MURIEL BOWSER
MAYOR
June 2, 2022
The Honorable Phil Mendelson
Chairman, Councilofthe District of Columbia
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504
Washington, DC 20004
Dear Chairman Mendelson:
Enclosed for consideration by the Council is the proposed resolution the Chevy Chase Small
Area Plan Approval Resolution of 2022, and the accompanying plan.
The Chevy Chase Small Area Plan serves as a guide to implement the Comprehensive Plans
policies for greater equity and sustainability and to advance the District's housing goals with a
focus on dedicated affordable housing where none exists today. Additionally, the plan envisions
the redevelopmentof the Chevy Chase Library and Community Center, which will include civic
facilities and affordable housing.
Tam proud to have made Washington, DC the first jurisdiction in the country to establish
affordable housing goals by neighborhood as part ofour 36,000 new homes by 2025 initiative.
The Chevy Chase Small Area Plan will allow us to advance more affordable housing in Rock
Creek West, where we have the largest affordable housing production goal to ensure more DC
residents have affordable options in high opportunity neighborhoods.
J look forward to the Council's prompt and favorable enactmentof this legislation.
Sincerely,
lurel Bowser
Maybr
Enclosures
1. Chevy Chase Small Area Plan Approval Resolution of 2022
Fiscal Impact Statement
say PYeN
Legal Sufficiency Memorandum
Final Draft Chevy Chase Small Area Plan
Executive SummaryofPlan Revisions
Transcriptofthe April 26, 2022, Mayoral Public Hearing
Written public comments
 WD Chairman Phil Mendelson
at the request of the Mayor
A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
To approve the proposed Chevy Chase Small Area Plan.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the Chevy Chase Small Area Plan Approval Resolution of 2022.
21 Sec. 2. Pursuant to Section 4(c)(4)of the District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act
22 of 1984 Land Use Element Amendment Act of 1984, effective March 16, 1985 (D.C. Law 5-187;
23 D.C. Official Code 1-306.03(c)(4)), the Mayor transmitted to the Council the proposed Chevy
24 Chase Small Area Plan, dated June 2, 2022.
25 Sec. 3. The Council finds that:
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27 (1) The Small Area Plan area is located in Ward 3. The planning area is bounded
28 by 41* Street NW, Military Road NW, Nevada Avenue, NW, and Western Avenue, NW.
29 (2) The Small Area Plan was initiated in March 2021. Between March 2021 and
30 April 2022, the Office of Planning led or participated in 45 community engagement events,
31 online and in-person, including a Virtual Design Workshop on January 22, 2022 and an open
32 house at the Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library on February 23, 2022.
33 (3) The Comprehensive Plan for National Capital: District Elements calls for
34 additional planning efforts in the planning area to analyze land use and policy impacts and ways
35 to capitalize on, mitigate, and incorporate anticipated growth (Policy LU 1.1.1; Section 304.8).
36 (4) The proposed Small Area Plan was published and made available to the public
37 on March 14, 2022, and a Mayoral hearing was conducted on April 26, 2022.
38 (5) The purpose of the Small Area Plan is to set a community-informed vision for
39 equitable and sustainable growth along the Connecticut Avenue corridor. The vision is to
40 facilitate housing production, especially affordable housing, and to improve connectivity and
41 vibrancy through context-sensitive redevelopment.
42 (6) The Small Area Plan is organized around six core themes envisioning Chevy
43 Chase to have:
44 (A) Inviting Social and Cultural Character ~ The Chevy Chase is inviting
45 and accessible to an increasing diversityofresidents, workers, and visitors;
46 (B) Equitable Housing Strategy Housing options in Chevy Chase are
47 expanded to accommodate a greater range of incomes, ages, and racial diversity;
48 (C) Inclusive Built Environment -The built environment along
49 Connecticut Avenue embraces well-designed and sustainable development that complements the
50 traditional features valued by residents and shoppers today;
sl (D) Thriving Retail Corridor Chevy Chase enjoys a thriving commercial
52 corridor with a convenient mix of neighborhood-serving shops and services;
33 (E) Reimagined Civic Core - The Chevy Chase Community Center and
54 Library are redeveloped to include mixed-income housing and community gathering spaces and
55 to reinforce this sites central place in the Connecticut Avenue corridor;
56 (F) Safe and Sustainable Mobility Chevy Chase is a safe and
37 comfortable place to navigate, with enhanced and accessible multi-modal infrastructure and
58 climate-friendly mobility options.
