How will IZ fit the density bonus into a neighborhood?
Answer from the Office of Planning.
What is the role of the Zoning Commission, DC Council and Mayor in creating & implementing IZ?
From the Zoning Commission regarding Inclusionary Zoning Program
(See Full Order Here)
Z.C. NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING & ORDER NO. 04-33A
February 12, 2007
Through its publication of Order No. 04-33 in the August 18, 2006 edition of the D.C. Register,the Zoning Commission established a mandatory Inclusionary Zoning program. Essentially, the program applies to new residential developments with ten or more units and certain additions to existing residential developments. Such developments and additions must devote a portion of their gross floor area to be sold or rented to low- or moderate-income households at less than market-rate amounts. Bonus density of up to 20% additional gross floor area is made available to properties subject to these requirements. The Order indicated that subject properties would be mapped within an overlay district, but left the selection of those areas to this proceeding.
The Commission did not adopt regulations governing the administration and enforcement of the program, believing that the Council of the District of Columbia was the proper forum to enact such measures or to delegate some or all of that responsibility to the Mayor. In December of 2006, the Council enacted and the Mayor signed the Inclusionary Zoning Implementation Act Of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-632). That act is now undergoing Congressional review and is projected to become effective on March 12, 2007. Among other things, the act authorized the Mayor to adopt a series of administrative provisions by regulation and, because none of the fiscal impacts of the program were included within the District’s FY 07 budget, provides that the act “shall apply subject to the inclusion of its fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan.”
