Note his final sentence of "McMillan, anyone?"
Court remands Brookland project to zoning panel in ruling that could set precedent for future development bids
The D.C. Court of Appeals has issued a potentially precedent-setting opinion that not only tosses the Zoning Commission’s approval of a controversial Brookland development, but also may force the commission to change the way it reviews and OKs projects.
The court on Thursday vacated, for the second time, the commission’s June 2012 approval of a planned-unit development slated for 901 Monroe St. NE in Brookland, on a 60,000-square-foot parcel two blocks from the Brookland-CUA Metro station. The project — from the Menkiti Group, Esocoff & Associates, Horning Brothers and Jim Stiegman — was approved for more than 200 apartments and 13,000 square feet of retail. The site includes the Colonel Brooks Tavern, which closed in 2012.
The appeals court ruling remands the PUD to the zoning panel for further review, to decide whether the project is too dense for the community, to address the policy that requires protection of existing homes on the site, and “to determine whether, in light of the commission’s conclusions on these issues, the commission should grant or deny approval of the project.”
But this case is larger than the incredibly divisive 901 Monroe St. NE.
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Anthony Hood the Chair of the DC Zoning Commission was quoted at the last McMillan hearing
ReplyDelete"no body testified to saving all 25 acres of McMillan for Park".
This shows obviously that he did not listen to or read the dozens of VMP opponents, virtually all supporting saving the entire 25 acres.
Unethical PR campaign to subvert community opposition to VMP,
Please see the City Council hearing video below, Brookland residents landscape architect Mary Pat Rowan and historic restoration artist Daniel Wolkoff testify to Muriel Bowser Chair of the City Council Committee on Economic Development. This link goes to the testimony on McMillan Park from February 2014
http://youtu.be/uXkOgHV7Lhw