Tuesday, March 14, 2017

new to Bloomingdale: new construction 2nd buildings on residential lots that are residences (and not garages)

This is something new for Bloomingdale.

Bloomingdale has one-story garages that abut alleys.

Bloomingdale also has a small collection of two-story carriage houses that abut alleys.

Of course, Bloomingdale has its share of pop-ups and pop-backs.

Bloomingdale has yet to have any new buildings constructed behind the main house (other than new construction one-story non-residential garages).

Until now.

Both 20 Channing Street NW and 14 Channing Street NW -- which have extremely long lots -- are getting new construction 2nd buildings not physically attached to the main house (except for a "connecting" trellis.)

By providing a connection between the two structures, DCRA says it is one building. The "meaningful connection" is labeled covered by trellis.

The new building gets three stories and basement -- and a roof deck. 

The new 2nd buildings to be constructed in the back yard will be residential and not garages.

It would appear that all of this work is matter-of-right.  No zoning relief is needed, I believe.

New ground for Bloomingdale!

From PIVS: 


THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDES THE CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY ROWHOUSE TO A 2-FLAT CONDOMINIUM WITH ADDITIONS TO THE REAR AND 3RD STORY. THE WORK INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO: - DEMOLITION OF SELECT BEARING AND NON-BEARING MEMBERS - DEMOLITION OF INTERNAL STAIRS AND EXISTING FINISH



See these two PDFs:

20 Channing St NW Plat Plans for New 3 Story Separate Bldg 2017 03 12 by Scott Roberts on Scribd

                                         

7 comments:

Linwood Norman said...

Are there no zoning regulations in DC?

Other cities at least require approval from adjacent landowners, if not the entire neighborhood!

MLD said...

New style carriage House/Alley dwelling. Very interesting!

Scott Roberts of Bloomingdale said...

I would not classify the new construction residential buildings on the lots of 20 Channing and 14 Channing St NW as "alley dwellings," since they do not abut the alley. Both projects have parking pads leading onto the lot from the alley. So parking spaces abut the alley.

The 3-story + basement residential buildings to be constructed are mid-backyard.

So not "alley dwellings."

Unknown said...

I'm trying to understand how the folks in the front house access their back door here. There's the trellis-covered walkway, but is there some sort of path past the side of the rear house that I'm not getting from these plans?

Scott Roberts of Bloomingdale said...
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Scott Roberts of Bloomingdale said...

The new construction second building in the middle of the backyard has an internal walkway from front to rear that runs the entire length of the house to allow people from the current existing rowhouse that abuts the street to access the alley. The internal walkway in the 2nd house is in the basement and is along one wall of the house lengthwise. So the basement area of the new 2nd house loses some space in order to accommodate this full-length interior access walkway to the rear parking pad/alley. As far as I know -- this is a first for Bloomingdale.

Unknown said...

And just to add - the original house will also have an "internal walkway", in the same location, so the people in the rear house have access to the street, which I think, is a zoning requirement.