Section 10-A1902. LAND USE

 

1902.1Land use statistics for the Anacostia Waterfront Planning Area appear in Figure 19.1. The area includes 1,884 acres of land and 1,295 acres of water. The Planning Area represents about five percent of the District of Columbia’s land area. 1902.1

 

1902.2About 75 percent of the Planning Area is in public ownership. Almost 30 percent of the Planning Area consists of parks and open space. Much of this land is adjacent to the waterfront and is under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service. Street rights of way are the second largest land use, representing about 25 percent of the total area. Non-park federal uses represent 22 percent of the land area, including Fort McNair and the Navy Yard. 1902.2

 

1902.3Figure 19.1: Land Use Composition in Lower Anacostia Waterfront 1902.3

 

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1902.4Residential uses account for just nine percent of the land area and are concentrated in Southwest DC. Commercial and industrial uses comprise about nine percent of the Planning Area and are primarily located at Buzzard Point, along the Southwest Waterfront, in the near Southeast, and at Waterside Mall. 1902.4

 

1902.5Public facilities comprise three percent of the area. Institutional uses comprise about one percent of the area. Approximately 51 acres-just under three percent of the Planning Area-consists of vacant, unimproved private land. 1902.5

 

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