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AN ACT
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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To amend the District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984 to reflect revised policies,
actions, and determinations, to update the Future Land Use Map and the Generalized
Policy Map accordingly, and to require the Mayor to transmit the Future Land Use Map
and the Generalized Policy Map to the Council for approval and to publish the
Comprehensive Plan; to amend the School Based Budgeting and Accountability Act of
1998 to require that every 10 years the Mayor prepare and submit to the Council for its
review and approval a proposed comprehensive Master Facilities Plan for public
education facilities; to require the Office of Planning to provide to the Council a report
giving additional guidance with respect to Production Distribution and Repair land; to
provide that the text, maps, and graphics of the District Elements of the Comprehensive
Plan for the National Capital need not be published in the District of Columbia Register
to become effective; and to provide that no element of the Comprehensive Plan for the
National Capital shall take effect until it has been reviewed by the National Capital
Planning Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
act may be cited as the Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2021.
Sec. 2. The District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984, effective April 10,
1984 (D.C. Law 5-76; D.C. Official Code 1-306.01 et seq.), is amended as follows:
(a) Section 3 is amended as follows:
(1) Chapter 1 (10-A DCMR 100.1 et seq.) is repealed and replaced with the
attached Chapter 1 of the District Elements of the Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital,
submitted by the Mayor to the Council on January 4, 2021, and modified by the Council. The
text and graphics of the submittal are incorporated into and deemed a part of this act as if
contained herein.
(2) Chapters 3 through 25 (10-A DCMR 300.1 et seq. to 10-A DCMR 2500.1
et seq.) are repealed and replaced with the attached Chapters 3 through 25 of the District
Elements of the Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital, submitted by the Mayor to the
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Council on January 4, 2021, and modified by the Council. The text and graphics of the submittal
are incorporated into and deemed a part of this act as if contained herein.
(3) The Implementation Table is repealed and replaced with the attached
Implementation Table of the District Elements of the Comprehensive Plan for the National
Capital, submitted by the Mayor to the Council on January 4, 2021, and modified by the Council.
The text and graphics of the submittal are incorporated into and deemed a part of this act as if
contained herein.
(4) The Future Land Use Map is repealed and replaced with the Future Land Use
Map submitted by the Mayor to the Council on January 4, 2021, amended as follows:
(A) The public right of way between 19th Street, NW, and the 1900 block
of Lamont Street, NW, is changed from Moderate Density Residential to Parks, Recreation, and
Open Space.
(B) The area 150 feet on either side of Mount Pleasant Street, NW,
between Newton Street, NW, and Park Road, NW, is changed from Moderate Density
Residential to Medium Density Residential.
(C) The following area, roughly bounded by 16th Street, NW, Oak Street,
NW, Meridian Place, NW, and Hertford Place, NW, is changed from Moderate Density
Residential to Medium Density Residential (Trinity AME Church):
(i) Square 2683;
(ii) Square 2684, Lots 491, 490, 489, 821, 820, 558, 555, 826, 827
and 825; and
(iii) Square 2686, Lots 619, 620, 803, 816, 805, 016, and 818.
(D) Two areas, one at the southeast corner of Irving Street, NW, and 15th
Street, NW, and the second just east of the northeast corner of Columbia Road, NW, and 14th
Street, NW, both Moderate Density Residential, are changed to Medium Density Residential.
(E) The area shown in the Mayors proposed amendment #9933.1 is
changed from Moderate Density Residential to Moderate Density Residential/Parks, Recreation,
and Open Space.
(F) The area bounded by Columbia Road, NW, to the north, Warder
Street, NW, to the west, and Michigan Avenue, NW, to the south and east is changed from Parks
Recreation and Open Space to Moderate Density Residential/Parks, Recreation, and Open Space.
(G) The area on the north side of Columbia Road, NW, between Quarry
Road, NW, and Biltmore Street, NW, currently designated as Moderate Density Residential/Low
Density Commercial is changed to Medium Density Residential/Low Density Commercial.
(H) On both sides of Georgia Avenue, NW, between Columbia Road,
NW, and Euclid Street, NW, the area currently designated as Moderate Density Residential/Low
Density Commercial is changed to Medium Density Residential/Low Density Commercial.
