D.C. zoning overhaul stokes residents' fears

As Baltimore prepares to make its first zoning changes in more than 40 years, planning officials in Washington, D.C., are rewriting that city's zoning rules for the first time in 54 years, and the process is increasing residents' anxieties about growth, the Washington Post reported.

The proposed D.C. changes are small — allowing a corner store here, fewer parking spaces there — but the debate has grown in recent months, pitting longtime residents and civic activists against city officials and…