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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-U. USE PERMISSIONS |
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Chapter 11-U4. USE PERMISSIONS RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT (RA) ZONES |
Section 11-U401. MATTER-OF-RIGHT USES (RA)
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401.1The following uses shall be permitted as a matter of right in an RA zone subject to any applicable conditions:
(a)Any use permitted in the RF zones under Subtitle U § 301, except corner stores;
(b)Private clubs with sleeping accommodations;
(c)Child/Elderly development center or adult day treatment facility provided, that the use shall be limited to no more than twenty-five (25) individuals not including staff;
(d)Except for the RA-1 and RA-6 zones:
(1)Multiple dwellings provided that in an apartment house, accommodations may be provided only to residents who stay at the premises a minimum of one (1) month; and
(2)Hotel in existence as of May 16, 1980, with a valid certificate of occupancy or a valid application for a building permit; provided, that the gross floor area of the hotel may not be increased and the total area within the hotel devoted to function rooms, exhibit space, and commercial adjuncts may not be increased. An existing hotel may be repaired, renovated, remodeled, or structurally altered; and
(3)A continuing care retirement community; and
(e)Recreation building, park, playground, swimming pool, athletic field, ice rink, or other similar athletic facility, public or private, operated on and using local or federal land and approved by a joint federal-local jurisdictional transfer agreement; subject to the following:
(1)No part of any use is nearer than seventy feet (70 ft.) to the nearest residential structure;
(2)The uses shall not be organized for profit;
(3)All parking areas shall be shared by all uses on a lot;
(4)Scoreboards shall be installed such that the highest point is no taller than twenty-five feet (25 ft.) above grade; and
(5)Any lighting used to illuminate a park, playground, athletic field, trail, or other outdoor space, shall be so arranged that all direct rays of lighting are confined to the boundaries of the lot.
401.2A chancery is a permitted use in RA-4, RA-5, RA-10, or RA-11 zones, subject to disapproval by the Board of Zoning Adjustment in accordance with the requirements of Subtitle X, Chapter 2 of this title.