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Neighbors press BZA on solar-panel impacts as Institute of Caribbean Studies seeks use variance
Summary
The Institute of Caribbean Studies asked the BZA to restore residential use and add two affordable for-sale units at a long-vacant PDR1 lot; OP and the ANC supported the application, but nearby homeowners raised concerns a new building would cast winter shadows on rooftop solar panels. The board left the record open for applicant follow-up with the neighbor and a solar-provider update.
The District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment on Dec. 3 heard an application from the Institute of Caribbean Studies seeking a use variance to allow nonprofit office space on the ground floor and two for-sale affordable housing units above at a narrow PDR1 lot on 3rd Street NE. The Office of Planning recommended approval, and the applicant said the project is part of a DHCD-backed redevelopment that must deliver two deeply affordable for-sale units.
Alex Wilson, counsel for the applicant, told the board the 17.8-foot-wide lot is functionally constrained by the PDR transition-setback requirements that would otherwise prevent most by-right or commercial uses. The applicant said the project will include nonprofit program space on the first floor and two two-bedroom for-sale units priced at roughly 50% and 80%…
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