D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-2116

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 44, November 1, 2024

Rule 11-2116 - LOCATION OF PARKING SPACES

2116.1

Except as provided in §§ 214, 510, 708, 730, 743.2(d), 753.1(c), 761.2, 803.1, 926, 2116.5, 2116.10 and 2117.9(c), all parking spaces shall be located on the same lot with the buildings or structures they are intended to serve.

2116.2

Parking spaces, including car-sharing spaces, shall be located in one (1) of the following ways:

(a) Within a permitted garage or carport, subject to the special provisions of chapter 23 and § 2116. 12; or

(b) On an open area of the lot except as provided in § 2116.4.

2116.3

For a church, up to fifty percent (50%) of the number of parking spaces may be located elsewhere. The spaces shall be located within four hundred feet (400 ft.) of the church in a public or private parking lot or garage where the required number of spaces are made available for the use of the church through a binding agreement with the owners of the parking facility. However, at least three (3) parking spaces shall be provided on the lot where the church is located.

2116.4

Parking spaces shall not be located in the following areas:

(a) Between a building restriction line and a lot line abutting a street; or

(b) Except in an Industrial District or a building used solely as a parking attendant shelter, between a lot line abutting a street and the more restrictive of either a building façade or a line extending from and parallel to a building façade.

2116.5

Except as provided in § 2117.9, if approved by the Board of Zoning Adjustment pursuant to § 3104 for special exceptions, open parking spaces accessory to any building or structure may be located anywhere on the lot upon which the building or structure is located, or elsewhere, except in the case of a one-family dwelling, in accordance with §§ 2116.6 through 2116.9.

2116.6

The Board shall determine that it is not practical to locate the spaces in accordance with § 2116.2 for the following reasons:

(a) Unusual topography, grades, shape, size, or dimensions of the lot;

(b) The lack of an alley or the lack of appropriate ingress or egress through existing or proposed alleys or streets;

(c) Traffic hazards caused by unusual street grades; or

(d) The location of required parking spaces elsewhere on the same lot or on another lot would result in more efficient use of land, better design or landscaping, safer ingress or egress, and less adverse impact on neighboring properties.

2116.7

When the accessory parking spaces are to be located elsewhere than on the lot upon which the building or structure they are intended to serve is located, the parking on adjacent lots or lots separated only by an alley from the lot upon which the building or structure is located, shall be preferred.

2116.8

The accessory parking spaces shall be located so as to furnish reasonable and convenient parking facilities for the occupants or guests of the building or structures that they are designed to serve.

2116.9

The Board may impose conditions on any accessory or non-accessory parking spaces as to screening, coping, setbacks, fences, the location of entrances and exits, or any other requirement it deems necessary to protect adjacent or nearby property. It may also impose other conditions it deems necessary to assure the continued provision and maintenance of the spaces.

2116.10

Notwithstanding §§ 106.7 and 2116.1, parking spaces serving the District of Columbia Correctional Facility and other uses and agencies currently on the site as of March 2, 2007 may be located anywhere within Public Reservation 13 tract.

2116.11

Subsection 2116.10 shall expire in seven (7) years.

2116.12

Except for parking in an Industrial Zone or accessory to a one-family dwelling, parking spaces provided within a structure shall be located at least twenty feet (20 ft.) from all lot lines that abut public streets, unless the ceilings of all parking levels are at or below the grade of the adjacent public sidewalk at all points along the building frontage.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-2116

Final Rulemaking published at 31 DCR 6585, 6603 (December 28, 1984); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 9741-43 (December 8, 2000), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 8335, 8502 (October 20, 2000); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 3440 (April 2, 2004); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 6358 (July 8, 2005); and as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 54 DCR 7764 (August 10, 2007); as amended by Final Rulemaking and Order No. 09-16 published at 57 DCR 2961 (April 2, 2010); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 8371, 8377 (September 30, 2011); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 275 (January 20, 2012)

Authority: The Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia (Commission), pursuant to its authority under § 1 of the Zoning Act of 1938, approved June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 797; D.C. Official Code § 6-641.01 (2008 Repl.)), and 11 DCMR § 3030 (Consent Calendar).