DC's Office of Planning Wants to Mandate Inclusionary Zoning in Almost All Exempt Zones
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The DC Office of Planning (OP) is moving forward with another effort to expand the small-scale affordable housing production tool that is Inclusionary Zoning (IZ).
OP has filed a zoning text amendment application to require IZ in nearly every zone in the city that is currently exempted. This new version of regular IZ ("IZ-XL") would apply to stick-built buildings up to 85 feet, and to concrete/steel buildings taller than 85 feet.

Currently, IZ is mandatory for 8%-10% of the residential gross floor area (GFA) in projects with ten or more residential units, and developments granted bonus density must set-aside of up to 12.5% of GFA. IZ units in projects approved after 2017 must be affordable for households earning up to 60% median family income (MFI) for rentals and up to 80% MFI for for-sale units.
Under the proposed text amendment, IZ would be required in sites zoned R-3 in the Anacostia Historic District, zoned RA-5 and RA-10 in Dupont Circle, zoned CG-1 (one block in Navy Yard), zoned MU-13 in the Georgetown Historic District, zoned MU-27 (abutting part of Observatory Circle), and zoned NC-6 in the Capitol Hill Historic District (exempting the historic Navy Yard Car Barn). D zones will remain exempt because they were initially created to incentivize residential construction and bear more examination to ensure expanded IZ won't provide a disincentive.
The Zoning Commission is expected to set the text amendment down for a public hearing later this month. Another IZ expansion amendment proposed last year has not yet been approved for final rulemaking. Additional IZ zoning text amendments are expected to follow.
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This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/office-of-planning-wants-to-mandate-inclusionary-zoning-in-almost-all-exemp/17781.
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