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@David Alpert- I think the difference on Capitol Hill and on some of the "between" streets in Dupont/Logan is lot size. I think that's antiquated and would support a change to allow a more units per building and I think BZA should certainly grant variances for those now. I do know that just behind me on Swann there are two new condo rowhouses of 3 stories plus basement and each has 4 units. They were built after we became R4, but there may have been some grandfathering. At any rate there are plenty of R5 rowhouses adaptable to multi-unit which haven't been.

@Walker- I can tell you from experience that voting in local elections is a readily obtainable fact. In my former ANC and in other elections I helped with it became apparent that residents of rowhouses, including condo units in rowhouses, voted close to 100% in all elections, including just local ones. OTOH a couple of middle-to-upper income apartment and condo buildings with over 50 units had almost no voting by registered residents in purely local elections. And forget them coming to neighborhood meetings, etc. unless their particular ox were being gored.

by Tom Coumaris on Jun 20, 2012 3:30 pm • link • report

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