D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-C1102

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 11-C1102 - GENERAL WATERFRONT REGULATIONS

1102.1

A waterfront setback to any building ...²

1102.2

Where the L'Enfant street grid exists in the vicinity of a waterfront lot, no buildings or structures may be built within the area defined by the street right-of-way lines extended to the water.

1102.3

Where no L'Enfant street grid exists in the vicinity of a waterfront lot, no buildings or structures may be built to a length, as measured parallel to the water, of greater than three-hundred feet (300 ft.).

1102.4

The following uses shall be permitted as a special exception within a one hundred (100)-year floodplain, if approved by the Board of Zoning Adjustment under Subtitle X, Chapter 9 and subject to the conditions in Subtitle C § 1102.5:

(a) Residential uses with only one (1) or two (2) dwelling units;

(b) Animal sales, care, and boarding;

(c) Community-based institutional facilities;

(d) Daytime care;

(e) Education;

(f) Emergency shelter;

(g) Hospital; and

(h) Lodging.

1102.5

The following conditions shall apply to any application for a special exception use under Subtitle C § 1102.4:

(a) The application shall include an analysis that provides the following:

(1) A site plan showing the one hundred (100)-year flood plain boundaries and base flood elevations for the property that is certified by a registered professional engineer, architect, landscape architect, or other qualified person;

(2) A description of how the project has been designed to meet applicable flood resistant design and construction standards that is certified by a registered professional engineer, architect, landscape architect, or other qualified person;

(3) An evacuation plan that describes the manner in which the property would be safely evacuated before or during the course of a one hundred (100)-year flood event; and

(4) A description of how the proposed use would not result in any adverse impacts to the health or safety for the project's occupants or users due to the proposed use's location in the floodplain; and

(b) The Office of Zoning shall refer the application to the following agencies for their review and recommendation if filed to the case record within the forty (40)-day period established by Subtitle A § 211:

(1) District Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE);

(2) District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Service Department (FEMS);

(3) Metropolitan Police Department (MPD); and

(4) The District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA).

1102.6

Parking space requirements for the waterfront areas are ...

1102.7

The following structures and projections may encroach ...

The complete record in the case, including the OP reports and transcript of the public hearings, can be viewed online at the Office of Zoning website, through the Interactive Zoning Information System (IZIS), at https://app.dcoz.dc.gov/Content/Search/Search.aspx.

In accordance with the provisions of Subtitle Z § 604.9, this Notice of Final Rulemaking shall become final and effective upon publication in the D.C. Register; that is, on June 26, 2020.

² The uses of this and other ellipses indicate that other provisions exist in the subsection being amended and that the amendment of the text at issue does not signify an intent to repeal those other provisions.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-C1102

Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 2447 (9/6/2016); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 7904 (6/26/2020)