Section 11-H400. PURPOSE AND INTENT

400.1   The purposes of the Takoma Neighborhood Mixed-Use zone (NC-2) are to:

(a) Reserve sufficient open space to provide adequate light and air to encourage retail and service uses, and pedestrian circulation in the vicinity of the Takoma Metro station;

(b) Require a minimum clear floor-to-ceiling height on the ground floor sufficient to accommodate the needs of neighborhood-serving retail, service, and office uses;

(c) Allow and encourage residential development to help meet the need for housing, enhance safety, and provide sufficient resident population to support neighborhood-serving retail, service, and office uses;

(d) Permit mixed-use development at a moderate density;

(e) Encourage residential development to enhance safety and provide resident population to support neighborhood-serving commercial uses; and

(f) Limit the height of new buildings and encourage a scale of development and a mixture of building uses that is generally compatible in scale with existing buildings.

400.2   The NC-2 zone begins at the street right-of-way lines abutting the squares listed in Subtitle H § 300.2 and extends to a depth of one hundred feet (100 ft.).

400.3   The designated use area shall coincide with the boundaries of the NC-2 zone.

400.4   The designated roadways shall be portions of 4th Street, N.W., Blair Road, N.W., Carroll Street, N.W., and Cedar Street, N.W. to the intersection with Carroll Street, N.W., in the NC-2 zone.

 

 

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).