Section 11-3303. USES

3303.1 The following use categories are applicable to the StE District:

(a) Agriculture - The on-site cultivation, or maintenance of plants, or the breeding or keeping of animals and livestock intended for personal use or eventual sale or lease off-site, including but not limited to: farm, truck garden, beekeeping, greenhouse, dairy, horticultural nursery, or community garden;

(b) Animal Sales, Care, and Boarding - The on-site sale, medical care, or short term boarding of animals for a fee, which may include licensed veterinary practices such as medicine, surgery, or dentistry for animals, the provision of animal services such as grooming, training, or care-taking, including but not limited to pet shop, veterinary clinic or hospital, pet grooming establishment, dog day care center, animal boarding facility, animal sales establishment, or animal shelter;

(c) Antennas - Any structure involving conducting, transmitting, or receiving communication signals, encompassing the portions of the structure responsible for signal transmission and reception, any associated towers, commercial broadcast antenna, mobile telecommunication antenna, microwave dish, satellite earth station, whip, or yagi antennas immediately related support and stabilizing elements, and rotating or other directional mechanisms;

(d) Arts Design and Creation - The on-site design, rehearsal, or creation of visual, auditory, or performance art. This use may encompass work space for artists, artisans, or craftsmen practicing fine arts or applied arts or crafts, and may include the sale of items created on the site; including but not limited to artist studio, artisan production including kiln-fired, metal-working, wood-working, furniture making and glass-blowing arts, photographic studio, recording studio, radio, or broadcasting studio, or arts incubator;

(e) Basic Utilities - The commercial or governmental generation, transmission, distribution, or storage of energy, water, stormwater, cable, or telecommunication-related information, commonly taking the form of infrastructure services which are provided city-wide including but not limited electrical sub-station, telephone exchange, optical transmission node, electronic equipment facility, sewer plant, water treatment plant, methods and facilities for renewable energy generation, or utility pumping station;

(f) Chancery - The principal offices of a foreign mission used for diplomatic or related purposes, and annexes to such offices (including ancillary offices and support facilities), including the site and any building on such site that is used for such purposes;

(g) Community-based Institutional Facility - Monitored care to individuals who have a common need for treatment, rehabilitation, assistance, or supervision in their daily living; have been assigned to the facility; or are being detained by the government, other than as a condition of probation, including, but not limited to, adult rehabilitation home, youth rehabilitation home, or detention or correctional facilities;

(h) Daytime Care - The non-residential licensed care, supervision, counseling, or training, for a fee, of individuals who are not related by blood, adoption, or marriage to the caregiver, and who are present on the site for less than 24 hours per day, including, but are not limited to: child care centers and programs, pre-schools, nursery schools, before-and-after school programs, or elder care centers and programs;

(i) Education – Education and academic institutions that provide District or state mandated basic education or educational uses of higher learning which offer courses of general or specialized study leading to a degree as well as accessory play areas, dormitories, cafeterias, recreational, or sports facilities; including, but not limited to, private schools, public or charter schools at the elementary, middle, junior high, or high school level; colleges, community colleges, universities, or boarding schools;

(j) Emergency Shelter - Any use providing thirty (30) days or less of temporary housing to indigent, needy, homeless, or transient individuals as well as providing ancillary services such as counseling, vocational training, or similar social and career assistance;

(k) Entertainment, Assembly, and Performing Arts - Facilities designed primarily for public assembly that enables patrons to experience visual, auditory, performance, or literary arts; attend sporting events or conferences; or participate in active leisure activities, typically characterized by activities and structures that draw large numbers of people to specific events or shows, including, but not limited to bowling alley, miniature golf, movie theatre, concert hall, or stadium;

(l) Food and Alcohol Services - The sale of food, alcoholic drinks, or refreshments prepared on the premises and sold to customers for immediate consumption on or off the premises, including, but not limited to: prepared food shop, café, delicatessen, restaurant, fast food establishment, bar, nightclub, ice cream parlor, or coffee shop;

(m) Health Care - The on-site licensed provision of medical diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of illness or disease of humans, or medical or surgical care to patients including, but not limited to: dentist, doctor, optician, hospitals, clinics, or medical offices;

(n) Institutional - Any non-governmental use involving the public assembly of people or provision of services for social, cultural, or religious purposes and which may include uses of a public, nonprofit, or charitable nature generally providing local service on-site to people of a local community, including, but not limited to, private clubs, private libraries, non-profit social service providers, or religious facilities;

(o) Large Scale Government - Any use involving services owned, managed, or provided by a governmental entity and associated with providing regional or wider services, including, but are not limited to: airports, jails, truck dispatch facilities or police/fire training facilities;

(p) Local Government - Services owned, managed, or provided by local government and associated with providing neighborhood-scaled services to meet the community needs of the directly adjacent areas, including, but not limited to: public community centers, police stations, libraries, or fire stations;

(q) Lodging - Temporary housing for an agreed upon term of less than thirty (30) consecutive days; offered to the public for compensation, and open to transient rather than permanent guests, including, but not limited to, hotels, motels, inns, or bed and breakfast establishments;

