D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-2812

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 44, November 1, 2024

Rule 11-2812 - GROUND FLOOR PREFERRED - USES DESIGN STANDARDS (HE)

2812.1

Wherever preferred uses, as defined in § 2811.1, are required or allowed pursuant to §§ 2811.2 and 2811.3, such ground floor preferred uses shall:

(a) If located on a corner, wrap around the corner to a minimum depth of twenty feet (20 ft.) on the side street;

(b) Occupy the ground floor to a minimum depth of thirty feet (30 ft.);

(c) Have a minimum clear floor-to-ceiling height of fourteen feet (14 ft.), measured from the finished grade, for the area of the ground floor dedicated to preferred uses;

(d) The street-facing facades of buildings on primary streets shall devote not less than seventy-five percent (75%) per individual use or fifty percent (50%) of the length and fifty percent (50%) of the surface area of the street wall at the ground level to windows associated with preferred uses or windows associated with main building entrances; and

(e) The street-facing facades of mixed-use or non-residential buildings on secondary streets shall devote not less than seventy-five percent (75%) per individual use or thirty percent (30%) of the length and thirty percent (30%) of the surface area of the street wall at the ground level to windows associated with preferred uses or windows associated with main building entrances.

2812.2

The windows required by § 2812.1(d) shall have clear or clear/low emissivity glass allowing transparency to a depth of twenty feet (20 ft.) into the preferred ground level space with bottom sills no more than four feet (4 ft.) above the adjacent sidewalk grade.

2812.3

Such windows must allow views from within the building to the street.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-2812

Final Rulemaking and Order No. 04-05 published at 56 DCR 6181 (August 7, 2009); as corrected by Errata Notice published at 58 DCR 4314, 4316 (May 20, 2011)

Authority: The Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia (the "Commission"), pursuant to its authority under §§ 1 and 3 of the Zoning Act of 1938, approved June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 797, 799; D.C. Official Code §§ 6-641.01 and 6-641.0 ).