Section 11-760. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT (C-5 (PAD))

 

760.1The Pennsylvania Avenue Development (C-5 (PAD)) District is established to promote and protect the public health, safety, and general welfare and amenities in the area adjacent to the north side of Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., between 10th Street and 15th Street, N.W., consistent with the goals and mandates of the U.S. Congress in the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of 1972, approved October 27, 1972 (86 Stat. 1266, as amended; 40 U.S.C. §§ 871-885), and in accordance with the development plan promulgated under that Act.

 

760.2Beyond the general purposes specified in § 760.1, the C-5 (PAD) District shall be established to:

 

(a)Encourage development to the potential permitted under the Act to Regulate the Height of Buildings in the District of Columbia, approved June 1, 1910 (36 Stat. 452, as amended; D.C. Official Code §§ 6-601.01 to 6-601.09 (formerly codified at D.C. Code §§ 5-401 to 5-409 (1994 Repl. & 1999 Supp.))), along a portion of the north side of Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., as designated in that Act and the Pennsylvania Avenue Plan - 1974;

 

(b)Reinforce Pennsylvania Avenue's unique role as a physical and symbolic link between the White House and the U.S. Capitol;

 

(c)Improve land utilization in the prime location within the downtown core of Washington, D.C.;

 

(d)Improve the physical and economic relationship of the downtown core of Washington, D.C.;

 

(e)Encourage an appropriate mix of retail, entertainment, restaurants, and other facilities to serve shoppers, tourists, and office populations; and

 

(f)Encourage the development of appropriate public spaces for their symbolic value as well as for their public use.

 

760.3Except as provided in chapters 20 through 25 of this title, in the C-5 (PAD) District, no building or premises shall be used and no building shall be erected or altered that is arranged, intended, or designed to be used except for one (1) or more of the uses listed in § 761.

 

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Final Rulemaking published at 25 DCR 2726, 2734 (September 22, 1978); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 9741-43 (December 8, 2000), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 8335, 8405-06 (October 20, 2000).