{"id":3301,"date":"2024-03-21T21:36:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T21:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/?p=3301"},"modified":"2024-03-21T22:10:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T22:10:34","slug":"new-zoning-rules-shred-transparency-notice-and-racial-equity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/dc\/3301","title":{"rendered":"New Zoning Rules Shred Transparency, Notice and Racial Equity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For Release:<\/b> March 21, 2024 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/b>\u00a0Contact: Meg Maguire (202) 546-4536<\/div>\n
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NEW ZONING RULES SHRED TRANSPARENCY, <\/b>NOTICE AND RACIAL EQUITY<\/b><\/p>\n

NW Opportunity Partners CDC<\/a> (NWOP) calls out the Zoning Commission\u2019s (ZC) proposed new rules (ZC Case #22-25) as forming the foundation for a culture of fear-based development<\/b>. NWOP comments<\/a> that the proposed rules reveal a ZC that fears the time and effort it would take to engage with the public, to answer hard questions, to hold developers accountable, or to be held accountable for codified racial equity regulations.<\/b> The new rules would limit public notice to tenants, neighbors and ANCs about projects affecting their communities and would fail to stand up mandatory regulations for racial equity analysis, and use of that analysis in making and enforcing zoning decisions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is exactly the wrong time for zoning to become opaque,\u201d said Meg Maguire, Chair of NWOP CDC.\u201cThe recently released Wisconsin Avenue Development Framework<\/a><\/i> sets the table for massive up zoning along this corridor. But what will be served on this table is very much in question and subject to negotiation. The ZC\u2019s proposed rules open the door for developers and public officials to say one thing and deliver something else, eviscerating transparency, community engagement and racial equity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The new rules:<\/p>\n