1327 Girard Street NW

Columbia Heights

A zoning map amendment application has been filed with DC to rezone 1327 Girard Street NW, along with the neighboring rowhouse properties at 1337 and 1339 Girard Street, from RF-1 to RA-4. The rezoning would clear the way for a nine-story apartment building with more than 30 units on the vacant westernmost parcel, which has been unoccupied since around 2012. The proposed building would deliver an unusually family-sized unit mix: nearly every apartment is a two-bedroom, with four two-bed/two-bath units on floors two through nine, plus a handful of units in the cellar and on the first floor. The jump from RF-1 to RA-4 is a significant one, raising the maximum height on the site from 35 feet to 90 feet and lot coverage from 60% to 75%. The project would also be subject to Inclusionary Zoning, adding affordable units to the mix.