Section 10-A1802. LAND USE

 

1802.1Excluding water, the Far Southeast/Southwest Planning Area comprises 4,687 acres, which represents about 12 percent of the city’s land area. Figure 18.1 indicates the land use mix in the area. 1802.1

 

1802.2Figure 18.1: Land Use Composition in Far Southeast/Southwest 1802.2

 

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1802.3A majority of the land within the Planning Area-amounting to two-thirds of the total- is publicly owned. Federal properties such as Bolling Air Force Base comprise about 23 percent of the total, and parks-most of which are also under federal control-comprise 16 percent of the total. Local public facilities, consisting primarily of Blue Plains, DC Village, and school campuses, make up nine percent. Roads make up 20 percent of the total area, slightly less than they do in the other nine Planning Areas. 1802.3

 

1802.4Residential uses make up 24 percent of the total area, or about 1,060 acres. Of this amount, more than half consists of garden apartments, and about one-quarter consists of row houses and townhomes. Garden apartments predominate in Washington Highlands, Hillsdale, Barry Farm, Fort Stanton, Shipley Terrace, Douglass, and Knox Hill. Only about 163 acres in the Planning Area consists of single-family detached homes, mostly located in Bellevue and Congress Heights. 1802.4

 

1802.5The area has very little commercial and industrial land. These uses make up 1.5 percent of the total area, and consist primarily of a commercial spine extending along Good Hope Road, Martin Luther King Junior Avenue, and South Capitol Street. Good Hope/Martin Luther King form a traditional “Main Street” through Historic Anacostia with many small storefronts and neighborhood businesses. Further south along this spine, there are neighborhood commercial centers at Malcolm X Avenue, Atlantic Avenue, and Southern Avenue. There are scattered small shopping centers and convenience stores elsewhere in the Planning Area. 1802.5

 

1802.6The Far Southeast/Southwest includes about 188 acres of vacant land. Although this represents just four percent of the Planning Area total, it represents nearly one-quarter of the vacant land in the entire District of Columbia. Most of this acreage is residentially zoned and is privately owned, suggesting the potential for much change during the coming years. 1802.6

 

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