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(I) The area 300 feet to the west of 16th Street, NW, between Crescent
Place, NW, and Belmont Street, NW, is changed from Moderate Density Residential to Medium
Density Residential.
(J) The area shown in the Mayors proposed amendment #5014, north of
Florida Avenue, NW, between 11th Street, NW, and Sherman Street, NW, is changed from
Medium Density Residential/Medium Density Commercial to Medium Density Residential
/Medium Density Commercial/Parks, Recreation, and Open Space.
(K) Square 2557, generally bounded by Florida Avenue, NW, California
Avenue, NW, and 18th Street, NW, is changed from Low Density Commercial to Moderate
Density Residential/Low Density Commercial.
(L) The area shown in the Mayors proposed amendment #9813, generally
bounded by U Street, NW, and V Street NW, between 14th Street, NW, and 15th Street, NW, is
changed from Medium Density Residential/Medium Density Commercial/Local Public Facility
to High Density Residential/Medium Density Commercial/Local Public Facility.
(M) The area of Squares 3082, 3083, 3084, and 3085, generally located
between V Street, NW, Elm Street, NW, 2nd Street, NW, and 4th Street, NW, that is currently
designated Local Public Facility is changed to Parks, Recreation, and Open Space.
(N) The area of Square 3095, generally located between 3rd Street, NW,
and 4th Street, NW, and north of Rhode Island Avenue, NW, that is currently designated
Moderate Density Residential/Moderate Density Commercial is changed to Medium Density
Residential/Moderate Density Commercial.
(O) The area shown in the Mayors proposed amendment #9981, bounded
by 9th Street, NW, 10th Street, NW, E Street, NW, and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, is changed
from High Density Commercial to Federal/High Density Commercial.
(P) The area shown in the Mayors proposed amendment #2123 as High
Density Residential/Medium Density Commercial, and generally a corridor on either side of
Connecticut Avenue, NW, and bounded by Macomb Street, NW, on the north and Porter Street,
NW, on the south is changed to Medium Density Residential/Moderate Density Commercial.
(Q) The areas shown in the Mayors proposed amendments 2154.1,
2154.3, 2154.23 and 2154.21 are changed and extended as follows:
(i) The area bounded by Western Avenue, 100 feet east of
45th Street, NW, the north edge of the alley that is approximately 100 feet north of Harrison
Street, NW, and Wisconsin Avenue, NW, is designated as High Density Residential/High
Density Commercial.
(ii) A Local Public Facility designation is applied to the area
bounded by Western Avenue, NW, 45th Street, NW, the north edge of the alley that is
approximately 100 feet north of Harrison Street, NW, Jenifer Street, NW, and Wisconsin
Avenue, NW.
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(R) The area generally bounded by Western Avenue, NW, Wisconsin
Avenue, NW, and Jenifer Street, NW, and designated on the existing Future Land Use Map as
Medium Density Commercial/Medium Density Residential is changed to High Density
Commercial/High Density Residential.
(S) The areas shown in the Mayors proposed amendments 2353.2 and
2353.1, on the Howard Law School property, generally in the area bounded by Connecticut
Avenue, NW, and Upton Street, NW, are changed to push north the Institutional/Low Density
Residential designation for 2353.2 to Van Ness Street, NW, and to encompass the library
building.
(T) The area generally bounded by Woodley Road, NW, Shoreham Drive,
NW, Calvert Street, NW, and 29th Street, NW, and including the area shown as the Mayors
proposed amendment #151.1, except for the area designated for LPUB at the corner of 29th
Street, NW, and Calvert Street, NW, is striped Low Density Commercial, creating High Density
Residential/Low Density Commercial and Medium Density Residential/Low Density
Commercial areas.
(U) The area shown in the Mayors proposed amendment #5001 and
generally bounded by Western Avenue, NW, Military Road, NW, Livingston Street, NW, and
42nd Street, NW, is changed to Moderate Density Residential/Institutional.
(V) The area shown in the Mayors proposed amendment #5013, at the
southeast corner of Nebraska Avenue, NW, and Connecticut Avenue, NW, is changed to
Moderate Density Commercial/Medium Density Residential.
