Section 11-3302. PURPOSES

 

3302.1 The StE District is intended to provide for the development of this site with a mix of uses, achieved through the adaptive reuse of existing buildings as well as new construction.

 

3302.2 The StE District is intended to provide for a broad mix of uses, including residential, commercial, hospitality, educational, and civic uses consistent with the Master Plan, with a target of approximately four million two hundred thousand (4,200,000) square feet of development, exclusive of the StE-2, StE-18, and StE-19 subdistricts and specified above-grade parking.

 

3302.3 The purposes of the StE District are to:

(a) Improve community connectivity and access to and through the campus;

(b) Enhance  the unique and historic identity of the campus;

(c) Reinvigorate the campus as an important neighborhood center;

(d) Preserve and adaptively reuse the historic  resources;

(e) Embody the District’s design and sustainability goals;

(f) Create a safe public realm and enhanced pedestrian experience;

(g) Enhance multi-modal transportation networks;

(h) Support wider economic development initiatives; and

(i) Ensure a parking supply that meets the needs of the St Elizabeths site while minimizing impacts on surrounding neighborhoods and incurring acceptable impacts on the surrounding road network.

3302.4 Land Use and Urban Design principles for the StE District include:

(a) Create a safe environment by providing for a mix of uses and open spaces that are capable of being programmed to ensure vitality and social activity;

(b) Create a desirable development opportunity by providing for flexibility in uses and appropriate building heights and densities;

(c) Provide street-activating uses such as retail on the ground floor of buildings along designated public streets;

(d) Recognize the unique and historic characteristics of the site and provide for the appropriate reuse of the historic buildings and new development that will respect the site’s historic nature;

(e) Design and site new development sensitively to preserve existing gateways, vistas, and campus landmarks;

(f) Create focal points to help establish a unique sense of place and orientation;

(g) Provide for significant open space, including community parks, plazas, and natural open space on the site;

(h) Provide for the preservation of the existing ravine within subdistrict StE-19 in its current, natural state; and

(i) Promote the use of best practice environmental and stormwater management design.

 

 

authority

The Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia (Commission), pursuant to its authority under § 1 of the Zoning Act of 1938, approved June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 797; D.C. Official Code § 6-641.01 (2008 Repl.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published as 60 DCR 4834 (March 29, 2013).