D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 11-502

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 24, June 14, 2024

Rule 11-502 - ACCESSORY USES (SP)

502.1

The following commercial uses shall be permitted in an SP District as accessory uses and appropriate adjuncts to an apartment house or hotel, incidental to the uses permitted in this chapter; provided, that the requirements of §§ 502.2 through 502.4 shall be met:

(a) Barber shop;

(b) Beauty parlor;

(c) Cigar or news stand;

(d) Drug stand, including soda fountain;

(e) Dry cleaning or laundry pick-up station;

(f) Florist shop;

(g) Perfumery shop;

(h) Pressing or tailoring establishment; and

(i) Other similar uses.

502.2

There shall be no direct entrance to the commercial establishment from the outside of the building.

502.3

No part of the adjunct or the entrance to it shall be visible from a sidewalk.

502.4

No sign or display indicating the existence of the adjunct shall be visible from the outside of the building.

502.5

Mechanical amusement machines that are accessory to uses specified in §§ 502.1, 507, and 508, but in the case of § 502.1 only as to a hotel subject to the provisions of § 2501, shall be permitted as an accessory use incidental to the uses permitted in this chapter.

502.6

A child development home or an expanded child development home shall be permitted as an accessory use in an SP District incidental to the uses permitted in this chapter; provided:

(a) The dwelling unit in which the use is located shall be the principal residence of the caregiver; and

(b) The use otherwise shall meet the definition of a home occupation.

502.7

Any other accessory use and accessory building customarily incidental to the uses otherwise authorized by this chapter shall be permitted in an SP District, except that a firearms retail sales establishment shall not be permitted as a principal or an accessory use.

D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 11-502

§4101.6 of the Zoning Regulations, effective May 12, 1958, as added by Final Rulemaking published at 25 DCR 2759 (September 22, 1978); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 29 DCR 4913, 4914 (November 5, 1982); and Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 9741-43 (December 8, 2000), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 8335, 8372 (October 20, 2000); as amended by Final Rulemaking and Order No. 08-20 published at 56 DCR 2181 (March 13, 2009); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 1632 (2/12/2016)

Authority: The Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia (the "Commission"), pursuant to its authority under §§ 1, 3, and 8 of the Zoning Act of 1938, approved June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 797, 798, and 799; D.C. Official Code §§ 6-641.01, 6-641.03, and 6-641.07 ).