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Office of Planning proposes new Cleveland Park and Woodley Park mixed‑use zones to add housing along Connecticut Avenue
Summary
The Office of Planning presented text and map amendments to create NMU‑8A (Cleveland Park) and NMU‑9A (Woodley Park) zones that would raise allowable FAR and heights along Connecticut Avenue, target new ground‑floor retail and upper‑floor housing, and apply IZ/IZ‑Plus; commissioners requested written follow‑ups on comp‑plan consistency, mandatory setbacks and IZ affordability levels.
The District of Columbia Office of Planning on Dec. 1 presented a proposal to rezone parts of Connecticut Avenue to allow more housing and commercial activity near the Cleveland Park and Woodley Park Metro stations.
OP representative Maxine Brown Roberts told the Zoning Commission the text and map amendment (case 25‑09) would create two new neighborhood mixed‑use zones — NMU‑8A (Cleveland Park) and NMU‑9A (Woodley Park) — designed to implement 2021 Comprehensive Plan recommendations and the Connecticut Avenue development guidelines. “The proposed text and map amendment would provide new opportunities for the provision of new housing as well as housing for more moderate and low income residents of all racial and ethnic backgrounds,” Brown Roberts said.
Why it matters: OP framed the rezoning as a transit‑oriented effort to revitalize underused commercial corridors, add hundreds of homes and support ground‑floor businesses. The proposal includes…
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