Section 11-1570. CAPITOL HILL COMMERCIAL OVERLAY DISTRICT (CHC)

 

1570.1The Capitol Hill Commercial (CHC) Overlay District is established to implement the goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan, particularly those land use objectives and policies relating to improving the physical condition of Capitol Hill through the provision of functional, efficient, and attractive commercial areas; minimizing conflicts between various land uses; locating more intensive and active land uses in areas of Capitol Hill that can accommodate and support such uses; stabilizing and improving commercial areas in portions of Capitol Hill; ensuring the integrity of the Capitol Hill Historic District; and developing and establishing special land use categories to meet the unique characteristics of the commercial areas of Capitol Hill.

 

1570.2The purposes of the CHC Overlay District are to:

 

(a)Implement § 1735.1(w) of the Comprehensive Plan, Title 10 DCMR;

 

(b)Encourage the adaptive use and reuse of existing buildings, many of which are located in the Capitol Hill Historic District, particularly with respect to the portions of the buildings that exceed the commercial floor area ratio permitted in the underlying zone districts;

 

(c)Concentrate nonresidential uses in Commercial Zone Districts in certain areas of Capitol Hill, thereby enhancing and protecting the residential character of the areas surrounding the Commercial Districts and relieving pressure to use properties zoned residential for commercial uses; and

 

(d)Provide appropriate incentives for new infill construction that is compatible with the Capitol Hill Historic District and its predominance of low scale row house structures.

 

1570.3The CHC Overlay District encompasses the geographic area in southeast and northeast Washington generally identified as follows:

 

(a)Massachusetts Avenue, N.E./Stanton Park corridor, between 2nd Street and 6th Street, N.E.;

 

(b)Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E., between 2nd Street and 4th Street, S.E.;

 

(c)Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E., between 6th Street and 13th Street, S.E.;

 

(d)Eighth Street, S.E., between Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E., and the Southeast Expressway; and

 

(e)Seventh Street, S.E., between North Carolina Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E.

 

1570.4The CHC Overlay District shall include all of the following lots or squares zoned C-2-A and CAP/C-2-A:

 

(a)Square 755: those lots that abut Massachusetts Avenue, N.E.;

 

(b)Square 756: those lots that abut Massachusetts Avenue, N.E., and D Street, N.E.;

 

(c)Square 762: those lots that abut Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E.;

 

(d)Square 781: those lots that abut Massachusetts Avenue, N.E.;

 

(e)Square 782: those lots that abut Massachusetts Avenue, N.E.;

 

(f)Square 789: those lots that abut Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E.;

 

(g)Square 790: those lots that abut Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E.;

 

(h)Square 813: those lots that abut Stanton Park (also known as Stanton Square) and C Street, N.E.;

 

(i)Square 814: those lots that abut Stanton Park (also known as Stanton Square) and C Street, N.E.;

 

(j)Square 837: those lots that abut Stanton Park (also known as Stanton Square) and C Street, N.E.;

 

(k)Square 838: those lots that abut Stanton Park (also known as Stanton Square) and C Street, N.E.;

 

(l)Square 873;

 

(m)Square 874: those lots that abut Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E.;

 

(n)Square 900: those lots that abut 7th Street, S.E.;

 

(o)Square 902: those lots that abut 8th Street, S.E., and D Street, S.E.;

 

(p)Square 903: those lots that abut 8th Street, S.E.;

 

(q)Square 904: those lots that abut 8th Street, S.E.;

 

(r)Square 925: those lots that abut 8th Street, S.E.; D Street, S.E.; and Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E.;

 

(s)Square 926: those lots that abut 8th Street, S.E.;

 

(t)Square 928;

 

(u)Square 947;

 

(v)Square 948;

 

(w)Square 972: those lots that abut Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E.;

 

(x)Square 973: those lots that abut E Street, S.E., and Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E.;

 

(y)Square 994: those lots that abut Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E.;

 

(z)Square 1019: those lots that abut Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E., and 12th Street, S.E.; and

 

(aa)Square S1019.

 

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 49 DCR 9064, 9070-73 (October 4, 2002); as corrected by Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 10594, 10600-10603 (November 22, 2002).