Section 11-U508. SPECIAL EXCEPTION USES (MU-USE GROUP C)

508.1   Unless specifically prohibited by Subtitle U § 509, the following uses shall be permitted in MU-Use Group C if approved by the Board of Zoning Adjustment as a special exception under Subtitle X, Chapter 9, subject to the following conditions:

(a) College or university use that is an academic institution of higher learning, including a college or university hospital, dormitory, fraternity, or sorority house proposed to be located on the campus of a college or university, subject to the conditions of Subtitle X;

(b) Community-based institutional facilities for one (1) to twenty (20) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families;

(c) Education (private) uses, subject to the following conditions:

(1) The facility shall be designed to enhance the visual and recreational opportunities offered by the waterfront; and

(2) The use shall be designed and located so that it is not likely to become objectionable because of noise, traffic, number of students, or other conditions;

(d) Emergency shelter for five (5) to twenty-five (25) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families;

(e) Entertainment, assembly, and performing arts uses, subject to the following conditions:

(1) The use shall not be within twenty-five feet (25 ft.) of a residentially zoned or used property unless separated by a public street or public alley; and

(2) Soundproofing to the extent deemed necessary for the protection of adjoining and nearby property shall be required;

(f) Medical care uses subject to the following conditions:

(1) The facility shall be designed to enhance the visual and recreational opportunities offered by the waterfront;

(2) The facility shall be located so that it is not likely to become objectionable to surrounding and nearby property because of noise, traffic, or parking;

(3) There shall be a demonstrated need for the facility;

(4) The applicant shall submit to the Board of Zoning Adjustment a detailed plan for the hospital or clinic and accessory facilities which shall include:

(A) Location, height, and bulk of all improvements, but not limited to buildings, parking, and loading facilities;

(B) Screening, signs, and public utility facilities; and

(C) A description of the activities to be carried on at the hospital or clinic, including the capacities of the various facilities within the hospital or clinic;

(g) Miscellaneous uses, subject to the following conditions:

(1) The Board of Zoning Adjustment finds that the use is appropriate in furthering the objectives of the waterfront areas;

(2) The facility shall be designed to enhance the visual and recreational opportunities offered by the Waterfront;

(3) The use shall not adversely affect the present character or future development of the neighborhood; and

(4) No dangerous or otherwise objectionable traffic conditions shall result from the establishment of the use;

(h) Parking subject to a temporary surface parking lot accessory to the Ballpark shall be permitted on Squares 664E, 707, 708, 708E, 708S, or 744S, in accordance with Subtitle C § 718. In the event that the cumulative parking limit established in Subtitle C § 718.2 is met, additional temporary surface parking spaces accessory to the Ballpark on Squares 664E, 707, 708, 708E, 708S, or 744S shall be permitted as a special exception in a MU-13 zone if approved by the Board of Zoning Adjustment pursuant to Subtitle C § 718.7;

(i) Production, distribution, and repair uses, subject to the following conditions:

(1) The facility shall be designed to enhance the visual and recreational opportunities offered by the waterfront;

(2) The use shall comply with the standards of external effects and shall have no adverse effects on other uses on the same or adjoining properties;

(3) The use shall not result in dangerous or otherwise objectionable traffic conditions;

(4) There shall be adequate off-street parking for trucks and other service vehicles; and

(5) There shall be no outdoor storage of materials;

(j) Utility uses, subject to the following conditions:

(1) Any requirements for setbacks, screening, or other safeguards that the Board of Zoning Adjustment deems necessary for the protection of the neighborhood; and

(2) Any new construction of a freestanding structure for use as an optical transmission node shall be built to appear compatible with surrounding construction, including exterior building material, fenestration, and landscaping, and there shall be no advertisement on the structure;

(k) Veterinary office or hospital subject to the following conditions: 

(1) A veterinary hospital may board any animal permitted to be lawfully sold in the District of Columbia, pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 8-1808(h)(1), except domesticated dogs;

(2) No more than fifty percent (50%) of the gross floor area of the veterinary boarding hospital may be devoted to the boarding of animals;

(3) The veterinary hospital shall be located and designed to create no objectionable conditions to adjacent properties resulting from animal noise, odor, or waste;

(4) The veterinary hospital shall not abut an existing residential use or a residential zone;

(5) External yards or other external facilities for the keeping of animals shall not be permitted; and

(6) Pet grooming, the sale of pet supplies, and incidental boarding of animals as necessary for convalescence, are permitted as accessory uses; and

(l) Any use permitted as a matter of right in MU-Use Group C that does not comply with the required conditions for MU-Use Group C may apply for permission as a special exception, except for a drive-through operation as a principal or accessory use.

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, 3338 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2).