D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-1310

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 41, October 11, 2024

Rule 11-1310 - TAKOMA NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL OVERLAY DISTRICT (TK)

1310.1

The Takoma Neighborhood Commercial Overlay District (TK) applies to Squares 3188 and 3278 in their entirety, and certain lots and portions of lots zoned C-2-A on:

(a) Square 3187 along the frontages of Blair Road and Cedar Street, N.W.;

(b) Squares 3275 and 3276 along the frontage of 4th Street, N.W.;

(c) Squares 3352, 3353, 3354, 3356, and 3357 along the frontages of Cedar Street and Carroll Street, N.W.; and

(d) Square 3280 along the frontages of Blair Road, Butternut Street, and 4^th Street, N.W.

1310.2

The Overlay begins at the street right-of-way lines abutting the Squares named in § 1310.1, and extends to a depth of one hundred feet (100 ft).

1310.3

In addition to the purposes in § 1300, the purposes of the Takoma Overlay District are to:

(a) Reserve sufficient open space to provide adequate light and air to encourage retail and service uses, and pedestrian circulation in the vicinity of the Takoma Metro station;

(b) Require a minimum clear floor-to-ceiling height on the ground floor sufficient to accommodate the needs of neighborhood-serving retail, service and office uses; and

(c) Allow and encourage residential development to help meet the need for housing, enhance safety, and provide sufficient resident population to support neighborhood-serving retail, service, and office uses.

1310.4

For the purposes of § 1302, the designated use area within the Takoma Overlay District shall coincide with the boundaries of this District, as set forth in §§ 1310.1 and 1310.2.

1310.5

For the purposes of §§ 1302.5 and 1303.2, the designated roadways within the Takoma Overlay District shall be portions of 4th Street, N.W., Blair Road, N.W., Carroll Street, N.W., and Cedar Street, N.W. to the intersection with Carroll Street, N.W., that abut any property zoned C-2-A on the Squares named in § 1310.1.

1310.6

The street wall of each new building fronting on Blair Road, N.W., Cedar Street, N.W., and Carroll Street, N.W., or any addition to an existing building frontage on any of these streets, shall set back for its entire height and frontage not less than thirteen feet (13 ft.), measured from the adjacent curbline.

1310.7

Except as provided in § 1310.9, the ground floor level of each new building or building addition shall have a minimum clear floor-to-ceiling height of fourteen feet (14 ft.).

1310.8

Those portions of buildings with a minimum clear floor-to-ceiling height of fourteen feet (14 ft.) on the ground floor level shall be permitted a total building height of fifty-five feet (55 ft.).

1310.9

Buildings occupying or constructed on lots along the Blair Road frontage of Square 3187 and Cedar Street frontage of Squares 3352 and 3353 within the Takoma Overlay District, do not have to provide the designated retail and service establishments on the ground floor level required by § 1302.1, nor comply with the ground floor level floor-to-ceiling height requirement of § 1310.7, if the ground floor level is devoted exclusively to residential uses.

1310.10

If ground floor residential uses are established pursuant to § 1310.9, no certificate of occupancy for a permitted non-residential use on the ground floor level may be issued, unless the ground floor level of the subject building complies with the floor-to-ceiling height requirement of § 1310.7.

1310.11

Developments properties subject to the requirements of Chapter 26 may use the following modifications to height and lot occupancy in order to achieve the bonus density:

(a) The floor area ratio for new construction shall not exceed 3.0 FAR;

(b) The lot occupancy shall not exceed seventy-five percent (75%); and

(c) The maximum building height shall not exceed fifty-five (55) feet.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-1310

Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 9384, 9389 (October 21, 2005); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 2610 (March 14, 2008); as corrected by Errata Notice published at 58 DCR 4314, 4315 (May 20, 2011)

Authority: The Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia (the "Commission"), pursuant to its authority under §§ 1 and 3 of the Zoning Act of 1938, approved June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 797, 799; D.C. Official Code §§ 6-641.01 and 6-641.0 ).