Section 11-1999. DEFINITIONS

 

1999.1The provisions of § 199 of chapter 1 of this title, and the definitions set forth in that section shall be incorporated by reference in this chapter.

 

1999.2When used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed:

 

Department store - a single retail store, in excess of fifty thousand square feet (50,000 ft.2) of gross leasable area, that is:

 

(a)Involved in the sale of, among other things, apparel and furnishing;

 

(b)Organized into departments or sections that are integrated under single management; and

 

(c)Operated under a single certificate of occupancy.

 

Gross leasable area - the sum of the floor area occupied by the business or use, as measured from the exterior faces of the walls encompassing the space, and including any stairways, elevator shafts, escalators, or mechanical areas inside the perimeter walls occupied by multiple tenants or multiple uses; the central elevator core or cores, associated lobbies, stairways, and mechanical areas shall be excluded from gross leasable area if they serve the building as a whole.

 

Transient parking - parking spaces provided for short-term parking in a parking garage or parking lot. The applicant shall submit to the Zoning Administrator a plan for ensuring that the spaces will be used for transient parking consistent with the purposes of this chapter. The Zoning Administrator shall send a copy of the application to the D.C. Department of Transportation and to the Office of Planning for review and report within fifteen (15) days of the referral.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 37 DCR 1392, 1403 (February 23, 1990); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 39 DCR 8323, 8326 (November 13, 1992); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 54 DCR 6943, 6950 (July 20, 2007).