D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-K913

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

Rule 11-K913 - USE PERMISSIONS (WR)

913.1

The uses in this section shall be permitted as a matter of right in the WR-1 zone, subject to any applicable conditions.

(a) Agriculture, large and residential;

(b) Antennas subject to the conditions of Subtitle K § 914.2;

(c) Arts, design, and creation subject to the conditions of Subtitle K § 912.3;

(d) Chanceries;

(e) Community solar facility, subject to the following conditions:

(1) Roof- mounted solar array of any size; or

(2) Ground- mounted solar array, subject to the following requirements:

(A) Measures no greater than twenty feet (20 ft.) in height;

(B) Has an aggregate panel face area of one-and-one half (1.5) acres or less;

(C) Meets the yard and height development standards of the zone; and

(D) Where the panels are sited no less than forty feet (40 ft.), including any intervening street or alley, from an adjacent property in the R, RF, or RA-1 zone;

(f) Daytime care subject to the conditions of Subtitle K § 914.4;

(g) Emergency shelter subject to the conditions of Subtitle K § 914.5;

(h) Institutional, religious-based;

(i) Parking subject to the conditions of Subtitle K § 914.8;

(j) Parks and recreation;

(k) Residential;

(l) Retail subject to the conditions of Subtitle K § 914.9;

(m) Retail subject to the conditions of Subtitle K § 912.10;

(n) Transportation infrastructure; and

(o) Utility (basic).

913.2

The uses in this section shall be permitted as a matterofright in the WR-2, WR-3, WR-4, and WR-5 zones, subject to any applicable conditions:

(a) Agriculture, large and residential;

(b) Antennas subject to the conditions of Subtitle K § 914.2;

(c) Arts, design, and creation;

(d) Basic utilities;

(e) Chanceries;

(f) Daytime care;

(g) Eating and drinking establishments subject to the conditions of Subtitle K § 914.6;

(h) Education, college/university;

(i) Education, private;

(j) Education, public;

(k) Emergency shelter subject to the conditions of Subtitle K § 914.5;

(l) Entertainment, assembly, and performing arts;

(m) Government, local;

(n) Institutional, general;

(o) Institutional, religious-based;

(p) Lodging;

(q) Medical care;

(r) Office;

(s) Parking subject to the conditions of Subtitle K §914.8;

(t) Parks and recreation;

(u) Residential;

(v) Retail;

(w) Service, financial;

(x) Service, general subject to the conditions of Subtitle K § 914.10; and

(y) Short-Term Rental as an accessory use to a principal residential use; and

(z) Transportation infrastructure

913.3

The uses in this section shall be permitted as a matter of right in the WR-6 zone, subject to any applicable conditions:

913.4

The uses in this section shall be permitted as a matter of right in the WR-7 zone, subject to any applicable conditions:

(a) Agriculture, large and residential;

(b) Antennas subject to the conditions of Subtitle K § 912.2;

(c) Arts, design, and creation;

(d) Basic utilities;

(e) Chanceries;

(f) Daytime care;

(g) Education, college/university subject to the conditions of Subtitle K § 914.7;

(h) Education, private, subject to the conditions of Subtitle K § 914.7;

(i) Education, public, subject to the conditions of Subtitle K § 914.7;

(j) Emergency shelter subject to the conditions of Subtitle K § 914.5;

(k) Institutional, general;

(l) Institutional, religious-based;

(m) Medical care;

(n) Office;

(o) Parking subject to the conditions of Subtitle K § 914.8;

(p) Parks and recreation;

(q) Residential;

(r) Retail subject to the conditions of Subtitle K § 914.9; and

(s) Transportation infrastructure.

913.5

The uses in this section shall be permitted as a matter of right in the WR-8 zone, subject to any applicable conditions:

(a) Agriculture, large and residential;

(b) Antennas subject to the conditions of Subtitle K § 914.2;

(c) Arts, design, and creation subject to the conditions of Subtitle K § 914.3;

(d) Basic utilities;

(e) Chanceries;

(f) Daytime care;

(g) Emergency shelter subject to the conditions of Subtitle K § 914.5;

(h) Institutional, general;

(i) Institutional, religious-based;

(j) Medical care;

(k) Parking subject to the conditions of Subtitle K § 914.8;

(l) Parks and recreation;

(m) Residential;

(n) Retail subject to the conditions of Subtitle K § 914.9; and

(o) Short-Term Rental as an accessory use to a principal residential use; and

(p) Transportation infrastructure

913.6

The uses in this section shall be permitted as a matter of right in the WR-9 through WR-15 zones, subject to any applicable conditions:

(a) Daytime Care

(b) Office

(c) Medical Care

(d) Institutional, General

(e) Lodging uses devoted to persons associated with the permitted medical care and institutional uses at Children's National at Walter Reed including, but not limited to, patient families, visiting researchers, and medical professionals.

913.7

For the purposes of the WR zone, a community garden or playground managed by a non-profit organization or homeowners' association shall be considered a use in the parks and recreation use group provided the community garden or playground is open to the public

913.8

A home occupation use, including a business, profession, or other economic activity, which is conducted full-time or part-time in a dwelling unit that serves as the principal residence of the practitioner, shall be permitted subject to the following conditions:

(a) The home occupation use shall comply with the requirements of Subtitle U § 251;

(b) The home occupation use is not within a dwelling unit in an accessory building; and

(c) A home occupation use not meeting all of the above conditions may be permitted as a special exception by the Board of Zoning Adjustment under Subtitle X, Chapter 9 of this title.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-K913

Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 2447 (9/6/2016); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 65 DCR 6596 (6/15/2018); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 66 DCR 12144 (9/13/2019); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 11679 (10/9/2020)