4419628 Public Oversight Roundtable Notice on, "District of Columbia Zoning Regulations Review"

CHAIRMAN PHIL MENDELSON

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC OVERSIGHT ROUNDTABLE

on

District of Columbia Zoning Regulations Review  

on

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

10:30 a.m., Council Chamber, John A. Wilson Building

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

 

Council Chairman Phil Mendelson announces a public oversight roundtable of the Committee of the Whole on the District of Columbia Zoning Regulations Review.  The public oversight roundtable will be held Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at 10:30 a.m., or immediately following the public roundtable on PR 20-327 and PR 20-330, in the Council Chamber of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. 

 

The purpose of the oversight roundtable is to receive testimony from both public and government witnesses on the status of the District’s Zoning Regulations Review (ZRR).  The ZRR has been a comprehensive, 5-year process of review of and revision to the District’s zoning regulations that is nearing completion for submission to the Zoning Commission.  The process has involved various District agencies and substantial community outreach.  The Office of Planning is currently reviewing the revised regulations with the Zoning Review Task Force, with plans for proposing set down of the text by the Zoning Commission by July 2013.  There has been significant public interest in, and concern with, several of the proposed revisions, and a similar hearing was held by the Committee on this issue on October 5, 2012.  The Committee again invites testimony regarding the pending ZRR, including an update on the status of the ZRR, community concerns surrounding the proposals, and the government’s response to those concerns.       

 

Those who wish to testify are asked to telephone the Committee of the Whole, at
[phone], or e-mail Jessica Jacobs, Legislative Counsel, at [e-mail] and provide their name, address, telephone number, and organizational affiliation, if any, by the close of business Friday, June 28, 2013.  Persons wishing to testify are encouraged, but not required, to submit 15 copies of written testimony.  If submitted by the close of business on June 28, 2013, the testimony will be distributed to Councilmembers before the roundtable.  Witnesses should limit their testimony to five minutes; less time will be allowed if there are a large number of witnesses. 

 

If you are unable to testify at the roundtable, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record.  Copies of written statements should be submitted to the Committee of the Whole, Council of the District of Columbia, Suite 410 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20004.  The record will close at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16, 2013.