Section 11-1900. GENERAL PROVISIONS (ARTS)

 

1900.1The Uptown Arts-Mixed Use (ARTS) Overlay District is applied to the Commercial and Mixed Use Districts in the following squares and portions of squares in the 14th and U Streets, N.W., area: 202 through 211, 234 through 242, N242, 272, 273, 274, 303, 304, 305, 331, 332, 333, 358 through 361, 393, 416, 440, 441, and the portions of squares 2875 and 2877 that are south of V Street.

 

1900.2The purposes of the ARTS Overlay District are to:

 

(a)Encourage a scale of development, a mixture of building uses, and other attributes such as safe and efficient conditions for pedestrian and vehicular movement, all of which will be as generally required by the Comprehensive Plan;

 

(b)Require uses that encourage pedestrian activity, especially retail, entertainment, and residential uses;

 

(c)Provide for an increased presence and integration of the arts and related cultural and arts-related support uses;

 

(d)Expand the area's housing supply in a variety of rent and price ranges;

 

(e)Expand business and job opportunities, and encourage development of residential and commercial buildings;

 

(f)Strengthen the design character and identity of the area by means of physical design standards;

 

(g)Encourage adaptive reuse of older buildings in the area and an attractive combination of new and old buildings; and

 

(h)Foster eighteen (18) hour activity and increased public safety.

 

1900.3The ARTS Overlay District and the underlying zoning shall constitute the Zoning Regulations for the geographic area identified in § 1900.1. Where there are conflicts between this chapter and the underlying zoning, the more restrictive regulations shall govern.

 

1900.4The requirements of this chapter shall apply to all new construction and to any addition, alteration, or repair that within any twenty-four (24) month period exceeds seventy-five percent (75%) of the assessed value of the building; provided:

 

(a)The cost basis for alterations or additions to an existing building shall be the amount indicated by the applicant on the application for a building permit; and

 

(b)The assessed value of the building shall be the value in the records of the Office of Tax and Revenue as of the date of the building permit application.

 

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 37 DCR 1392, 1395 (February 23, 1990); 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, 8490-91 (October 20, 2000); as corrected by Errata Notice published at 58 DCR 4314, 4316 (May 20, 2011).