Section 11-1323. HS OVERLAY ARTS SUB-DISTRICT (HS-A)

 

1323.1The HS Overlay Arts Sub-district is intended to encourage arts and entertainment uses.

 

1323.2For the purposes of §§ 1320.3(c), 1323.4 and 1326.1(a), preferred uses are:

 

(a)Art center;

 

(b)Art gallery;

 

(c)Art or performing arts school;

 

(d)Artist housing;

 

(e)Artist studio;

 

(f)Artists' supply store;

 

(g)Arts services, including set design and restoration of artworks;

 

(h)Bar, nightclub, or cocktail lounge;

 

(i)Book store;

 

(j)Cabaret;

 

(k)Coffee shop, café, or delicatessen;

 

(l)Concert hall or other performing arts space;

 

(m)Library;

 

(n)Movie theater;

 

(o)Museum;

 

(p)Musical instruments store;

 

(q)Performing arts ticket office or booking agency;

 

(r)Photographic studio;

 

(s)Picture framing shop;

 

(t)Printing, lithographing, or photoengraving establishment, in each case not exceeding twenty-five hundred square feet (2,500 ft.2) of gross floor area;

 

(u)Record store;

 

(v)Recording studio;

 

(w)Restaurant; and

 

(x)Theater.

 

1323.3The floor area ratio in the HS-A Sub-district for new construction may not exceed 1.0 FAR for non-residential uses except as provided in § 1323.4.

 

1323.4New construction that preserves an existing façade constructed before 1958 is permitted 0.5 FAR in addition to the non-residential FAR permitted in the underlying zone for non-residential preferred uses listed in § 1323.2.

 

authority

The Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia (the “Commission”), pursuant to its authority under §§ 1 and 3 of the Zoning Act of 1938, approved June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 797, 799; D.C. Official Code §§ 6-641.01 and 6-641.0).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 1708, 1717 (March 10, 2006).