Section 11-209. COMMUNITY CENTERS (R-1)

 

209.1Use as a community center building, park, playground, swimming pool, or athletic field operated by a local community organization or association shall be permitted as a special exception in an R-1 District if approved by the Board of Zoning Adjustment under § 3104, subject to the provisions of this section.

 

209.2A community center shall not be organized for profit, but shall be organized exclusively for the promotion of the social welfare of the neighborhood in which it is proposed to be located.

 

209.3A community center shall offer no articles of commerce for sale in the center.

 

209.4A community center shall not likely become objectionable in a Residence District because of noise or traffic.

 

209.5The use of a community center shall be reasonably necessary or convenient to the neighborhood in which it is proposed to be located.

 

source

§ 3101.45 of the Zoning Regulations, effective May 12, 1958; renumbered by Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 6916, 6918 (September 16, 1988); and as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 9741 (December 8, 2000), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 8335, 8350 (October 20, 2000).