D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
Title 11. ZONING REGULATIONS OF 1958 |
Chapter 11-5. SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICTS |
Section 11-502. ACCESSORY USES (SP)
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502.1The following commercial uses shall be permitted in an SP District as accessory uses and appropriate adjuncts to an apartment house or hotel, incidental to the uses permitted in this chapter; provided, that the requirements of §§ 502.2 through 502.4 shall be met:
(a)Barber shop;
(b)Beauty parlor;
(c)Cigar or news stand;
(d)Drug stand, including soda fountain;
(e)Dry cleaning or laundry pick-up station;
(f)Florist shop;
(g)Perfumery shop;
(h)Pressing or tailoring establishment; and
(i)Other similar uses.
502.2There shall be no direct entrance to the commercial establishment from the outside of the building.
502.3No part of the adjunct or the entrance to it shall be visible from a sidewalk.
502.4No sign or display indicating the existence of the adjunct shall be visible from the outside of the building.
502.5Mechanical amusement machines that are accessory to uses specified in §§ 502.1, 507, and 508, but in the case of § 502.1 only as to a hotel subject to the provisions of § 2501, shall be permitted as an accessory use incidental to the uses permitted in this chapter.
502.6A child development home or an expanded child development home shall be permitted as an accessory use in an SP District incidental to the uses permitted in this chapter; provided:
(a)The dwelling unit in which the use is located shall be the principal residence of the caregiver; and
(b)The use otherwise shall meet the definition of a home occupation.
502.7Any other accessory use and accessory building customarily incidental to the uses otherwise authorized by this chapter shall be permitted in an SP District, except that a firearms retail sales establishment shall not be permitted as a principal or an accessory use.