(W) The area shown in the Mayors proposed amendment #2803, on the
western side of Wisconsin Avenue, NW, from Idaho Avenue, NW, to Lowell Street, NW, is
changed so that the Moderate Density Commercial Designation extends only as far south as the
existing Low Density Commercial Designation, midblock between Macomb Street, NW, and
Lowell Street, NW
(X) The area occupied by Childrens Hospital, Square 2950, Lot 808, and
generally located in the area bounded by 14th Street, NW, Fern Street, NW, Dahlia Street, NW,
and 13th Street, NW, extended is changed from Federal to Institutional.
(Y) The change shown as the Mayors proposed amendment #2377 to the
area generally bound by Aspen Street, NW, Willow Street, NW, and Laurel Street, NW, is
rejected. The area retains the existing Future Land Use Map designation of Low Density
Commercial/Low Density Residential / Institutional.
(Z) The change shown as the Mayors proposed amendment #1590 to the
area generally located at the northeast corner of South Dakota Avenue, N.E., and Kennedy
Street, N.E., is rejected. The area retains the existing Future Land Use Map designation of
Moderate Density Commercial/Low Density Residential.
(AA) The change shown as the Mayors proposed amendment #9946 to
the area generally located at the southwest corner of First Place, N.E., and Riggs Road, N.E., is
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rejected. The area retains the existing Future Land Use Map designation of Parks, Recreation,
and Open Space.
(BB) The change shown as the Mayors proposed amendment #649 to the
area generally located between 14th Street, N.E., 17th Street, N.E., and Otis Street, N.E., is
rejected. The area retains the existing Future Land Use Map designation of Institutional.
(CC) The change shown as the Mayors proposed amendment #2503 to
the area generally located at the northeast corner of 13th Street, N.E., and Rhode Island Avenue,
N.E., is rejected. The area retains the existing Future Land Use Map designation of Moderate
Density Residential.
(DD) The change shown as the Mayors proposed amendments #1614,
1678, and 2072, to the area generally bounded by Okie Street, N.E., Fenwick Street, N.E.,
Gallaudet Street, N.E., and Kendall Street, N.E., is rejected. The area retains the existing Future
Land Use Map designation of Production, Distribution, and Repair.
(EE) Square 3636, Lot 5, generally the area bounded by Franklin Street,
N.E., 7th Street, N.E., and the Metrorail line to the east is changed from Production, Distribution,
and Repair to Production, Distribution, and Repair/Moderate Density Residential/Moderate
Density Commercial.
(FF) The change shown as the Mayors proposed amendment #1920 is
rejected in part. The area north of Franklin Street, N.E. retains the existing Future Land Use
Map designation of Production, Distribution, and Repair. The area generally south of Franklin
Street, N.E., and bounded by the centerline of the alley approximately 100 feet north of Evarts
Street, N.E., and the centerline of the alley that is approximately 100 feet west of 10th Street,
N.E., and 280 feet west of 10th Street, N.E., is changed to Moderate Density
Residential/Production Distribution and Repair.
(GG) The change shown as the Mayors proposed amendments #2419.2
and #2419.3, to the area generally west of the Metrorail line and extending between R Street,
N.E., to W Street, N.E., is rejected. The area shown in the Mayors proposed amendment
#2419.2 is changed to Moderate Density Residential/Production, Distribution, and Repair.
(HH) A portion of the area shown in the Mayors proposed amendment
#9997 as Medium Density Commercial/Medium Density Residential, and generally bounded by
Michigan Avenue, N.E., Newton Street, N.E., and 10th Street, N.E. (Square 3826, Lot 0800;
Square 3826, Lot 0014; Square 3826, Lot 0009; Square 3826, Lot 0010; Square 3826, N.E.
corner of Lot 0804) is changed to Parks, Recreation, and Open Space.
(II) The area shown in the Mayors proposed amendment #2191 as
Moderate Density Commercial/Medium Density Residential, and generally bounded by Rhode
Island Avenue, N.E., Montana Avenue, N.E., Saratoga Avenue, N.E., and Brentwood Road,
N.E., is changed to remove all of the proposed Moderate Density Commercial except for the area
currently designated as Moderate Density Commercial on the existing Future Land Use Map.
