Section 11-K811. USE PERMISSIONS (ARTS)  


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  • 811.1 In an ARTS zone, the retail and service uses shall be permitted as a matter of right subject to the conditions of this section.

    811.2 In the ARTS-1 and ARTS-2 zones, arts uses in Subtitle U, Chapter 7 shall be permitted as a matter of right in addition to the MU-Use Group E standards of Subtitle U, Chapter 5, subject to the limitations and conditions of this chapter.

    811.3 In the ARTS-3 zone, the arts uses in Subtitle U, Chapter 7 shall be permitted as a matter of right in addition to the MU-Use Group F standards of Subtitle U, Chapter 5, subject to the limitations and conditions of this chapter.

    811.4 In the ARTS-4 zone, the arts uses in Subtitle U, Chapter 7 shall be permitted as a matter of right in addition to the MU-Use Group G standards of Subtitle U, Chapter 5, subject to the limitations and conditions of this chapter.

    811.5 Where there is a conflict between this chapter and Subtitle U, this chapter shall govern.

    811.6 Arts use groups listed in Subtitle U § 700.6 subject to the restriction on eating and drinking establishments of Subtitle K § 811.9, retail, service, general, and service, financial uses shall occupy no less than fifty percent (50%)  of the ground floor level of each building on a lot that fronts on 14th Street, U Street, 7th Street, or Florida Avenue between 7th and 9th Streets; provided, this requirement shall not apply to a building located on a lot less than fifty feet (50 ft.) in width, measured along the property line that abuts the public street, if the building is used as an apartment house, multiple dwelling, or hotel.

    811.7 A hotel shall be permitted as a matter of right provided no other hotel is located within five hundred feet (500 ft.).

    811.8 No drive-through accessory to any use shall be permitted.

    811.9 Eating and drinking establishments shall be subject to the following limitations:

    (a) No portion of an eating and drinking establishment located on the ground floor is permitted to occupy more than fifty percent (50%) of the linear frontage of each individual square, as set forth below:

    TABLE K § 811.9:  LINEAR FRONTAGE OF EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS

     

    14th Street, N.W.

    U Street, N.W.

    Square

    Frontage (feet)

    Square

    Frontage (feet)

    202

    222.5

    204

    305.3

    203

    310.0

    205

    618.0

    204

    320.0

    236

    523.4

    205

    430.6

    237

    538.5

    206

    399.8

    273

    225.3

    207

    450.1

    274

    340.9

    208

    400.0

    304

    192.2

    209

    380.0

    305

    186.0

    210

    203.5

    332

    189.7

    211

    304.2

    333

    187.7

    234

    253.1

    359

    96.8

    235

    310.0

    360

    230.4

    236

    320.0

    361

    251.7

    237

    380.0

     

     

    238

    450.0

     

     

    239

    200.0

     

     

    240

    391.0

     

     

    241

    450.0

     

     

    242

    363.1

     

     

    242N

    154.5

     

     

    (b) An eating and drinking establishment not located on the ground (street) level of a building shall not count towards the fifty percent (50%) limit; and

    (c) An entrance to an eating and drinking establishment that is not located on the ground (street) level shall not count towards the fifty percent (50%) limit.

    811.10 Required parking spaces may be shared by time of day with other uses specified in this section to meet all or a portion of the parking requirement for the uses on a lot; provided:

    (a) The eligible evening uses shall be restaurant, legitimate theater, movie theater, dinner theater, or cabaret;

    (b) The eligible daytime uses shall be office use and the arts uses and arts-related uses with the exception of the evening uses listed in paragraph (a) of this subsection; and

    (c) The respective property owners shall execute an agreement that identifies the designated parking spaces and provides that use of the spaces for permitted daytime uses shall cease at no later than 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and shall be available for parking by the specified evening uses as agreed to by the parties involved. This agreement shall be filed with the Zoning Administrator to be maintained as part of the certificate of occupancy file on each affected property.

     

authority

§ 1 of the Zoning Act of 1938, approved June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 797, as amended; D.C. Official Code § 6-641.01 (2012 Repl.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 2447, 3176 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 10932 (August 26, 2016).