1273142 Zoning Commission Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Case No. 11-01 (Text Amendment - Location of Parking Spaces on a Lot)
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ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
Z.C. Case No. 11-01
(Text Amendment – Location of Parking Spaces on a Lot)
The Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia (the “Commission”), pursuant to its authority under § 1 of the Zoning Act of 1938, approved June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 797; D.C. Official Code § 6-641.01(2008 Repl.)), hereby gives notice of its intent to amend § 2116 of the Zoning Regulations (Title 11 DCMR).
Section 2116, LOCATION OF PARKING SPACES, of the Zoning Regulations currently permits parking anywhere on a lot if the parking space is accessory to a commercial or industrial use in all Zone Districts, except the SP Zone District. These proposed amendments would prohibit parking between a building restriction line and a lot line abutting a street, or between a lot line abutting a street and the more restrictive of either a building façade, or a line extending from and parallel to a building façade. This second restriction would not apply to Industrial Districts or a building used as a parking attendant shelter. The proposed amendments would also require that above-grade parking structures be located at least twenty feet (20 ft.) from all lot lines that abut public streets. This restriction would not apply to parking accessory to a one-family dwelling. This limitation on the location of above-grade parking structures does not apply to single family dwellings or if the ceilings of all parking levels are at or below the grade of the adjacent public sidewalk at all points along the building frontage.
Final rulemaking action shall be taken in not less than thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.
The following rulemaking action is proposed:
Title 11 DCMR, Chapter 21, OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS, § 2116, LOCATION OF PARKING SPACES, is amended as follows:
Subsection 2116.2, is amended as follows:
Subsection 2116.2(a) is amended by adding a reference to the new § 2116.12 added through this rulemaking, and § 2116.2(b) is amended by deleting the existing provisions § 2116.2(b) and by replacing it with “On an open area of the lot except as provided in § 2116.4.”, so that the entire subsection reads as follows:
2116.2 Parking spaces, including car-sharing spaces, shall be located in one (1) of the following ways:
(a) Within a permitted garage or carport, subject to the special provisions of chapter 23 and § 2116. 12; or
(b) On an open area of the lot except as provided in § 2116.4.
Subsection 2116.4 is amended by deleting the existing § 2116.4 in its entirety, and replacing it with new text, to read as follows:
2116.4 Parking spaces shall not be located in the following areas:
(a) Between a building restriction line and a lot line abutting a street; or
(b) Except in an Industrial District or a building used solely as a parking attendant shelter, between a lot line abutting a street and the more restrictive of either a building façade or a line extending from and parallel to a building façade.
A new § 2116.12 is added to read as follows:
2116.12 Except for parking accessory to a one-family dwelling, parking spaces provided within a structure shall be located at least twenty feet (20 ft.) from all lot lines that abut public streets, unless the ceilings of all parking levels are at or below the grade of the adjacent public sidewalk at all points along the building frontage.
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 4th Street, N.W., Suite 200-S, Washington, D.C. 20001. Copies of this proposed rulemaking action may be obtained, at cost, by writing to the above address.
