Barge Living In Georgetown

[DFW HOYA]

"If the economics work and people actually enjoy living in lovingly repurposed steel husks, the architects on the project have bigger dreams, including floating hundreds of sea container apartments on a barge in the Potomac and creating a homeless village on the river to serve Georgetown."

Is the Potomac River under ANC jurisdiction?

www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/shipping-container-apartment-being-erected-in-washington-this-week/2014/07/20/50adbd04-0e01-11e4-b8e5-d0de80767fc2_story.html

[hoyatables]

Yes, they do have jurisdiction to comment on District actions in the Potomac. The ANC boundary includes the entire portion of the Potomac adjacent to Georgetown. This makes sense.

If I recall correctly, the District has jurisdiction over all of the Potomac, right up to the Virginia side and even including some land on the Virginia side in a couple of places.

The real question is what District laws actually govern this. I know the Zoning Commission has said before that they have jurisdiction over structures within the water.

And never mind the ANC. The Old Georgetown Board would flip out (if they even have jurisdiction).

[TC]

Two words : party barge. By day, docked in Georgetown, by night in international waters.

[BubbleVisionBiff]

Could you float an 8,000 seat basketball arena up the river 18 times a year?

[DFW HOYA]

Jul 22, 2014 15:26:39 GMT -5 BubbleVisionBiff said:

Could you float an 8,000 seat basketball arena up the river 18 times a year?

Too bad the the USS Yorktown can't make it under the Key Bridge.