5751923 Zoning Commission Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Case No. 12-08A (Text Amendment — 11 DCMR: Technical Correction to StE District § 3307.1)

ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

Z.C. Case No. 12-08A

(Text Amendment — 11 DCMR)

Technical Correction to StE District § 3307.1

 

The Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia, pursuant to its authority under § 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.)), hereby gives notice of its intent to amend the Zoning Regulations (Title 11 DCMR) to make a technical correction to Chapter 33 (Saint Elizabeths East Campus (STE) District), § 3307.1.  The correction applies to the Saint Elizabeths East Campus (StE) District and concerns the combined lot development process set forth in § 3307 (Combined Lots), which permits two (2) or more lots to combine for the purposes of achieving the minimum required FAR equivalent of residential uses.  The proposed amendment would clarify that:

 

(a)        The combined lot process is not available to properties located in the StE-2, StE-10, StE-14a, StE-14b, StE-18, or StE-19 subdistricts;

 

(b)        The participating lots need not be located in the same subdistrict; and

 

(c)        The lot(s) receiving the residential gross floor area need not be subject to a minimum residential requirement.

 

Final rulemaking action shall be taken not less than thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.

 

The following amendment to the Zoning Regulations is proposed.

 

Chapter 33, SAINT ELIZABETHS EAST CAMPUS (STE) DISTRICT, of Title 11 DCMR, ZONING, is amended as follows:

 

§ 3307, COMBINED LOTS, § 3307.1, is amended to read as follows:

 

3307                COMBINED LOTS

3307.1             Except for lots located in the StE-2, StE-10, StE-14a, StE-14b, StE-18, or StE-19 subdistrict, two (2) or more lots in one (1) or more StE subdistrict(s) may be combined for the purpose of achieving the minimum required FAR equivalent of residential uses, subject to the following:

 

(a)                The lots may be located in the same StE subdistrict or in different StE subdistricts;

 

(b)               The lot(s) receiving residential gross floor area need not be located in a StE subdistrict with a residential requirement; and

(c)        The total height and density limits of the subdistricts shall not be exceeded.

 

 

All persons desiring to comment on the subject matter of this proposed rulemaking action should file comments in writing no later than thirty (30) days after the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.  Comments should be filed with Sharon Schellin, Secretary to the Zoning Commission, Office of Zoning, 441 4^th Street, N.W., Suite 200-S, Washington, D.C. 20001, or electronic submissions may be submitted in PDF format to [e-mail].  Ms. Schellin may be contacted by telephone at [phone] or by email at [e-mail].  Copies of this proposed rulemaking action may be obtained at cost by writing to the above address.