39 (7) Once approved, the Small Area Plan will provide supplemental guidance to
60 the Zoning Commission and other District agencies in carrying out the policiesofthe
61 Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital: District Elements.
62 Sec. 4. The Small Area Plan, as submitted, is approved by the Council as a small area
63 action plan.
64 Sec. 5. The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the
65 fiscal impact statement required by Section 602(c)(3) of the District of Columbia Home Rule
66 Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Code 1-233(c)(3)).
67 Sec. 6. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
 Government of the District of Columbia
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
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Fitzroy Lee
Acting Chief Financial Officer
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Phil Mendelson
Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia
FROM: Fitzroy Lee
Acting Chief Financial Officer
DATE: May 24,2022 tta~Lee
SUBJECT: Fiscal Impact Statement - Chevy Chase Small Area Plan Approval
Resolutionof2022
REFERENCE: Draft resolution as provided to the Office of Revenue Analysis on May
19,2022
Conclusion
Funds are sufficient in the fiscal year 2022 and proposed fiscal year 2023 through fiscal year 2026
budget and financial plan to implement the resolution,
Background
Enactment of the proposed resolution will approve the Chevy Chase Small Area Plan (Plan), which
provides vision, guidelines, and strategies for implementation of the District's Comprehensive Plan?
in the Chevy Chase neighborhood, which is defined by the following boundaries: 41* Street N.W.,
Military Road, N.W., Nevada Avenue, N.W, and Western Avenue, N.W.
Financial Plan Impact
Funds are sufficient in the fiscal year 2022 and proposed fiscal year 2023 through fiscal year 2026
budget and financial plan to implement the resolution.
The Plan provides a land use and design framework for implementing recommendations in the Plan
area and does not commit District resources to implement such recommendations.
The latest draft ofthePlan isavailableat httos://planning.dc.gov/page/chevy-chase-small-area-plan.
2 The Districts Comprehensive Plan is available at httos://planning.dc.gov/comprehensive-plan.
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 203, Washington, DC 20004 (202)727-2476
www.cfo.degov
 GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
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ATTORNEY GENERAL
KARL A. RACINE
Legal Counsel Division
MEMORANDUM
TO: Bryan Hum
Director
Office of Policy and Legislative Affairs
FROM: _ Brian K. Flowers
Deputy Attorney General
Legal Counsel Division
DATE: May 19, 2022
SUBJECT: Legal Sufficiency Review of the Chevy Chase Small Area Plan Approval
Resolution of 2022
(AD-22-294)
This is to Certify that sais ostce has reviewed the above-
referenced resolution and that we have found it to be legally sufficient. If you have any
questions in this regard, please do not hesitate to call me at 724-5524.
Buan K. Flowers
Brian K. Flowers
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CONTENTS
2 Executive Summary
4 Introduction
16 Recommendations
20 Inviting Social and Cultural Character
24 Inclusive Built Environment
28 Reimagined Civic Core
32 Equitable Housing Strategy
36 Thriving Commercial Corridor
40 Safe and Sustainable Mobility
44 Urban Design
47 Character Areas
50 Urban Design Guidelines
60 Implementation
64 Glossary of Terms
65 Data Sources
66 Acknowledgments
Executive Summary
The Chevy Chase Small Area Plan (CCSAP) is a
guide for the community, District government,
housing providers, property owners, and advocacy
organizations to implement the Comprehensive
Plans policies for greater equity and sustainability.
Developed during the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2021
VISION
and 2022, the CCSAP sets a community-informed The vision of the CCSAP is to
vision in advance of future development proposals
advance more equitable and
within the neighborhood and in relation to broader
local and metropolitan growth patterns. environmentally sustainable
growth along the Connecticut
The prospect of physical change, and the Avenue corridor to support
community planning process for it, are new for the an inclusive Chevy Chase
Chevy Chase neighborhood, which has many long- community and thriving
time residents and established local businesses.
The small area planning process required
commercial main street.
substantial education, outreach, and engagement.
