Section 11-2507. BUILDINGS ON ALLEY LOTS

 

2507.1Except for use as a one-family dwelling, a structure shall not be erected, constructed, converted, altered, remodeled, restored, or repaired for human habitation on an alley lot.

 

2507.2A one-family dwelling shall not be erected or constructed on an alley lot unless the alley lot abuts an alley thirty feet (30 ft.) or more in width and has from the alley access to a street through an alley or alleys not less than thirty feet (30 ft.) in width.

 

2507.3An existing one-family dwelling located on an alley lot that abuts an alley less than thirty feet (30 ft.) in width shall not be converted, altered, remodeled, restored, or repaired for use as a one-family dwelling if the cost of the conversion, alteration, remodeling, restoration, or repair exceeds one-half of the value of the structure immediately prior to the time of the conversion, alteration, remodeling, restoration, or repair. Nonresidential structures located on these alleys shall not be converted, altered, remodeled, restored, or repaired for human habitation, regardless of cost.

 

2507.4The height of a structure erected or constructed on an alley lot shall not exceed the distance from the opposite side of the abutting alley to the outside wall of the structure nearest the alley.

 

2507.5An artist studio shall be a permitted use in a building located on an alley lot, subject to the following criteria:

 

(a)Occupancy of the building shall be limited to one artist and one apprentice for each (450 ft.2) of gross floor area;

 

(b)All operations and storage of materials shall occur inside the building;

 

(c)Incidental sales of art of the work produced by the occupants of the studio shall be permitted within the studio;

 

(d)The artist may teach the art to one or more apprentices; and

 

(e)In addition to any parking spaces that are required by § 2101 or any other provision of this title, parking for the studio use shall be provided at the rate of one (1) parking space for each three (3) occupants of the studio.

 

2507.6When approved by the Board of Zoning Adjustment as a special exception under § 3104, an alley lot in an R-4 or R-5 District may be used for any use permitted under § 333, subject to the conditions specified in that section.

 

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

§§ 7507.1 through 7507.5 of the Zoning Regulations, effective May 12, 1958 (renumbered 7601.1 through 7601.5 in the April 1981 edition of the Zoning Regulations); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 465, 466 (January 22, 1988); 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, 8527-28 (October 20, 2000).