D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-3309

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024
Rule 11-3309 - OFF-STREET PARKING
3309.1

The cumulative total of all parking spaces, including below-grade, surface, and above-grade structured parking, shall not exceed a total of four thousand eight hundred (4,800) parking spaces, exclusive of parking on the StE-2 or StE-18 subdistricts, existing surface parking lots, historic structures, and any parking associated with existing District of Columbia Government facilities.

3309.2

Each application to the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs for a development that includes above-grade or below-grade structured parking or surface parking shall provide an accounting of the total number of parking spaces within the StE District which count towards the four thousand eight hundred (4,800) parking space limit.

3309.3

Additional parking spaces beyond the four thousand eight hundred (4,800) space limit shall be permitted by special exception by the Board of Zoning Adjustment pursuant to § 3104 and in accordance with the provisions of § 3304.2 and 3304.3, provided that the applicant addresses compliance with the following standards:

(a) The application shall include a detailed accounting of the existing and proposed number and locations of parking spaces provided pursuant to § 3309.1; and shall also include a traffic study assessing the impacts of the proposed additional parking spaces on local traffic patterns for referral to and comment by the District Department of Transportation;
(b) The applicant shall include a transportation demand management (TDM) plan, as well as District Department of Transportation analysis of the TDM plan. The parameters of the analysis shall be outlined by the District Department of Transportation; and
(c) Vehicular access and egress will be located and designed so as to encourage safe and efficient pedestrian movement, minimize conflict with principal pedestrian ways, function efficiently, and create no dangerous or otherwise objectionable traffic conditions.
3309.4

For any application pursuant to § 3309.3:

(a) The Board shall judge, balance, and reconcile the need for additional on-site parking against any adverse impacts the presence of the parking will have on traffic, and the aesthetics and development of the surrounding neighborhood; and
(b) The Board may impose requirements pertaining to design, appearance, signs, massing, landscaping, and other such requirements as it deems necessary to protect neighboring property and to achieve the purposes of the StE District.
3309.5

Any additional commuter parking, beyond parking that may exist as of (date of enactment) within the StE-18, shall be for the exclusive use of residents of, employees within, or visitors to the StE District or Federal employees of the adjacent Saint Elizabeths West Campus.

3309.6

Parking spaces shared by more than one use is permitted.

3309.7

Parking spaces need not be located on the same lot as the building or buildings they are intended to serve, but must be located on a lot within the StE District other than the StE-18 or StE-19 subdistrict.

3309.8

Parking spaces shall not be located between a street right-of-way line and the more restrictive of either a building façade or a line extending from and parallel to a building façade. A building used solely as a parking attendant shelter shall not trigger this restriction.

3309.9

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 surface of the parking spaces is at least ten feet (10 ft.) below grade, at all points along the building frontage.

3309.10

Parking spaces within an above-grade structure along 13th Street, Dogwood Street, and Sycamore Street shall be lined with preferred uses as defined in § 3305.1 on the ground floor to a depth of thirty feet (30 ft.) minimum.

3309.11

All parking spaces, other than mechanical parking spaces shall be accessible at all times from a driveway accessing either an improved street or an improved alley or alley system with a minimum width of ten feet (10 ft.).

3309.12

Parking spaces provided within a mechanized parking system need not meet the accessibility requirement of § 3309.10 as long as the mechanized parking system does.

3309.13

Parking spaces and drive aisles shall be designed in accordance with the standards of 11 DCMR Chapter 21 of this title.

3309.14

Where other options for access to parking spaces exist, such as from an alley or a different street, access to parking shall not be from a section of street where preferred uses are required in accordance with § 3305; or from Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, S.E., Dogwood Street, 13th Street, or Oak Drive.

3309.15

Approval of a driveway under this chapter shall not be interpreted to imply permission for a curb cut in public space. An applicant for a driveway with a curb cut in public space shall have the responsibility to obtain all other necessary approvals and permissions.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-3309

Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 4834 (March 29, 2013)
Authority: The Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia (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.)).