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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 11. ZONING REGULATIONS OF 2016 |
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SubTilte 11-K. SPECIAL PURPOSE ZONES |
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Chapter 11-K8. MIXED-USE UPTOWN ARTS ZONES - ARTS-1 THROUGH ARTS-4 |
Section 11-K811. USE PERMISSIONS (ARTS)
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811.1 In an ARTS zone, the retail and service uses shall be permitted as a matter of right subject to the conditions of this section.
811.2 In the ARTS-1 and ARTS-2 zones, arts uses in Subtitle U, Chapter 7 shall be permitted as a matter of right in addition to the MU-Use Group E standards of Subtitle U, Chapter 5, subject to the limitations and conditions of this chapter.
811.3 In the ARTS-3 zone, the arts uses in Subtitle U, Chapter 7 shall be permitted as a matter of right in addition to the MU-Use Group F standards of Subtitle U, Chapter 5, subject to the limitations and conditions of this chapter.
811.4 In the ARTS-4 zone, the arts uses in Subtitle U, Chapter 7 shall be permitted as a matter of right in addition to the MU-Use Group G standards of Subtitle U, Chapter 5, subject to the limitations and conditions of this chapter.
811.5 Where there is a conflict between this chapter and Subtitle U, this chapter shall govern.
811.6 Arts use groups listed in Subtitle U § 700.6 subject to the restriction on eating and drinking establishments of Subtitle K § 811.9, retail, service, general, and service, financial uses shall occupy no less than fifty percent (50%) of the ground floor level of each building on a lot that fronts on 14th Street, U Street, 7th Street, or Florida Avenue between 7th and 9th Streets; provided, this requirement shall not apply to a building located on a lot less than fifty feet (50 ft.) in width, measured along the property line that abuts the public street, if the building is used as an apartment house, multiple dwelling, or hotel.
811.7 A hotel shall be permitted as a matter of right provided no other hotel is located within five hundred feet (500 ft.).
811.8 No drive-through accessory to any use shall be permitted.
811.9 Eating and drinking establishments shall be subject to the following limitations:
(a) No portion of an eating and drinking establishment located on the ground floor is permitted to occupy more than fifty percent (50%) of the linear frontage of each individual square, as set forth below:
TABLE K § 811.9: LINEAR FRONTAGE OF EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS
14th Street, N.W.
U Street, N.W.
Square
Frontage (feet)
Square
Frontage (feet)
202
222.5
204
305.3
203
310.0
205
618.0
204
320.0
236
523.4
205
430.6
237
538.5
206
399.8
273
225.3
207
450.1
274
340.9
208
400.0
304
192.2
209
380.0
305
186.0
210
203.5
332
189.7
211
304.2
333
187.7
234
253.1
359
96.8
235
310.0
360
230.4
236
320.0
361
251.7
237
380.0
238
450.0
239
200.0
240
391.0
241
450.0
242
363.1
242N
154.5
(b) An eating and drinking establishment not located on the ground (street) level of a building shall not count towards the fifty percent (50%) limit; and
(c) An entrance to an eating and drinking establishment that is not located on the ground (street) level shall not count towards the fifty percent (50%) limit.
811.10 Required parking spaces may be shared by time of day with other uses specified in this section to meet all or a portion of the parking requirement for the uses on a lot; provided:
(a) The eligible evening uses shall be restaurant, legitimate theater, movie theater, dinner theater, or cabaret;
(b) The eligible daytime uses shall be office use and the arts uses and arts-related uses with the exception of the evening uses listed in paragraph (a) of this subsection; and
(c) The respective property owners shall execute an agreement that identifies the designated parking spaces and provides that use of the spaces for permitted daytime uses shall cease at no later than 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and shall be available for parking by the specified evening uses as agreed to by the parties involved. This agreement shall be filed with the Zoning Administrator to be maintained as part of the certificate of occupancy file on each affected property.