Section 11-741. USES AS A MATTER OF RIGHT (C-3)

 

741.1Any use permitted in C-2 Districts under § 721 shall be permitted in a C-3 District as a matter of right.

 

741.2In addition to the uses permitted in C-2 Districts by § 721.1, the following service establishments shall be permitted in a C-3 District as a matter of right:

 

(a)Amusement enterprise, including penny arcade or shooting gallery;

 

(b)Laundry or dry cleaning establishment, not exceeding five thousand square feet (5,000 ft.2) of gross floor area;

 

(c)Gasoline service station as an accessory use to a mechanical parking garage, subject to the conditions for the accessory use in § 701.1(i); and

 

(d)Printing, lithographing, or photoengraving establishment, with no limitation on gross floor area.

 

741.3In addition to the uses permitted in C-2 Districts by § 721.3, the following retail establishments shall be permitted in a C-3 District as a matter of right:

 

(a)Motorcycle sales and repair, only in C-3-C Districts; provided:

 

(1)The use and all its accessory facilities shall be located within a building; and

 

(2)No portion of a building used for motorcycle sales or repair shall be located within fifty feet (50 ft.) of a Residence or Special Purpose District;

 

(b)Any establishment that has as a principal use the administration of massages, only in C-3-C Districts; provided, that no portion of the establishment shall be located within two hundred feet (200 ft.) of a Residence District; and

 

(c)Fast food establishment or food delivery service; provided, that in a C-3-A District, no part of the lot on which the use is located shall be within twenty- five feet (25 ft.) of a Residence District, unless separated therefrom by a street or alley.

 

741.4Other service or retail use similar to that allowed in §§ 741.2 and 741.3 shall be permitted in a C-3 District, including assemblage and repair clearly incidental to the conduct of a permitted service or retail establishment on the premises.

 

741.5The following uses shall also be permitted as a matter of right in a C-3 District:

 

(a)Mechanical parking garage, only in C-3-C Districts;

 

(b)Public swimming pool; and

 

(c)Community-based residential facility.

 

(d)Temporary surface parking lot accessory to the Ballpark shall be permitted on Square 769, Lot 21 and those portions of Lots 18 and 20 within the C-3-C District, in accordance with § 2110.1 (a). In the event that the cumulative parking limit established in § 2110.1 (b) is met, additional temporary surface parking spaces accessory to the Ballpark on Square 769, Lot 21 and those portions of Lots 18 and 20 within the C-3-C District, shall be permitted as a special exception if approved by the Board of Zoning Adjustment pursuant to § 2110.2.

 

741.6[Deleted]

 

741.7[Deleted]

 

741.8Electronic Equipment Facility (EEF) use under either or both of the following circumstances:

 

(a)The EEF use occupies no more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the above ground constructed gross floor area of the building; or

 

(b)The EEF use is located below ground floor.

 

source

§ 5103.31 of the Zoning Regulations, effective May 12, 1958; as amended by: Final Rulemaking published at 22 DCR 1901, 1902 (October 14, 1975); Final Rulemaking published at 27 DCR 2066, 2071 (May 16, 1980); Final Rulemaking published at 27 DCR 2226, 2228 (May 23, 1980); Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 3482, 3505 (August 7, 1981); Final Rulemaking at 32 DCR 4374, 4377 (July 26, 1985); Final Rulemaking published at 33 DCR 7499 (December 20, 1985); Final Rulemaking published at 36 DCR 1509, 1517 (February 24, 1989); Final Rulemaking published at 40 DCR 3744, 3747 (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, 8399-8400 (October 20, 2000); Final Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 9830, 9832 (October 26, 2001); Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 1655 (February 22, 2002), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 11159, 11160 (December 7, 2001); as amended by: Final Rulemaking published at 54 DCR 8976 (September 14, 2007); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 54 DCR 9393 (September 28, 2007);as amended by: Final Rulemaking published at January 4, 2008 (55 DCR 34).