D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11-U, § 410
Accessory Uses (RA)
Effective Aug 25, 202370 DCR 011297Authority: § 1 of the Zoning Act of 1938, approved June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 797), as amended; D.C. Official Code § 6-641.01 (2018 Repl.), and pursuant to § 6 of the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act, approved October 21, 1968 (82 Stat. 1206; D.C. Official Code § 2 505(c) (2016 Repl.)). Source: Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 2447, 3338 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 70 DCR 011297 (August 25, 2023).District of Columbia, Office of the Secretary
410.1 The following accessory uses shall be permitted as a matter of right subject to the associated conditions:
- (a) Any accessory use permitted in the R zones under Subtitle U § 250;
- (b) Accessory parking spaces or an accessory parking garage subject to all the applicable provisions of Subtitle C, Chapter 7;
- (c) Temporary exhibits, fundraising functions, and benefit sales for nonprofit organizations not to exceed ten (10) days in a hotel with more than one hundred (100) rooms or suites;
- (d) Commercial adjuncts as accessory uses to a hotel containing one hundred (100) or more rooms or suites shall be permitted in an RA zones, provided:
- (1) The total area within the hotel devoted to function rooms, exhibit space, and commercial adjuncts shall not be increased;
- (2) There shall be no direct entrance to the function rooms, exhibit space, and commercial adjuncts from the outside of the building;
- (3) No part of the adjunct or the entrance to the adjunct shall be visible from a sidewalk; and
- (4) No sign or display indicating the existence of the adjuncts shall be visible from the outside of the building;
- (e) A home occupation use subject to the conditions and regulations of a home occupation as defined in Subtitle U § 251, and subject to the following conditions:
- (1) No more than four (4) clients or visitors per day shall be allowed; and
- (2) No person who is not a resident of the dwelling unit shall be engaged or employed in the home occupation; and
- (f) Other accessory uses buildings or structures customarily incidental to the uses permitted in RA zones under the provisions of this section; and
- (g) An accessory community dining room within an apartment house solely for the use of tenants and their guests.
Zoning Regulations of 2016:
Use Permissions
410.2 In the RA-2/RC zone, a drive-through accessory to any use shall be prohibited.
SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 2447, 3338 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 70 DCR 011297 (August 25, 2023).
Zoning Regulations of 2016:
Use Permissions