Section 11-K810. STREET FRONTAGE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS (ARTS)

810.1 The following design requirements shall apply to any lot that fronts on 14th Street, U Street, 7th Street, or Florida Avenue between 7th and 9th Streets ("pedestrian streets”):

(a) No driveway that provides access from a pedestrian street to required parking spaces or loading berths shall be permitted;

(b) Each new building on a lot that fronts on a pedestrian street shall be designed and built so that not less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the streetwall(s) to a height of not less than fifteen feet (15 ft.) shall be constructed to the street lot line; and

(c) Not less than fifty percent (50%) of the surface area of the streetwall(s) at the ground level of each building on a lot that fronts on a pedestrian street shall be devoted to display windows and to entrances to commercial uses or to the building; provided:

(1) The windows shall use clear or low-emissivity glass, except for decorative or architectural accent; and

(2) Entrances to the building, including entrances to shops and the main lobby, shall be separated by not more than forty feet (40 ft.) on average for the linear frontage of the building.

 

 

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, 3176 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2).