Zoning Review: Sustainability Working Group

1. Zoning Review: Sustainability Working Group Presentation by the Office of Planning & Clarion Associates/Farr Associates, consultants 441 4th Street NW 6:30-8:30pm

2. Agenda • Introduction of Zoning Review staff and consultants • Presentation of Zoning Review process and schedule • Presentation of work group goals, process and constraints • Work group introductions • Overview presentation of diagnosis • Presentation of Work Group schedule & expectations • Questions & Discussion

3. Zoning Review 2006 Comprehensive Plan: “The Zoning Regulations need substantial revision and reorganization, ranging from new definitions to updated development and design standards, and even new zones.” Process to update 50-year old regulations began November 2007

4. Zoning Review Process • OP Goals for Zoning Review: • Clarity • Relevance • Ease of use

5. Zoning Review Process • Working Groups • Issues separated into 20 study areas • Each study area is reviewed by a working group • Meets for 2-4 months to refine policy and • draft language • Open to public

6. Zoning Review Process • Zoning Review Taskforce • Provide guidance on the organization and execution of the review process • Provide OP with technical review of the policies and draft language proposals that result from each working group

7. Zoning Review Process

8. Zoning Review Process Subject Areas • 8 Policy • Floodplain • Height • Parking • Loading • Arts & Culture • Retail • Historic Structures • Sustainability • 8 Land Use • Low/Mod Density – Res. • Industrial • Campus/Institutional • Downtown • Med/High Density – Res. & Comm. • Commercial Corridors • Mixed/Other • Parks/Open Space • 4 Procedural • Planned Unit • Development • Design Review • Administration/ • Enforcement • ZC & BZA • Procedures

9. Zoning Review Website www.dczoningupdate.org

10. Zoning Review: Public Forums http://forums.dczoningupdate.org/forums

11. Working Group Goals • Identify existing zoning barriers to implementation of sustainability policies • Identify potential new methods and tools to effectively achieve sustainability policies • Recommend changes to Zoning Code based on analysis of identified problems and solutions

12. Work Group Process • Six interactive Work Group meetings • Presentations by consultant: • Diagnosis of existing regulatory regime • Suggestions for improvements • Participant discussion and feedback • Comments on diagnosis • Additional possible solutions • Viability and desirability of proposed solutions

13. Work Group Constraints • Recommendations will distinguish between zoning changes and other regulatory solutions • Zoning recommendations should complement and not conflict with other regulations • Changes to other D.C. regulations – not within scope • Neighborhood-specific density and height standard changes – not within scope • Sustainability Diagnosis paper is input to the process – not output • Goal is not to refine the Diagnosis but to use it to make specific recommendations for new or amended zoning regulations

14. Sustainability Working Group PARTICIPANT INTRODUCTIONS

15. Consultant Team Clarion Associates • Land use planning, growth management, and zoning • Offices in North Carolina, Florida, and Colorado • We Know Codes: Worked with 60 local governments on zoning reform in the U.S., Canada, and overseas • Leadership in Sustainable Codes and Plan • Farr Associates • Sustainable planning and architecture • Based in Chicago • Form-based coding • Leadership in LEED-ND • Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute • Partners with Clarion Associates on Sustainable Development Code

16. Consultant Team Sustainability Experience • Conceived and Developed Model Sustainable Development Code/Saving the World Through Zoning-Duerksen • Sustainable Code Writing - Salt Lake City, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Henderson NV, and Philadelphia • Biodiversity Protection: Nature Friendly Communities (2006) • Sustainable Urbanism (2008)-Farr • Sustainable Architecture Practice • Farr chaired LEED-ND Core Committee

18. Sustainability Diagnosis Subjects Covered • Climate Change • Energy Conservation & Renewable Energy Production • Integrating Land Use & Mobility • Water Conservation & Greywater • Slopes, Streams, Stormwater & Hydrology • Food Production/Security & Community Health • Sustainable Businesses & “Green” Jobs

19. Sustainability Diagnosis Each topic in the Sustainability Diagnosis has: • An introduction to the topic • A review of the District’s existing planning and regulatory framework • Comprehensive Plan policies • Incentives and programs in place • Regulations already on the books • A Diagnosis of what additional tools might be considered • What other cities / organizations have done • Links to references and examples 4. Available information on costs and economic impacts

20. Work Group Schedule Mtg. 2 Mon. Nov 17 Climate Change Mtg. 3 Thur. Dec 4 Energy Conservation & Generation Mtg. 4 Mon. Dec 15 Water Conservation /Slopes & Streams Mtg. 5 Thur. Jan 8 Land Use & Mobility Mtg. 6 Thur. Jan 22 Food Security & Green Jobs Mtg. 7 Thur. Feb 5 Wrap-up

21. Work Group Expectations • Study the appropriate chapter(s) • No need to read the whole Diagnosis at once • Come prepared to discuss issues relevant to that week’s discussion • Bring or cite supporting material that would help support recommendations • Written comments/feedback encouraged • Be respectful of others’ input and time

22. Website: www.dczoningupdate.org Zoning Review 2008 Travis Parker, AICP (202) 741-5243 Travis.Parker@dc.gov Michael Giulioni (202) 442-8813 Michael.Giulioni@dc.gov Laine Cidlowski (202) 442-8809 Laine.Cidlowski@dc.gov Stephen Varga, AICP (202) 741-5244 Stephen.Varga@dc.gov Dan Emerine (202) 442-8812 Dan.Emerine@dc.gov