D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-K1004

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

Rule 11-K1004 - DESIGNATED STREETS (NHR)

1004.1

For the purpose of this chapter any portion of Howard Road, S.E. (both sides of the street) in the NHR zone shall be a Designated Street.

1004.2

A building, structure, or use with frontage on a Designated Street shall devote one hundred percent (100%) of its ground floor street frontage along the Designated Street, except for space devoted to building entrances or required for fire control, to the following preferred use categories:

(a) Arts, design, and creation;

(b) Daytime care;

(c) Eating and drinking establishments;

(d) Education, public or private;

(e) Entertainment, assembly, and performing arts;

(f) Medical Care;

(g) Retail; and

(h) Service, general or financial.

1004.3

Buildings and structures with frontage on a Designated Street must comply with the following design requirements:

(a) The ground floor shall have a minimum clear height of fourteen feet (14 ft.), for a continuous depth of at least thirty-six feet (36 ft.) from the building line on the Designated Street;

(b) The ground story shall devote at least fifty percent (50%) of the surface area facing a designated street to display windows or pedestrian entrances having clear low-emissivity glass, and ensure that the view through the display windows and pedestrian entrances is not blocked for at least ten feet (10 ft.) in from the building face;

(c) Ground- floor pedestrian entrances, or areas where a future ground-floor entrance could be installed without structural changes, shall be located no more than an average distance of forty feet (40 ft.) apart on the façade facing the designated primary or secondary street segment; and

(d) No direct vehicular garage or loading entrance or exit shall be permitted to a new building or structure.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-K1004

Final Rulemaking published at 65 DCR 15997 (12/6/2019)