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 D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017)
 Title 11. ZONING REGULATIONS OF 2016
 SubTilte 11-U. USE PERMISSIONS
 Chapter 11-U8. USE PERMISSIONS PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND REPAIR (PDR) ZONES

  Section 11-U804. STANDARDS OF EXTERNAL EFFECTS (PDR)  

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    804.1Any use established in a PDR zone that is not permitted in any non-PDR zone and any uses accessory to those uses shall be operated so as to fully comply with the applicable environmental standards and requirements of Title 20 DCMR, Environment.

     

    804.2The volume of sound inherently and recurrently generated shall not exceed the maximum permissible sound levels established in Title 20 DCMR, Chapter 27, Noise Control, and Chapter 28, Maximum Noise Levels, at any point along the boundaries of the zone district in which the use is located.

     

    804.3The emission of any odorous gases or other odorous matter or steam in quantities that are offensive or noisome at any point along the boundaries of the zone district in which the use is located shall be prohibited.

     

    804.4No noxious, toxic, or corrosive fumes or gases shall be permitted to escape or to be discharged from any use permitted in a PDR zone.

     

    804.5No objectionable amounts of cinders, dust, or fly-ash shall be permitted to escape or to be discharged from any use permitted in a PDR zone.

     

    804.6No direct or reflected glare or heat from any source shall be detectable in objectionable amounts beyond the boundaries of the zone district in which the use is located.

     

    804.7Every use shall be operated so that ground vibration inherently and recurrently generated is not perceptible, without instruments, at any point along any boundary of the zone district in which the use is located.

     

    804.8The use of barbed or razor wire adjacent to any residentially zoned land shall be prohibited.

     

    804.9Any back-up generators or power systems shall be either:

     

    (a)Fully enclosed within the principal structure; or

     

    (b)Located no closer than two hundred feet (200 ft.) from the nearest residentially zoned land or residential development.

     

     

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).