Section 11-2303. PARKING LOTS

 

2303.1A parking lot in any district shall conform to the following provisions:

 

(a)All areas devoted to driveways, access lanes, and parking areas shall be surfaced and maintained with an all-weather surface. In addition to traditional impervious surfaces, allowable all weather surfaces include porous (or pervious) concrete, porous asphalt, and/or mechanically-reinforced grass, excluding grass or gravel;

 

(b)The parking lot shall be designed so that no vehicle or any part of a vehicle projects over any lot line or building line;

 

(c)No other use shall be conducted from or upon the premises, and no structure other than an attendant's shelter shall be erected or used upon the premises unless the use or structure is otherwise permitted in the district in which the parking lot is located;

 

(d)No vehicular entrance or exit shall be within forty feet (40 ft.) of a street intersection as measured from the intersection of the curb lines extended;

 

(e)Any lighting used to illuminate a parking lot or its accessory buildings shall be arranged so that all direct rays of the lighting are confined to the surface of the parking lot; and

 

(f)The parking lot shall be kept free of refuse and debris and shall be landscaped. Landscaping shall be maintained in a healthy growing condition and in a neat and orderly appearance. Landscaping with trees and shrubs shall cover a minimum of five percent (5%) of the total area of the parking lot, or an area as determined by the Board of Zoning Adjustment for a parking lot otherwise requiring Board approval.

 

2303.2In addition to the requirements of § 2303.1, a parking lot located in an R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 or R-5-A District, and a parking lot located in any other district where such parking lot is contiguous to an R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, or R-5-A District, shall be screened from all contiguous residential property located in the R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, or R-5-A District by a solid brick or stone wall at least twelve inches (12 in.) thick and forty-two inches (42 in.) high or by evergreen hedges or evergreen trees that are thickly planted and maintained and at least forty-two inches (42 in.) in height when planted.

 

(a)The parking lot shall be screened from all contiguous residential property located in an R-1, R-2, or R-3 District by a solid masonry wall at least twelve inches (12 in.) thick and forty-two inches (42 in.) high; and

 

(b)All parts of the lot not devoted to parking areas, driveways, access lanes, attendant's shelter, or required screening walls shall be kept free of refuse and debris and shall be paved or landscaped. Landscaping shall be maintained in a healthy growing condition and in a neat and orderly appearance.

 

2303.3If approved by the Board of Zoning Adjustment as a special exception under § 3104, the conditions in § 2303.2 may be waived or modified.

 

2303.4Before authorizing a waiver or modification, the Board shall consider:

 

(a)The adequacy of protective and screening walls located on adjacent residential property;

 

(b)Topographic and traffic conditions; and

 

(c)Any adverse effect the requested waiver or modification of standards may have on adjacent residential property.

 

2303.5The Board may require any special treatment of the premises that it deems necessary to protect the value of adjacent property.

 

authority

The Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia (the “Commission”), pursuant to its authority under §§ 1 and 3 of the Zoning Act of 1938, approved June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 797, 799; D.C. Official Code §§ 6-641.01 and 6-641.0).

source

§§ 7404.1, 7404.2, 7404.3, and 7404.4 of the Zoning Regulations, effective May 12, 1958; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 31 DCR 6585, 6626 (December 28, 1984); and Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 9741-43 (December 8, 2000), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 8335, 8511-12 (October 20, 2000); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 859 (February 10, 2006).