Block Lot AnalysisBy: Zack Hicks

Task 1: History

Location of Square #2934• Located in D.C. neighborhood of 16th Street

Heights, 3 miles south of Silver Spring• Georgia Ave. NW to east, Longfellow St. NW

to south, 13th St. NW to west, Madison St. NW to north

• Metrobus Route 70 runs through neighborhood

• Metrorail’s Petworth – Georgia Ave Station is 1.7 miles south of Square #2934

• Buildings are older, use Federal-style architecture

• Brick apartments in west and south, wood rowhouses in north

• Rite Aid occupies all parcels along Georgia Ave NW

Task 2: Zoning Due Diligence

Zoning Map

R-5-A

• FAR allowed: 0.9• Minimum lot size: No Minimum• Max Stories: 3• Max Height: 40 feet (90 feet for schools;

60 feet for churches; 45 feet for public recreation and community centers)

• Max lot occupancy: 60% for churches and public schools; 20% for public recreation and community centers; 40% for all other uses

• Rear yard setback: 20 feet• Side yard setback: Not less than 8 feet

C-2-A (Commercial – Fast Food/Food Delivery)

• FAR allowed: 2.5 for residential; 1.5 for other uses

• Minimum lot size: No Minimum• Max Stories: No Limit• Max Height: 50 feet• Max lot occupancy: 60% for

residential; 100% for all other uses

• Rear yard setback: 15 feet• Side yard setback: 8 feet

Tasks 3 & 4: Density Analysis

FAR Map

Lot Coverage Map

Dwelling Units Map

Parking

• Spaces for off-street parking:• 35 at Rite Aid on Georgia Ave. NW• 7 in alley between Longfellow & Madison

Sts. NW• 4 driveways with 8 possible parking spaces

• Spaces for parallel parking:• 30 on Longfellow St. NW• 30 on 13th St. NW• 26 on Madison St. NW• 20 on Georgia Ave. NW

Tasks 5 & 6: Underutilized Lots

Rite Aid, 5600 Georgia Ave. NW• Rite Aid is a single-story, suburban style

drug store with a surface parking lot of 35 spaces

• Rite Aid is the only property in Square #2934 with surface parking

• Current FAR: 0.3 (maximum FAR: 1.5)• Current lot coverage: 33% (maximum lot

coverage: 100%)• Conversely:

• this Rite Aid is relatively far from any mass transit hubs (e.g., Petworth – Georgia Ave. Metro Station), and a streetcar isn’t expected to open along Georgia Ave. NW for another decade

• Parking is thus mandatory

Change Zoning from C-2-A to CR

• Better suited for mixed uses than C-2-A

• FAR allowed: 6.0, of which no more than 3.0 is for residential purposes

• Minimum lot size: No Minimum• Max Stories: No Limit• Max Height: 90 feet• Max lot occupancy: 100% unless

specified• Rear yard setback: 12 feet• Side yard setback: 8 feet

Recommended Use: Mixed Use with Ground Level Retail

• I recommend redeveloping the Rite Aid into 2 two-story mixed-use buildings adjacent to the eastern property line

• Each building would be 12,000 square feet with retail on bottom and two levels of micro-units on top• 48 affordable micro-units in each building

• Parking would be in parking lot accessed from alley behind current Rite Aid• 40 spaces

Recommended Use: Lot Analysis

• FAR: 1.84• Lot coverage: 61%• Dwelling units: 96• Height: 40 feet

Mixed Use Building 1

Mixed Use Building 2

40 space parking lot