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Zoning panel considers easing split-zone rules to let lower-density FAR move to denser portion of lots
Summary
Office of Planning proposed a clarification to the rules governing split-zone lots that would allow the density generated in a lower-density portion of a parcel to be used on the more permissive portion of the same lot.
Office of Planning proposed a clarification to the rules governing split-zone lots that would allow the density mathematically generated by the lower-density portion of a split lot to be used on the more permissive portion of that same parcel.
Joel Lawson, associate director for development review at the Office of Planning, told the commission the change is primarily a clarification and limited expansion of an existing process: "we're proposing to allow that for the entire portion of the property zone, zoned R 2," he said, describing how the current practice restricts transfers from…
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