D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
Title 11. ZONING REGULATIONS OF 1958 |
Chapter 11-3. R - 2, R - 3, R - 4, AND R - 5 RESIDENCE DISTRICT USE REGULATIONS |
Section 11-351. ACCESSORY USES AND BUILDINGS (R-5)
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351.1The following accessory uses or accessory buildings incidental to the uses listed in § 350 shall be permitted in an R-5 District:
(a)Any accessory use or accessory building permitted in R-4 Districts under § 331;
(b)Temporary exhibits, fundraising functions, and benefit sales for nonprofit organizations not to exceed ten (10) days in a hotel with more than one hundred (100) rooms or suites; and
(c)Any other accessory uses or accessory buildings customarily incidental to the uses permitted in R-5 Districts under this chapter, including mechanical amusement machines that are accessory to uses specified in § 350.4(d), subject to the provisions of § 2501.
351.2Commercial adjuncts as accessory uses to a hotel containing one hundred (100) or more rooms or suites shall be permitted in an R-5 District; provided:
(a)The total area within the hotel devoted to function rooms, exhibit space, and commercial adjuncts shall not be increased;
(b)There shall be no direct entrance to the function rooms, exhibit space, and commercial adjuncts from the outside of the building;
(c)No part of the adjunct or the entrance to the adjunct shall be visible from a sidewalk; and
(d)No sign or display indicating the existence of the adjuncts shall be visible from the outside of the building.