Section 11-2916. GROUND FLOOR AREAS REQUIRED TO BE DEVOTED TO PREFERRED USES

2916.1One hundred percent (100%) of the ground floor H Street frontage of building units shall be occupied by the preferred uses listed in §§ 1710 and 1711, except for space devoted to building entrances or lobbies, space required to be devoted to fire control, or space dedicated to transit or rail entrances or passenger circulation.

2916.2Banks or financial institutions identified in § 1710.1(h) shall occupy no more than one hundred (100) total linear feet of ground floor H Street frontage, and no more than fifty feet (50 ft.) of ground floor H Street frontage in any one building unit.

2916.3No single commercial occupancy shall occupy more than one hundred (100) total linear feet of ground floor H Street frontage.

2916.4The entire ground floor of all building units shall have a minimum slab to slab height of fourteen feet (14 ft.), except for those spaces within the ground floor of any building unit devoted to the following uses:  mechanical, electrical, and plumbing; storage; fire control; loading; and retail corridors and service corridors.

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, 4802 (June 3, 2011).