Section 11-H100. GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

100.1 The Neighborhood Mixed-Use zones (NC-1 though NC-17) are designed to provide for stable mixed-use areas permitting a range of commercial and multiple dwelling unit residential development in defined neighborhood commercial areas.

 

100.2   In addition to the purpose statements of each individual chapter, the purposes of the NC zones are to:

 

(a) Provide for a varied mix of residential, employment, retail, service, and other related uses in the area;

 

(b) Encourage safe and efficient conditions for pedestrian and motor vehicle movement;

 

(c) Preserve and enhance neighborhood shopping areas, by providing the scale of development and range of uses that are appropriate for neighborhood shopping and services;

 

(d) Encourage a general compatibility in scale between new and older buildings;

 

(e) Encourage retention and establishment of a variety of retail, entertainment, and personal service establishments, predominantly in a continuous pattern at ground level, to meet the needs of the surrounding area's residents, workers, and visitors;

 

(f) Encourage a scale of development, a mixture of building uses, and other attributes, such as safe and efficient conditions for pedestrian and vehicular movement; 

 

(g) Identify designated roadways within NC zones with limitations on driveways and curb cuts; and 

 

(h) Identify designated use areas within NC zones within which use restriction shall apply to the ground floor.  

 

 

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, 2987 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2).