Section 10-A1610. CW-2 POLICY FOCUS AREAS

 

1610.1The Comprehensive Plan identifies eight areas in Central Washington as “policy focus areas,” indicating that they require a level of direction and guidance beyond that provided in the prior section of this Area Element and in the citywide elements. These eight areas are:

 

•Metro Center/Retail Core

 

•Gallery Place/Penn Quarter

 

•Chinatown

 

•Mount Vernon District

 

•Downtown East/Judiciary Square

 

•Golden Triangle/K Street

 

•L’Enfant Plaza/Near Southwest

 

•NoMA/Northwest One. 1610.1

 

1610.2With a few exceptions, these areas exclude what is commonly thought of as the “federal city”, in other words the portions of Central Washington under federal jurisdiction. Planning for these areas, which include the Kennedy Center, the Federal Triangle, the Northwest Rectangle, the Southwest Federal Center, and East Potomac Park is the responsibility of the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC). NCPC recently launched its “National Capital Framework Plan” to address the future of these areas. NCPC and the National Park Service are also engaged in planning for the National Mall. Similarly, the Architect of the Capitol is engaged in an update of the U.S. Capitol Master Plan. The discussions below are complementary to federal policy initiatives and result in a unified vision for the future of the central city. 1610.2

 

1610.3Map 16.1: Central Washington Policy Focus Areas

 

http://www.planning.dc.gov/planning/frames.asp?doc=/planning/lib/planning/2006_revised_comp_plan/16_centralwashington.pdf

 

1610.4Table 16.2: Policy Focus areas Within and Adjacent to Central Washington

 

http://www.planning.dc.gov/planning/frames.asp?doc=/planning/lib/planning/2006_revised_comp_plan/16_centralwashington.pdf

 

notation

The provisions of Title 10, Part A of the DCMR accessible through this web interface are codification of the District Elements of the Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital. As such, they do not represent the organic provisions adopted by the Council of the District of Columbia. The official version of the District Elements only appears as a hard copy volume of Title 10, Part A published pursuant to section 9a of the District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1994, effective April 10, 1984 (D.C. Law 5-76; D.C. Official Code § 1 -301.66)) . In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions accessible through this site and the provisions contained in the published version of Title 10, Part A, the provisions contained in the published version govern. A copy of the published District Elements is available www.planning.dc.gov.