Category: Committees

NEWS: ANC 2B approves revised public space guidelines

After several months of work by our ABRA Policy Committee, the ANC at our March 2011 meeting approved a revised set of guidelines for reviewing applications for public space sidewalk cafes.  These guidelines are an update of our 1997 guidelines.

The new public space guidelines will assist the ANC in considering all applications for public space sidewalk cafes fairly and thoroughly.  Applicants file sidewalk cafe requests to the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) Public Space Committee.  If liquor is to be served, then applicants must also file such requests to the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board.  The ANC hears these applications first, and the agencies are to give the ANC’s opinion “great weight” in considering the applications.

The process of revising these guidelines began in Fall 2010.  The ABRA Policy Committee circulated a draft and solicited public comment from December through February.  The final document was recommended by the Committee and adopted by the Commission at our March 9, 2011 public meeting.

The revised guidelines are available here.

Our prior posting on this topic is available here.

NEWS: ANC 2B to hear zoning applications in public committee meetings

The ANC2B Zoning, Preservation and Development (ZP&D) Committee welcomes the community to participate in new monthly meetings — which will include consideration of zoning-related applications.

The ANC 2B  Zoning, Preservation and Development (ZP&D) Committee welcomes the community to participate in new monthly meetings — which will include consideration of zoning-related applications.

As discussed and resolved at ANC 2B’s December 2010 public meeting, hearing zoning-related applications initially at committee meetings is intended to provide preliminary review of projects and issues, to better prepare both the commission and applicants, and to allow for recommendations to the full ANC.  Many other ANCs consider already consider applications in this manner.

The ZP&D Committee also works to help ANC 2B keep track of neighborhood and city-wide issues related to zoning, preservation, and development — including the current effort to re-write the zoning regulations, ongoing and planned transportation infrastructure projects, and more.

The Committee’s regular meeting time will be the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00pm.  The first such meeting will be Tuesday, February 1st.  Unless otherwise noted, meetings will be held in the ANC2B office within the Dupont Circle Resource Center, 9 Dupont Circle, NW.

Please join us for our next ZP&D Committee meeting!

NEWS: ANC 2B seeks your comments on our Public Space Guidelines

ANC 2B’s ABRA Policy Committee is in the process of revising and updating our ANC’s 1997 Public Space guidelines, and we seek your comments!

ANC 2B is in the process of revising and updating our 1997 Public Space Guidelines, which assist us in guiding our consideration of applications for public space — namely sidewalk cafes.  Our ABRA Policy Committee has published a working draft and seeks public comment.  A link to the 1997 guidelines and a link to the working draft are below:

ANC 2B Public Space Guidelines (1997)

ANC 2B Proposed Revised Public Space Guidelines (December 2010)

You may comment below or write to Ramon Estrada (ramon.estrada@dupontcircleanc.net), chair of our ABRA Policy Committee.

Thank you for your input!