D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
Title 11. ZONING REGULATIONS OF 2016 |
SubTilte 11-K. SPECIAL PURPOSE ZONES |
Chapter 11-K6. SAINT ELIZABETHS EAST CAMPUS ZONES - STE-1 THROUGH STE-19 |
Section 11-K608. PARKING (STE)
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608.1 The cumulative total of all parking spaces, including below-grade, surface, and above-grade structured parking, shall not exceed a total of four thousand eight hundred (4,800) parking spaces, exclusive of parking on the StE-2 or StE-18 zone, existing surface parking lots, historic structures, and any parking associated with existing District of Columbia Government facilities.
608.2 Each application to the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs for a development that includes above-grade or below-grade structured parking or surface parking shall provide an accounting of the total number of parking spaces within the StE zones which count towards the four thousand eight hundred (4,800) parking space limit.
608.3 Additional parking spaces beyond the four thousand eight hundred (4,800) space limit shall be permitted by special exception by the Board of Zoning Adjustment pursuant to Subtitle X, and provided that the applicant addresses compliance with the following standards:
(a) The application shall include a detailed accounting of the existing and proposed number and locations of parking spaces provided pursuant to Subtitle K § 610.1; and shall also include a traffic study assessing the impacts of the proposed additional parking spaces on local traffic patterns for referral to and comment by the District Department of Transportation;
(b) The applicant shall include a transportation demand management (TDM) plan, as well as District Department of Transportation analysis of the TDM plan. The parameters of the analysis shall be outlined by the District Department of Transportation; and
(c) Vehicular access and egress will be located and designed so as to encourage safe and efficient pedestrian movement, minimize conflict with principal pedestrian ways, function efficiently, and create no dangerous or otherwise objectionable traffic conditions.
608.4 For any application pursuant to Subtitle K § 610.3:
(a) The Board of Zoning Adjustment shall judge, balance, and reconcile the need for additional on-site parking against any adverse impacts the presence of the parking will have on traffic, and the aesthetics and development of the surrounding neighborhood; and
(b) The Board of Zoning Adjustment may impose requirements pertaining to design, appearance, signs, massing, landscaping, and other such requirements as it deems necessary to protect neighboring property and to achieve the purposes of the StE zones.
608.5 Any additional commuter parking, beyond parking that may exist as of March 29, 2013, within the StE-18, shall be for the exclusive use of residents of, employees within, or visitors to the StE zones or federal employees of the adjacent Saint Elizabeths West Campus.
608.6 Parking spaces shared by more than one (1) use is permitted.
608.7 Parking spaces need not be located on the same lot as the building or buildings they are intended to serve, but must be located on a lot within the StE zones other than the StE-18 or StE-19 zone.
608.8 Parking spaces shall not be located between a street right-of-way line and the more restrictive of either a building façade or a line extending from and parallel to a building façade. A building used solely as a parking attendant shelter shall not trigger this restriction.
608.9 Parking spaces provided within a structure shall be located at least twenty feet (20 ft.) from all lot lines that abut public streets, unless the surface of the parking spaces is at least ten feet (10 ft.) below grade, at all points along the building frontage.
608.10 Parking spaces within an above-grade structure along 13th Street, Dogwood Street, and Sycamore Street shall be lined with preferred uses as defined in Subtitle K § 621 on the ground floor to a depth of thirty feet (30 ft.) minimum.
608.11 All parking spaces, other than ones within an automated parking garage, shall be accessible at all times from a driveway accessing either an improved street or an improved alley or alley system, with a minimum width of ten feet (10 ft.).
608.12 Parking spaces provided within an automated parking garage need not meet the accessibility requirement of Subtitle K § 610.10 as long as the mechanized parking system does.
608.13 Parking spaces and drive aisles shall be designed in accordance with the standards of Subtitle C, Chapter 7.
608.14 Where other options for access to parking spaces exist, such as from an alley or a different street, access to parking shall not be from a section of street where preferred uses are required in accordance with Subtitle K § 621; or from Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, S.E., Dogwood Street, 13th Street, or Oak Drive.
608.15 Approval of a driveway under this chapter shall not be interpreted to imply permission for a curb cut in public space. An applicant for a driveway with a curb cut in public space shall have the responsibility to obtain all other necessary approvals and permissions.