Section 11-2912. LOADING

2912.1 Loading shall be provided as required in chapter 22 for the C-3-C District.

2912.2 The Zoning Commission may, as a special exception, permit the reduction, elimination, relocation or consolidation of loading facilities, provided that the applicant demonstrates that:

(a) The proposed number of loading facilities will be adequate to serve the related uses;

(b) The loading facilities are designed such that loading and unloading of service vehicles would be accomplished without the need to move goods and materials across public areas;

(c) The proposed loading facilities would not tend to affect adversely other modes of transportation using the adjacent public or private transportation way, as defined in § 2900.5;

(d) The proposed loading facilities would not tend to affect adjacent properties adversely; and

(e) The Commission may impose conditions as to screening, lighting, coping, setbacks, fences, location of entrances and exits, widening of abutting transportation ways, or any other requirement it deems necessary to protect the adjacent property and the safety and function of other modes of travel.

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

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 4788, 4801 (June 3, 2011).