5423772 Zoning Commission Notice of Public Hearing: Case No. 15-08 (Office of Zoning – Text Amendment to § 3180.1(c))

ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

TIME AND PLACE:                       Monday, June 1, 2015, @ 6:30 p.m.
 Jerrily R. Kress Memorial Hearing Room
 441 4^th Street, N.W. Suite 220-S
 Washington, D.C.  20001

 

FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE FOLLOWING:

 

CASE NO. 15-08 (Office of Zoning – Text Amendment to § 3180.1(c))

 

THIS CASE IS OF INTEREST TO ALL ANCs

 

On March 26, 2015, the Office of Zoning (“OZ”) filed a memorandum that served as a petition requesting the Zoning Commission to establish a fee for a Board of Zoning Adjustment application to expand a chancery use when there is no associated expansion of the existing gross floor area.  OZ also requested the Commission to waive §§ 3011.1 and 3011.2 of the Zoning Regulations, which would have required the Office of Zoning to first refer the petition to the Office of Planning for review and recommendation.  Finally, OZ requested expeditious advertisement of the public hearing and that the Commission adopt the amendment on an emergency basis.  The OZ memorandum served as the supplemental filing described in § 3013.1. 

 

At a public meeting held on March 30, 2015, the Zoning Commission voted to grant the waivers, set down the petition for a hearing, and give notice of the hearing 30 days prior to hearing date, rather than the 40 day period stated in § 3014.1.  The Commission also adopted the amendment on an emergency basis and authorized the immediate publication of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which will also give formal notice of the emergency action.

 

The following amendment to the Board of Zoning Adjustment Rules of Practice and Procedure is proposed.  New text is shown in underlined, bold type:

 

Title 11 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations, ZONING, Chapter 31, BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE, § 3180.1(c) is amended as follows:

 

(c)        For an application for permission to locate, replace, or expand a chancery in an R‑5-D, R-5-E, or SP District or in the Diplomatic (D) Overlay District, or to reconstruct an existing chancery that is destroyed in an R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5-A, R-5-B, or R-5-C District, either:

(1)        Sixty-five dollars ($65) for each one hundred square feet (100 sq. ft.) or part thereof of gross floor area; or

(2)        Five hundred dollars ($500) when the expansion does not result in an increase to gross floor area, such as the erection or enlargement of a fence.

 

Proposed amendments to the Zoning Regulations and Map of the District of Columbia are authorized pursuant to the Zoning Act of 1938, approved June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 797; D.C. Official Code § 6‑641.01 et seq.).

 

The public hearing on this case will be conducted as a rulemaking in accordance with the provisions of § 3021 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations, Title 11, Zoning.  The Commission will impose time limits on any testimony presented at the public hearing.

 

All individuals, organizations, or associations wishing to testify in this case should file their intention to testify in writing.  Written statements, in lieu of personal appearances or oral presentations, may be submitted for inclusion in the record.

 

Information should be forwarded to the Secretary of the Zoning Commission, Office of Zoning, Suite 210-S, 441 4^th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.  20001.  Please include the number of the particular case and your daytime telephone number. 

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, YOU MAY CONTACT THE OFFICE OF ZONING AT [phone].

 

ANTHONY J. HOOD, MARCIE I. COHEN, ROBERT E. MILLER, PETER G. MAY, AND MICHAEL G. TURNBULL -------- ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, BY SARA A. BARDIN, DIRECTOR, AND BY SHARON S. SCHELLIN, SECRETARY TO THE ZONING COMMISSION.