The D.C. Council on Tuesday advanced amendments to the massive blueprint that will shape city development in coming years, though several lawmakers voiced concerns that the changes do not adequately address systemic racial and socioeconomic inequities.
Tuesday’s vote was the first step in a legislative process that will unfold over the next several weeks to amend the Comprehensive Plan, which is rewritten every 20 years and spells out the District government’s rules for land use in every neighborhood of the city.
The 1,500-page tome was most recently adopted in 2006 and amended in 2011. The council now has the opportunity to edit the changes suggested by Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) — including her call to add more low- and moderate-income housing across the city and allow high-rise apartment buildings along many major thoroughfares.