The CCSAP was led by the DC Office of Planning
(OP) and supported by the Advisory Neighborhood
Commission (ANC) and the devoted volunteers of
the neighborhoods active community organizations,
many of whom served on the plans Community The CCSAP vision is rooted in a people-centered
Advisory Committee. planning and design approach that aligns with
citywide priorities of housing production, economic
With no major development in the CCSAP study recovery, and racial equity. Most significantly, the
area in over five decades, physical change is not CCSAP envisions a corridor that offers dedicated
expected to be swift or widespread. Rather, change affordable housing options, where none exist today.
will likely be incremental and organic, as individual
property owners may decide to redevelop in The CCSAP builds on the many positive
future years. More certain is the redevelopment of characteristics of the Chevy Chase community
the Chevy Chase Library and Community Center to achieve a more sustainable and equitable
facilities, which are situated on District-owned neighborhood development pattern through the 21st
property and are poised to include a mixed-income Century. The CCSAP frames success in achieving
housing component. The public process for this vision around the six themes of:
designing and developing this reimagined civic
core in Chevy Chase will follow the adoption of 1. An inviting social and cultural character
the CCSAP. This public investment in community 2. An inclusive built environment
development and housing equity has the potential 3. A reimagined civic core
to catalyze subsequent private investment in the 4. A thriving retail corridor
Connecticut Avenue corridor. Private redevelopment 5. An equitable housing strategy
will often be subject to future project-level zoning 6. Safe and sustainable mobility
changes, which will leverage additional density
permitted in the Districts updated Comprehensive
Plan to provide dedicated affordable housing units,
enhanced building design, and improved public
spaces. These zoning changes are public processes
that are guided by the recommendations and design
guidelines in this small area plan.
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Six Themes of the CCSAP Vision
INVITING SOCIAL AND CULTURAL EQUITABLE HOUSING STRATEGY
CHARACTER
Housing options in Chevy Chase are expanded to
Chevy Chase is inviting and accessible to an accommodate a greater range of incomes, ages,
increasing diversity of residents, workers, and and racial diversity to advance the Districts housing
visitors who participate in and contribute to the equity goals, support the commercial main street,
social life of the neighborhood while supporting a and enhance the social and economic well-being of
more resilient and connected community. the community.
INCLUSIVE BUILT ENVIRONMENT THRIVING RETAIL CORRIDOR
The built environment along the Connecticut Chevy Chase enjoys a thriving commercial corridor
Avenue corridor embraces well-designed and with a convenient mix of neighborhood-serving
sustainable development that complements the shops and services along Connecticut Avenue.
traditional features of Chevy Chase and those
valued by the community today.
REIMAGINED CIVIC CORE SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY
The redevelopment of the Chevy Chase Community Chevy Chase is a safe and comfortable place to
Center and Library takes a coordinated approach navigate, with enhanced and accessible multi-modal
rooted in community engagement to include mixed- transportation infrastructure that supports more
income housing and community gathering spaces climate-friendly mobility options.
while strengthening the sites role as the social and
physical heart of the Connecticut Avenue corridor.
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INTRODUCTION
This Small Area Plan addresses the need for housing, particularly
affordable housing in Chevy Chase, with design recommendations
for cohesive and context-sensitive future development.
The CCSAP establishes a long-range land use and The CCSAP also identifies opportunities to
urban design framework to advance more equitable improve neighborhood connectivity, nourish an
and environmentally sustainable growth along the active neighborhood-serving main street, create
Connecticut Avenue corridor to support an inclusive inviting public spaces that are accessible to all, and
Chevy Chase community and thriving commercial strengthen this portion of the Connecticut Avenue
main street. The CCSAP was developed through corridor as a welcoming gateway into the District.
a collaborative community engagement process These goals will be achieved through anticipated
and is rooted in a people-centered planning and incremental change, over many years, to the built
design approach to implement Comprehensive Plan environment, catalyzed in part by reimagining the
policies focusing on housing production, economic Chevy Chase Community Center and Library to
recovery, and racial equity. include mixed-income housing.
Most significantly, the vision and recommendations The CCSAP study area is in upper Northwest of
outlined in the following chapters promote the the District of Columbia, along the boundary with
creation of dedicated affordable housing options Montgomery County, Maryland. The study area
where none exist today, with design guidance for is located entirely within Advisory Neighborhood
cohesive and context sensitive future development. Commission (ANC) 3/4G, specifically Single Member
Districts 05 and 06, which are within Ward 3.
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Military Road, NW, Nevada Avenue, NW, and Western
Avenue, NW. This area includes side streets with low-
density residential land use (semi-detached/detached
homes) and Connecticut Avenues medium-density
residential land use (apartments and condominium