday, Chairman Phil Mendelson said the plan “is not the last step” taken to incorporate community feedback and pursue policy goals in the area, noting the Zoning Commission is the ultimate arbiter on many decisions related to the area.
“This is just further flesh, if you will, on the bones of the Comprehensive Plan,” Mendelson said.
Small area plans themselves rarely lead to immediate changes in the built environment, and they don’t directly change zoning designations, but they give new guidance to planners and zoning officials about how elected officials and their constituents want to see neighborhoods evolve. In recent years this has often led toward greater density in places such as the H Street corridor.
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