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(JJ) The area shown in the Mayors proposed amendment #1691 as High
Density Commercial/Medium Density Residential/Parks, Recreation, and Open Space, and
generally bounded by First Street, NW, Michigan Avenue, NW, North Capitol Street, and Evarts
Street, NW (extended), is changed to Medium Density Commercial/Medium Density
Residential/Parks, Recreation, and Open Space.
(KK) The change shown as the Mayors proposed amendments #1906 and
#2061.5 to the area generally north of Michigan Avenue, N.E., east of the Metrorail line, and
west of 10th Street, N.E., is rejected. The area retains the existing FLUM designation of
Production, Distribution, and Repair/Moderate Density Commercial.
(LL) The area generally bounded by Florida Avenue, N.E., 5th Street,
N.E., 6th Street, N.E., and Morse Street, N.E., is changed from Moderate Density
Residential/Medium Density Commercial to Medium Density Residential/High Density
Commercial.
(MM) The change shown as the Mayors proposed amendment #9928 to
the area generally south of I Street, S.W., between 3rd Street, S.W., and 4th Street, S.W., is
rejected. The area retains the existing FLUM designation of Moderate Density Residential.
(NN) Lots 2, 819-825 and 833-835 in Square 365, and Lot 30 in Square
397, generally on the northern corners of 9th Street, NW, and P Street, NW, and currently
Moderate Density Residential, Medium Density Residential/Medium Density Commercial, and
Local Public Facility are changed to Medium Density Commercial/Medium Density Residential.
(OO) The change shown as the Mayors proposed amendment #9903 to
the area generally on the southwest corner of D Street, N.E., and 14th Street, N.E., west of
Kentucky Avenue, N.E., is changed from Commercial Low Density/Residential Medium Density
is changed to Commercial Low Density/Residential Moderate Density
(PP) The area shown in the Mayors proposed amendment #2373 at the
northeast corner of 12th Street, S.W. and Maryland Avenue, S.W., is changed to High Density
Residential/High Density Commercial.
(QQ) The changes shown as the Mayors proposed amendments # 1587
and #9978 to the area located between Martin Luther King Jr Avenue, S.E., and 2nd Street, S.E.,
are rejected. The areas retain the existing FLUM designation of Low Density Residential.
(RR) The area bounded by W Street, S.E., Pleasant Street, S.E., 13th
Street, S.E., and east of the area designated for mixed use Medium Density Residential/Medium
Density Commercial, is changed from Moderate Density Residential to Medium Density
Residential/Low Density Commercial.
(SS) Square 2596, Lots 1057 and 1054, generally located on the south side
of Mount Pleasant Street, NW, along Kenyon Street, NW, are changed from Low Density
Commercial to Moderate Density Residential/Low Density Commercial.
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(TT) The property located at 3515 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Lot 0020,
Square 1911 and occupied by the Washington Ballet is changed from Moderate Density
Residential to Institutional/Medium Density Residential.
(UU) Square 5126, Lots 92, 808, and 810, generally bounded by 44th
Street, N.E., and Sheriff Road, N.E., and currently Moderate Density Residential is changed to
Low Density Commercial/Moderate Density Residential.
(VV) Lot 13 in Square 5545, Parcel 02060122 and Parcel 02060066, at the
northeast corner of the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E., and 30th Street, S.E., and
currently designated Low Density Residential is changed to Moderate Density Residential.
(WW) Square 6170S Lots 35, 36, 38, 807, 808, 809, and 810, generally
bounded by Brandywine Street, S.E., to the north, Chesapeake Street, S.E., to the south, First
Street, S.E., to the east, and a public alley to the west, is changed from Moderate Density
Residential to Moderate Density Residential/Low Density Commercial.
(XX) The area shown as the Mayors proposed amendment #707 is
changed from Medium Density Residential/Moderate Density Commercial/Local Public
Facilities to High Density Residential/Moderate Density Commercial/Local Public Facilities.
(YY) Square 2875 bounded by 9th Street, NW, V Street, NW, 8th Street,
NW, and Florida Avenue, NW, is changed f