Section 11-1732. PERMITTED GROUND FLOOR USES (DD/MVT)

 

1732.1For the purposes of identifying the location of permitted ground floor uses, the Mount Vernon Triangle District is divided into the following three Areas:

 

(a)The Principal Intersection Area as defined in § 1723.1;

 

(b)The Secondary Use Area, which comprises the areas with frontage along the portions of Squares 515 and 516 between the centerpoint of 4th Street and the centerpoint of the public alley in Square 515 existing on [the effective date of this section] that is approximately three hundred sixty (360) feet west of 4th Street; and

 

(c)The Primary Use Area, which comprises all areas not defined in § 1732.1 (a) or (b) with frontages along K Street in Squares 451, 483, 484, 484W, 515, or Square 516; or with frontages on 5th Street in Squares 483, 484, 515, or 516.

 

1732.2The following uses may be established on the ground floor of any building located in the Primary or Secondary Use Area:

 

(a)Antique store;

 

(b)Artist live-work space or artist studio, with sales;

 

(c)Apparel and accessories store;

 

(d)Art center;

 

(e)Art gallery;

 

(f)Art school, including school of dance, photography, filmmaking, music, writing, painting, sculpturing, or printmaking;

 

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

 

(h)Assembly hall, auditorium, public hall or other performing arts space, including rehearsal/pre-production space or concert hall;

 

(i)Auction house;

 

(j)Bakery, limited to baking of food sold on premises;

 

(k)Bicycle shop;

 

(l)Barber or beauty shop;

 

(m)Blueprinting, printing or copy service;

 

(n)Book store;

 

(o)Cabaret;

 

(p)Candy store;

 

(q)Clinic;

 

(r)Computer store;

 

(s)Concert hall or other performing arts space;

 

(t)Cosmetic store;

 

(u)Camera store;

 

(v)Craftsman or artisan studio, with sales;

 

(w)Dance hall, discotheque, or ballroom;

 

(x)Department store;

 

(y)Dinner theater;

 

(z)Dressmaking or tailor shop;

 

(aa)Drinking place, including bar, nightclub or cocktail lounge;

 

(bb)Drug store;

 

(cc)Dry cleaner;

 

(dd)Fabric store;

 

(ee)Fast food establishment, excluding drive-through;

 

(ff)Film exchange;

 

(gg)Florist and plant store;

 

(hh)Furniture store;

 

(ii)Gift, novelty, and souvenir shop;

 

(jj)Grocery store;

 

(kk)Hardware store;

 

(ll)Health or exercise studio;

 

(mm)Hobby, toys and game shop;

 

(nn)Home furnishing store;

 

(oo)Home supply and decorating store;

 

(pp)Jewelry store;

 

(qq)Liquor store;

 

(rr)Leather goods and luggage store;

 

(ss)Legitimate theater;

 

(tt)Library, public;

 

(uu)Lobbies for apartment, condominium or other residential uses;

 

(vv)Theater, including motion picture theater;

 

(ww)Museum;

 

(xx)Musical instruments and accessories sales;

 

(yy)Newsstand;

 

(zz)Office supplies and equipment sales;

 

(aaa)Optical goods store;

 

(bbb)Paint store;

 

(ccc)Pet store;

 

(ddd)Picture framing studio or shop;

 

(eee)Printing, fast copy service;

 

(fff)Radio, television, and consumer electronics store;

 

(ggg)Restaurant;

 

(hhh)Secondhand store or consignment shop;

 

(iii)Shoe repair and shoeshine parlor;

 

(jjj)Shoe store;

 

(kkk)Specialty food store;

 

(lll)Sporting goods store;

 

(mmm)Telegraph office;

 

(nnn)Television and radio broadcast studio;

 

(ooo)Tobacco store;

 

(ppp)Travel agency, ticket office;

 

(qqq)Variety store;

 

(rrr)Video tape rental; and

 

(sss)Other similar personal/consumer service establishment or retail use including assemblage and repair clearly incidental to the principal use.

 

1732.3The following uses may be established on the ground floor of any building located in the Secondary Use Areas defined in § 1732.1:

 

(a)Accountant;

 

(b)Apartment or condominium entered directly from street;

 

(c)Architect;

 

(d)Attorney;

 

(e)Bail bondsman;

 

(f)Bank, loan office, or financial institution;

 

(g)Counseling service;

 

(h)Consultant - general;

 

(i)Dentist, doctor, or medical office;

 

(j)Employment agency;

 

(k)Escrow agent;

 

(l)Government;

 

(m)General office uses;

 

(n)Health clinic;

 

(o)Insurance broker;

 

(p)Laboratory;

 

(q)Landscape architect;

 

(r)Mortgage broker;

 

(s)Public agency office;

 

(t)Real estate agent, appraiser, broker, developer;

 

(u)Social service agency office;

 

(v)Stockbroker;

 

(w)Tax preparer;

 

(x)Title company;

 

(y)Trust company; and

 

(z)Utility company, Offices of.

 

1732.4The following uses may be established on the ground floor of any building located in any of the three Areas defined in § 1732.1:

 

(a)Book store including restaurant;

 

(b)Cabaret;

 

(c)Drinking place, including bar, nightclub or cocktail lounge;

 

(d)Restaurant; and

 

(e)Other uses permitted in the Primary Area, provided that within such uses there exists accessory restaurant or drinking place uses (including, but not limited to, bar, nightclub, or cocktail lounge uses), that occupy at least fifty percent (50%) of the gross floor area of the permitted principal use(s) and at least forty percent (40%) of the permitted principal use(s) linear frontage on the public right of way.

 

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 53 DCR 7860 (September 29, 2006); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 54 DCR 9393, 9400 (September 28, 2007).