D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-K314

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

Rule 11-K314 - GROUND FLOOR AREAS REQUIRED TO BE DEVOTED TO PREFERRED USES (USN)

314.1

One hundred percent (100%) of the ground floor H Street frontage of building units, except for space devoted to building entrances or lobbies, space required to be devoted to fire control, or space dedicated to transit or rail entrances or passenger circulation, shall be occupied by uses from the following use categories:

(a) Arts, design, and creation;

(b) Entertainment, assembly, and performing arts;

(c) Eating and drinking establishments;

(d) Retail;

(e) Service, general; and

(f) Any arts use listed in Subtitle U, Chapter 7, other than the uses listed in Subtitle U § 700.1(g), the design use category.

314.2

Uses in the category service, financial may meet the requirement of Subtitle K § 314.1, subject to the following limitations:

(a) Service, financial uses shall occupy no more than one hundred (100) total linear feet of ground floor H Street frontage; and

(b) Service, financial uses shall occupy no more than fifty feet (50 ft.) of ground floor H Street frontage in any one (1) building unit.

314.3

No single commercial occupancy shall occupy more than one hundred (100) total linear feet of ground floor H Street frontage.

314.4

The entire ground floor of all building units shall have a minimum slab to slab height of fourteen feet (14 ft.), except for those spaces within the ground floor of any building unit devoted to the following uses: mechanical, electrical, and plumbing; storage; fire control; loading; retail corridors; and service corridors.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-K314

Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 2447 (9/6/2016)