(r) Motor Vehicle-related - On-site sale, rental, service, maintenance, or refueling of motor vehicles or their components. These uses include the sale, installation or repair of parts, components, accessories, or fuel for motor vehicles, including, but not limited to, gas service station, auto repair facility, carwash, automobile sales, boat sales, or motorcycle sales;

(s) Office - On-site administrative, business, professional, research, or laboratory-based activities.  These uses are characterized by activities in an office setting that focus on the provision of off-site sale of goods or on-site information-based services, usually by professionals, including, but not limited to, real estate agency, law firm, accounting firm, advertising agency, stockbrokerage firm, or laboratory;

(t) Open Space - Land that is intended to be preserved in a largely natural state;

(u) Parking - The on-site short- or long-term storage of motor vehicles, including surface lots or within structures, including, but not limited to: parking accessory to another use, public parking lot, public parking garage, and private garage;

(v) Parks and Recreation - Publicly accessible passive or active open space or a structure or facility under the jurisdiction of a public agency that is used for community recreation activities, including, but not limited to: public plazas, parks, outdoor recreation, community gardens, areas devoted to recreational activities such as picnicking, boating, fishing, bicycling, tennis, or swimming, and structures or other recreation facilities such as auditorium, multi-purpose room, gymnasium, meeting space, open space, playground, playing court, golf course, playing field, or swimming pool, with associated accessory uses such as kitchen facilities;

(w) Production, Distribution, Light Industrial, and Repair - The on-site production, distribution, repair, assembly, processing, or sale of materials, products, innovative technology, or goods intended for a wholesale, manufacturing, or industrial application, including, but not limited to, centralized services or logistics for retail uses, wholesale goods establishments, outdoor material storage, warehouse, ground shipping facility, or wholesale sales;

(x) Residential - Any use offering habitation to one or more households on a continuous basis established by tenancy with a minimum term of a month or property ownership, including, but are not limited to: single dwelling unit, multiple dwelling units.  This use category includes residential facilities that provide housing and supervision for persons with disabilities, which may include twenty-four-(24-) hour on-site supervision, lodging, and meals for individuals who require supervision within a structured environment, and which may include specialized services such as medical, psychiatric, nursing, behavioral, vocational, social, or recreational services, including but not limited to community residence facilities, retirement homes, substance abusers’ home, youth residential care home, assisted living facility, floating homes, and other residential uses;

(y) Retail - The on-site sale of goods, wares, or merchandise directly to the consumer or persons without a resale license, typically to individuals in small quantities for their direct use, including, but not limited to, uses such as antique shop, drugstore, department store, card shop, grocery store, jewelry store, fabric store, or pawn shop but not including firearm sales;

(z) Service - The contracting of work that does not necessarily result in a tangible commodity, typically providing personal services or small-scale product repair or services for consumer and business goods on-site, including, but not limited to: bank, appliance repair, travel agency, fitness center, yoga studio, shoe repair, tailor, or parcel delivery service; and

(aa) Transportation Infrastructure - Structures or conveyances designed for individual mode or multimodal public transportation purposes, including, but not limited to: land or facilities for the movement or storage of transportation system components, streetcar or bus passenger depots, transportation rights of way, Metro stations, mass transit stations, bus stops, bicycle paths, bus transfer stations, accessways, airports, bicycle facilities, multi-use paths, pedestrian connections, or streets.

3303.2 The uses listed in § 3303.1 shall be permitted by-right in all subdistricts of the StE District, except as limited in §§ 3303.3 to 3303.8.

3303.3 Within the StE-19 subdistrict, no use is permitted except for Open Space and Transportation Infrastructure.

3303.4 Uses permitted within the StE-10 and StE-14a subdistricts shall be in accordance with the R-4 use provisions of 11 DCMR § 330 which includes but is not limited, to rowhouses, flats, attached or detached dwellings, and other uses compatible with a low to moderate density residential zone.

3303.5 Accessory uses, buildings, or structures customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal uses permitted in § 3302 shall be permitted in any StE District except StE-19 as a matter of right, subject to the limitations in Chapter 25 of this title.

3303.6 Preferred uses described in § 3305 shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of that section.

3303.7 The following uses shall be permitted in the StE District as a special exception if approved by the Board of Zoning Adjustment pursuant to the general standard of § 3104, the criteria set forth in § 3304 and the specific conditions stated below:

(a) Emergency shelter for five (5) to fifteen (15) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families, subject to the standards and requirements of § 305; and

(b) Community Based Institutional Facilities for seven (7) to fifteen (15) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families, subject to the standards and requirements for Youth and Adult Rehabilitation Homes of § 306.

3303.8 The following uses are prohibited within the StE District as either a principal or an accessory use:

(a) Any establishment that has as its principal use the administration of massages;

(b) Any industrial use first permitted in the M District;

(c) Correctional Facility;

(d) Drive-through establishment, where goods are sold/rented or services rendered, directly to occupants of motor vehicles while in the vehicles;

(e) Firearm Sales, including gun store, ammunition sales, pawn shop carrying guns, or weaponry store;

(f) Self-service storage establishment that provides separate storage areas for individual or business uses;

(g) Sexually-oriented business establishment;

(h) Vehicle repair and servicing, including full-serve and mini-serve gas stations, unattended key card stations, car washes, quick lubrication services, and vehicle emission test sites; and

(i) Vehicle sales.

 

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).