Section 11-J100. GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

100.1 The Production, Distribution, and Repair (PDR) zones provide for the following:

 

(a) Heavy commercial and light manufacturing activities employing large numbers of people and requiring some heavy machinery under controls that minimize any adverse effect on other nearby, more restrictive zones; and

 

(b) Areas suitable for development as heavy industrial sites, but at the same time protect those industrial developments from the intrusion of non-industrial uses that impede the full utilization of properly located industrial sites.

 

100.2 The provisions of the PDR zones are intended to:

 

(a) Regulate the use of land and structures and the erection and modification of structures in areas characterized by PDR uses, typically with heavy truck traffic and loading and unloading operations;

 

(b) Encourage the retention of viable land to accommodate production, warehousing, distribution, light and heavy industrial, and research and development activities;

 

(c) Allow compatible office and retail uses and development;

 

(d) Minimize encroachment by uses that are incompatible with PDR uses, including residential uses, which could impair existing PDR activities;

 

(e) Manage transitions between PDR-zoned areas and surrounding neighborhoods; and

 

(f) Ensure the environmental performance of development.

 

 

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, 3163 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2).