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Zoning commission approves modification to 801 Main Avenue PUD, keeps IZ unit totals
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Summary
The Zoning Commission approved a modification without hearing to a previously approved PUD for 801 Main Avenue that allows entrance relocation for loading/parking and permits residential units to be offered for rent or sale with specified inclusionary zoning affordability levels.
The Zoning Commission approved final action on a modification to a planned unit development at 801 Main Avenue that will allow the applicant to relocate entrances to the underground parking garage and loading facilities and to offer residential units either for rent or for sale.
The modification, approved 4-0-1, preserves the total number of inclusionary zoning (IZ) units while setting affordability levels at up to 60% of area median family income (MFI) for rental IZ units and up to 80% MFI for for-sale IZ units, in accordance with Subtitle C §1003.7. “I just wanna underscore that the modification…does not affect the total number of IZ units,” Commissioner Imamura said during the discussion.
Office of Zoning staff noted the Office of Planning’s report recommending approval and that the community party, Capital Square Homeowners Association, had not filed a response within the requested period. Commissioners characterized the architectural and floor-plan changes—principally allowing flexibility in the ground and first-floor plans for garage and loading access—as minor. Commissioner Wright said, “I think this is pretty straightforward,” and expressed support for the modification including the possibility of for-sale IZ units.
Chair Anthony Hood moved to approve the modification; the motion passed on a roll-call vote 4-0-1 with Commissioner Stidham not present. The commission asked that the applicant provide a draft summary order if the Office of Zoning Legal Division (OZLD) finds it legally sufficient.
The modification is administrative: it does not change the previously approved total number of IZ units and does not adopt new affordability rules beyond those noted in the Commission’s decision. If OZLD finds the draft summary order insufficient, the Commission left next steps to staff and the applicant.
Proper names, legal citations, and contesting parties remain in the administrative record, and the Office of Zoning indicated the applicant may submit the draft summary order for legal sufficiency review.
