Section 11-I401. VEHICULAR ENTRANCES

401.1 In a D zone, a vehicular entrance to a garage or loading area shall be permitted on the face of a building adjacent to a public street only if the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) permits access to the garage entrance or loading area directly from a public street right of way without an intervening alley and:

(a) There is not an improved and accessible alley or alley system that is consistently at least fifteen feet (15 ft.) wide connecting a public street and the building lot’s rear or side property line; or

(b) The building is subject to a less restrictive regulation in Subtitle I § 611.13 governing certain streets in the Mount Vernon Triangle Sub-Area.

401.2 A vehicular entrance that does not meet one (1) of the conditions of Subtitle I § 401.1 may be approved by Board of Zoning Adjustment as a special exception pursuant to Subtitle X, Chapter 9, subject to the following criteria:

(c) There is no practical alternative means of serving the parking, loading, or drop-off needs of the building to be served by the proposed driveway, such as signage approved by DDOT that would direct vehicles to an alternative entrance point within the same square;

(d) The vehicular entrance will not impede the flow of pedestrian traffic on designated primary street frontage; and

(e) The driveway that would access the proposed parking or loading entrance or exit is not inconsistent with DDOT landscape plans for the public rights of way on the designated street frontage, to the extent that such plans exist at the time of the special exception application.

 

 

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, 3041 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2).