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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 11. ZONING REGULATIONS OF 1958 |
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Chapter 11-35. WALTER REED ZONE |
Section 11-3500. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND PURPOSE AND INTENT (WR)
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3500.1 The purposes of the Walter Reed (WR) zones are to:
(a) Provide for the growth of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center campus with a broad mix of uses, achieved through the adaptive reuse of existing buildings as well as new construction, as generally indicated in the Comprehensive Plan and as recommended by the planning studies of the area;
(b) Preserve the unique historic architectural and landscape character of the Walter Reed campus as a resource for the adjacent neighborhoods and the District as a whole;
(c) Reweave the Walter Reed campus into the physical and social fabric of the adjacent neighborhoods by extending the existing street grid into the WR zone;
(d) Create a vibrant town center that will provide economic development, employment, and retail opportunities for the District and adjacent neighborhoods;
(e) Advance sustainability performance with green building techniques and promote innovative energy uses and stormwater management; and
(f) Accommodate selected uses pursuant to a Base Realignment and Closure Act Notice of Interest process.
3500.2 This chapter shall constitute the Zoning Regulations for the geographic area described by the plat attached to Z.C. Order No. 14-22. Where there are conflicts between this chapter and other chapters or subtitles of this title, the provisions of this chapter shall govern.
3500.3 The WR zone is divided into the WR-1 through the WR-8 zones. Each zone may have one (1) or more sub-areas, as identified in the Development Standards table for each zone. Each sub-area may be comprised of one (1) or more Land Bays.
3500.4 Land Bays are defined on the plat attached to Z.C. Order No. 14-22.
3500.5 Any reference to a street refers to either existing or proposed streets as depicted on the plat attached to Z.C. Order No. 14-22.
3500.6 Any reference to a building number refers to the buildings as identified in the Walter Reed Army Medical Center Small Area Plan, adopted by the Council of the District of Columbia, April 30, 2013.
3500.7 The area of private rights-of-way shall not be included in the area of any land bay, nor included in the calculation of floor area ratio (FAR).
3500.8 In the WR zone, square footage allocated for streetcar related facilities or for the production of energy, such as co- or tri-generation facilities, does not count against FAR maximums.
3500.9 In the WR zone, floor area allocated to a covered loading area, whose perimeter is at least seventy-five percent (75%) lined with other uses, does not count against FAR maximums.