Section 11-701. USES AS A MATTER OF RIGHT (C-1)

 

701.1The following service establishments shall be permitted in a C-1 District as a matter of right:

 

(a)Bank or other financial institution;

 

(b)Bar or cocktail lounge;

 

(c)Barber or beauty shop;

 

(d)Cobbler or shoe repair shop;

 

(e)Collection station for dry-cleaning, dying, or laundry;

 

(f)Dressmaking shop or establishment;

 

(g)Frozen food locker for family or individual use only;

 

(h)Gasoline service station existing on May 12, 1958;

 

(i)Gasoline service station as an accessory use to a parking garage or public storage garage, subject to the provisions of chapter 23 of this title; provided:

 

(1)All portions of the gasoline service station shall be located entirely within the garage;

 

(2)No part of the accessory use shall be visible from a sidewalk; and

 

(3)Signs or displays indicating the existence of the accessory use shall not be visible from the outside of the garage;

 

(j) Group Instruction Center or Studio;

 

(k)Laundry, self-service, not exceeding twenty-five hundred square feet (2,500 ft.2) of gross floor area;

 

(l)Laundry or dry cleaning establishment, not exceeding twenty-five hundred square feet (2,500 ft.2) of gross floor area;

 

(m)Locksmith;

 

(n)Newspaper distribution station;

 

(o)Optician and optometrist;

 

(p)Radio or television repairs;

 

(q)Shoeshine parlor;

 

(r)Tailor shop or valet shop not exceeding twenty-five hundred square feet (2,500 ft.2) of gross floor area; and

 

(s)Watch repair shop.

 

701.2Any use permitted in any R-5 District under §§ 350.4 and 350.5 or in the SP District under § 501, except a community-based residential facility for seven (7) or more persons not including resident supervisors or staff and their families, shall be permitted in a C-1 District as a matter of right.

 

701.3A youth residential care home, community residence facility, or health care facility for seven (7) to eight (8) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families, shall be permitted in a C-1 District as a matter of right; provided, that there shall be no property containing an existing community-based residential facility for seven (7) or more persons either in the same square or within a radius of five hundred feet (500 ft.) from any portion of the subject property.

 

701.4The following retail establishments shall be permitted in a C-1 District as a matter of right:

 

(a)Art supplies store;

 

(b)Automatic ice delivery station;

 

(c)Automobile accessories sales, excluding installation;

 

(d)Bakery; provided, that any manufacture of bakery goods shall be limited to goods retailed on the premises;

 

(e)Bicycle sales and repair;

 

(f)Book store;

 

(g)Camera or photographic supplies store;

 

(h)Cosmetics or toiletries store;

 

(i)Drug store or pharmacy;

 

(j)Electric appliance store, including television and radio sales;

 

(k)Flower stand or florist shop;

 

(l)Food or grocery store;

 

(m)Gift shop;

 

(n)Hardware store;

 

(o)Hobby shop, including the sale of toys;

 

(p)Jewelry store;

 

(q)Music store;

 

(r)Newsstand;

 

(s)Notions or novelty store;

 

(t)Off-premises alcoholic beverages sales;

 

(u)Paint store;

 

(v)Prepared food shop, with no more than 18 seats for patrons and no drive-through except that no limitation on seats shall apply to a prepared food shop in Square 5912;

 

(w)Restaurant, but not including a fast food establishment or a food delivery service.  A fast food establishment with no drive-through shall be permitted in Square 5912, Square 3499 (Lot 3), and Square 3664 (Lot 820) as a matter of right; 

 

(x)Sporting goods store;

 

(y)Stationery store;

 

(z)Tobacco products store; and

 

(aa)Variety store.

 

701.5Other service or retail use similar to that provided for in §§ 701.1 and 701.4, including assemblage and repair clearly incidental to the conduct of a permitted service or retail establishment on the premises, shall be permitted in a C-1 District as a matter of right.

 

701.6The following uses shall also be permitted in a C-1 District as a matter of right:

 

(a)Chancery;

 

(b)College, university, or other academic institution of higher learning;

 

(c)Fire Department Support Facility;

 

(d)Hotel or inn;

 

(e)Library; (other than public library);

 

(f)Office, except new chancery and international organization;

 

(g)Optical Transmission Node;

 

(h)Parking lot, parking garage, or public storage garage, subject to the provisions of chapter 23 of this title;

 

(i)Rooming or boarding house; provided:

 

(1)No sign is displayed on the premises;

 

(2)No advertisement is displayed or published on or off the premises holding out the establishment to be a hotel, motel, inn, hostel, bed and breakfast, private club, tourist home, guest house, or other transient accommodation;

 

(3)Cooking facilities are not provided in any individual unit; and

 

(4)In a rooming house, no central dining or food preparation area is provided for guests.

 

(j)Telephone exchange, electric substation using non-rotating equipment, and natural gas regulator station.

 

 

701.7 - 701.9[DELETE]

 

authority

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

source

§ 5101.3 of the Zoning Regulations, effective May 12, 1958; as amended by: Final Rulemaking published at 27 DCR 2066, 2071 (May 16, 1980); Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 3482, 3504 (August 7, 1981); Final Rulemaking published at 30 DCR 3270, 3274 (July 1, 1983); Final Rulemaking published at 32 DCR 4374, 4375 (July 26, 1985); Final Rulemaking published at 36 DCR 1509, 1571 (February 24, 1989); Final Rulemaking published at 36 DCR 7625, 7626 (November 3, 1989); Final Rulemaking published at 40 DCR 726 (January 22, 1993); Final Rulemaking published at 40 DCR 3744 (June 11, 1993); Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 9741-43 (December 8, 2000), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 8335, 8389-90 (October 20, 2000); Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 8891, 8894 (September 27, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 8818 (October 17, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 10822 (December 19, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 8155 (October 14, 2005); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 54 DCR 9393 (September 28, 2007); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 34 (January 4, 2008); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 4377 (April 18, 2008); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 12241, 12242 (December 24, 2010); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 4236, 4238 (May 4, 2012).