807.1 This section provides flexibility from the requirements of this chapter when providing the number of bicycle parking spaces or showers and changing facilities required would be:

1. (a) Impractical due to the shape or configuration of the site,
2. (b) Unnecessary due to a lack of demand for bicycle parking; or
3. (c) Contrary to other District regulations.

807.2 The Board of Zoning Adjustment may grant full or partial relief from the minimum number or dimensions of long-term or short-term bicycle parking spaces required for a use or structure by this section, as a special exception under Subtitle X, Chapter 9, and subject to the limitations of Subtitle C § 807.3, and the applicant's demonstration to the Board's satisfaction of any of the following:

1. (a) Due to the physical constraints of the property, the required bicycle parking spaces cannot be provided in compliance with the requirements of this section on the lot or, in the case of short-term bicycle parking spaces, on abutting public space;
2. (b) The use or structure will generate demand for less bicycle parking than the minimum bicycle parking standards require, as a result of:
3. (1) The nature of the use or structure;
4. (2) Land use or topographical characteristics of the neighborhood that minimize the need for required bicycle parking spaces; or
5. (3) A transportation demand management plan approved by District Department of Transportation, the implementation of which shall be a condition of the Board of Zoning Adjustment's approval, that will result in demand for less short-term bicycle parking than the minimum bicycle parking standards require; or
6. (c) The nature or location of the Historic Resource precludes the provision of

bicycle parking spaces in compliance with the requirements of this section; or providing the required bicycle parking in compliance with the requirements of this section would result in significant architectural or structural difficulty in maintaining the integrity and appearance of the Historic Resource.

807.3 Relief granted under Subtitle C § 807.2 from the number and dimensional bicycle parking requirements of this section shall be:

(a) Proportionate to the reduction in bicycle parking demand demonstrated by the applicant; and

(b) Limited to the amount of relief from the requirements that the applicant demonstrates is necessary and cannot reasonably be provided on the site as proposed to be developed in the application.

807.4 The Board of Zoning Adjustment may grant full or partial relief from the requirements for showers and changing facilities in Subtitle C §§ 806.3, 806.4, and 806.5 pursuant to Subtitle X, Chapter 9, and subject to the applicant's demonstration to the Board's satisfaction that:

(a) The intent of Subtitle C § 806 is met; and

(b) Either:

(1) The use will not generate the demand for the full number of showers and changing facilities required; or

(2) The property owner has an arrangement to make use of showers and changing facilities off-site, and that the showers and changing facilities will be reasonably available to long-term occupants of the use requiring the facilities.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 2447, 2712 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 69 DCR 001561 (February 25, 2022).