Section 11-1401. USE PROVISIONS (RC)

 

1401.1The following uses shall be prohibited in the RC Overlay District:

 

(a)Antenna tower in excess of twenty feet (20 ft.) in height;

 

(b)Any use prohibited in the CR District by § 602.1, except a parking lot as permitted by § 1403.2;

 

(c)Assembly hall, auditorium, or public hall;

 

(d)Automobile laundry;

 

(e)Automobile or truck sales;

 

(f)Automobile rental agency that stores or services automobiles within the

RC Overlay District;

 

(g)Bar or cocktail lounge;

 

(h)Billiard parlor or pool hall;

 

(i)Boat or other marine sales;

 

(j)Bowling alley;

 

(k)Bus passenger depot;

 

(l)Drive-through;

 

(m)Funeral mortuary or other similar establishment;

 

(n)Gasoline service station or repair garage;

 

(o)Hotel or inn;

 

(p)Motorcycle sales or repair;

 

(q)Movie theater;

 

(r)Off-premises alcoholic beverage sales;

 

(s)On-premises dry cleaning establishment;

 

(t)Parcel delivery service establishment other than one exclusively dedicated

to serving a sound stage or a movie, video, or television production facility that existed on April 26, 1991;

 

(u)Restaurant or fast food establishment;

 

(v)Satellite reception dish greater than fifteen feet (15 ft.) in diameter;

 

(w)Transient accommodations that are not home occupations;

 

(x)Veterinary hospital; and

 

(y)Video game parlor.

 

 

1401.2Except as provided in §1401.3, if any of the principal uses prohibited by § 1401.1 would be permitted as an accessory use in the underling zone district, that accessory use is also prohibited in the RC Overlay District.

 

1401.3Notwithstanding § 1401.2, the off-premises beer and wine sales accessory use in the grocery store located in Square 2572, Lot 36 may continue as a matter of right provided that it shall not occupy more than 2,078 square feet of the store’s gross floor area.

 

1401.4  Notwithstanding § 1401.1, the Zoning Commission may approve a planned unit development that permits a hotel use integrating the First Church Christ Scientist building on a new lot created by combining Lots 872, 875, and 127 of Square 2560, and within such hotel, but only within the First Church Christ Scientist building, permit a restaurant and bar use; provided that the Zoning Commission may also permit food and alcohol to be served in the enclosed pool, the meeting rooms, the guestrooms, and the rooftop area located in the proposed addition to the First Church Christ Scientist building/or so long as such addition and the First Church Christ Scientist building are being operated together as a hotel.

 

authority

The Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia (the “Commission”), pursuant to its authority under § 1of the Zoning Act of 1938, approved June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 797, 799; D.C. Official Code §§ 6-641.01 (2008 Repl.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 38 DCR 2384, 2386 (April 26, 1991); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 9741-43 (December 8, 2000), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 8335, 8448 (October 20, 2000); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 54 DCR 9393,9399 (September 28, 2007); as amended by Final Rulemaking and Order No. 08-17 published at 57 DCR 2304 (March 19, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 3635 (March 15, 2013).