Section 11-1561. FORT TOTTEN OVERLAY DISTRICT (FT)

 

1561.1The Fort Totten (FT) Overlay District is established to allow existing industrial businesses to remain and expand and to propose land use control policies to further implement the Comprehensive Plan.

 

1561.2The FT Overlay District is applied to the area that is immediately north and south of Fort Circle Park (also known as Fort Drive Park), and shall be mapped in combination with the C-3-A, CR, C-M-1, and M Districts.

 

(a)North of Fort Circle Park:

 

(1)The zone district boundaries of the FT/C-3-A Overlay District shall begin at the intersection of First Place and Riggs Road, N.E., and proceed as follows:

 

West along the center line of Riggs Road to the north/south alley that is immediately west of and parallel to First Place; south along the center line of that alley to Ingraham Street; east along the center line of Ingraham Street to First Place; south along the center line of First Place to the north property line of Parcel 124/141; east along the north property line of Parcel 124/141 and then continue east along the north property line of Parcel 124/140 (also known as Lot 804 in Square 3700); east along an imaginary line that represents the easterly extension of the north property line of Parcel 124/140; continue east along that imaginary line until it intersects a second imaginary line that represents the westerly extension of the property line between Lots 5 and 808 of Square 3767; continue east along the second imaginary line and the property line between Lots 5 and 808 to the alley in Square 3767; north along the center line of that alley to Kennedy Street; west, north, and then east along the perimeter of an existing R-5-A District boundary line that encompasses Parcel 137/78 (also known as Lots 3, 4, and 800 in Square 3766) to South Dakota Avenue; north along the center line of South Dakota Avenue and then northwesterly along the center line of the vehicular ramp (which connects Riggs Road and South Dakota Avenue) to Riggs Road; west along the center line of Riggs Road to the point of origin; and

 

(2)The zone district boundaries of the FT/CR Overlay District shall be the boundaries of the existing C-M-1 District that is immediately north of Fort Circle Park and south of the FT/C-3-A Overlay District as described in § 1561.2(a) (1); and

 

(b)South of Fort Circle Park:

 

(1)The zone district boundaries of the FT/M Overlay District shall be the identical boundaries of the existing M District that is immediately south of and contiguous to Fort Circle Park; and

 

(2)The zone district boundaries of the FT/C-M-1 Overlay District shall be the identical boundaries of the existing C-M-1 District that is immediately south of and contiguous to Fort Circle Park.

 

1561.3The purposes of the FT Overlay District are to:

 

(a)Encourage a scale of development and a mixture of building and land uses as generally required by the Comprehensive Plan;

 

(b)Encourage future residential and commercial development by means of the provisions of the underlying CR and C-3-A Districts while enabling existing industries that provide jobs, tax revenues, and critical support functions for development of the District of Columbia to remain in the District; and

 

(c)Protect surrounding residential areas from the adverse impacts of existing industrial support uses by means of the buffering standards provided in this overlay district.

 

authority

The Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia (the “Commission”), pursuant to its authority under §§ 1, 3, and 8 of the Zoning Act of 1938, approved June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 797, 798, and 799; D.C. Official Code §§ 6-641.01, 6-641.03, and 6-641.07).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 42 DCR 2585, 2586 (May 26, 1995); 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, 8465-66 (October 20, 2000).