Reasonable Resources: Use, Share, Add
The following are resources just beginning to culled by the network of campaigns facing similar problem projects and issues. Please use, share and send us any more resources that you believe deserve a spot on this page.
• DC Laws
• DC CODE (Actual Directory of Current DC Code = Laws) [Update :: 8/5/14 :: City has prevented people from seeing DC code online]
Nonviolent Strategies & Methods of Dissent
KEY DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AGENCIES
• DC Office of Planning
• DC Office of Zoning
• DC Dept. of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs
• DC Office of the Attorney General
• DC Office of the Independent Auditor
See the Mayor's Cabinet!
FOIA CENTER
• The City's new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) online portal
• Check out FOIA templates and more links here.
DC's Housing Issues
• Link to DC's Housing Policies and Posture
• Title 10 - DC's Comprehensive Plan
• Title 11 - DC's Zoning Regulations
• Title 12 - DC's Construction Codes
Title 12 adopts the Intl Building Code.
• Title 14 - DC's Housing Codes
CONSTRUCTION PERMITS
• Review DC Property Specific Permit Activity
• Track Status of Specific Permit
• General DCRA Permit Info:
Overview of Permitting Process | About DCRA's Permits | Permits & Environmental Review
DC Taxpayer Service Center
• Real Property Assessment Database - Search specific property for ownership and value
Planned Unit Development (PUD)
The ZC hears and decides requests for special multi-purpose projects referred to as Planned Unit Developments (PUDs). A PUD is a planning tool which allows a developer greater flexibility in site planning and building design. This flexibility permits the developer to incorporate amenities in the project that exceed those that could have been achieved under the general provisions of the Zoning Regulations. When a project is designated as a PUD, the ZC usually mandates the development of standards specifically tailored to the project.
Connecting and Sharing is Important for Positive Change!
Consider the DC4RD website a network of information and resources which examines 21st Century development and how it unfolds here in the National Capital city. Can it be better? Can there be development without displacement? Can planning officials actually follow their own rules? These are just some questions for a modern humankind which seeks open and transparent planning, cooperation, meaningful participation, and astute findings substantiated by facts and reasoning to get to much better development and life outcomes. For, its impossible that anyone thinks DC is on the right track considering 60,000 Black folks have been made gone from our city in the past twenty years of #buildmore at any expense.
DC4RD IS SERVING THE ENTIRE CITY ACROSS ALL LINES AND LOOKING TO TEAR DOWN IGNORANCE
DC4RD is an unincorporated association formed by participating DC residents for the non-profit civic purpose of reviewing, evaluating, and acting on development projects, policies, and laws affecting neighborhoods throughout our city, Washington, D.C..