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Where can I put a multiple dwelling (apartment house) in Washington, D.C.?

“multiple dwelling (apartment house)” matches 2 uses this ordinance names separately. We do not choose between them — they can have different answers, so every one is shown.

Multiple dwelling (apartment house)

Allowed by right in 11 districts

DistrictProperties loadedCodeWhat says so
CG-1
the ordinance paragraph quoted here
17AllowedSubtitle U §401.1(d)(1)
Multiple dwellings provided that in an apartment house, accommodations may be provided only to residents who stay at the premises a minimum of one (1) month; and (2) Hotel in existence as of May 16, 1980, with a valid certificate of occupancy or a valid application for a building permit; provided, that the gross floor area of the hotel may not be increased and the total area within the hotel devoted to function rooms, exhibit space, and commercial adjuncts may not be increased. An existing hotel may be repaired, renovated, remodeled, or structurally altered; and (3) A continuing care retirement community; and (e) Community Residence Facility for not more than six (6) persons not including resident supervisors or staff and their families. The facility may accommodate seven (7) to fifteen (15) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families; provided there shall be no property containing an existing community residence facility for eight (8) or more persons within a radius of five hundred feet (500 ft.) from any portion of the subject property; (f) Recreation building, park, playground, swimming pool, athletic field, ice rink, or other similar athletic facility, public or private, operated on and using local or federal land and approved by a joint federal-local jurisdictional transfer agreement; subject to the following: City of Washington, D.C. | Title 11 - Zoning SUBTITLE U, CHAPTER 4-1 (1) No part of any use is nearer than seventy feet (70 ft.) to the nearest residential structure;
RA-2
the ordinance paragraph quoted here
5,089AllowedSubtitle U §401.1(d)(1)
Multiple dwellings provided that in an apartment house, accommodations may be provided only to residents who stay at the premises a minimum of one (1) month; and (2) Hotel in existence as of May 16, 1980, with a valid certificate of occupancy or a valid application for a building permit; provided, that the gross floor area of the hotel may not be increased and the total area within the hotel devoted to function rooms, exhibit space, and commercial adjuncts may not be increased. An existing hotel may be repaired, renovated, remodeled, or structurally altered; and (3) A continuing care retirement community; and (e) Community Residence Facility for not more than six (6) persons not including resident supervisors or staff and their families. The facility may accommodate seven (7) to fifteen (15) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families; provided there shall be no property containing an existing community residence facility for eight (8) or more persons within a radius of five hundred feet (500 ft.) from any portion of the subject property; (f) Recreation building, park, playground, swimming pool, athletic field, ice rink, or other similar athletic facility, public or private, operated on and using local or federal land and approved by a joint federal-local jurisdictional transfer agreement; subject to the following: City of Washington, D.C. | Title 11 - Zoning SUBTITLE U, CHAPTER 4-1 (1) No part of any use is nearer than seventy feet (70 ft.) to the nearest residential structure;
RA-2/CAP
the ordinance paragraph quoted here
117AllowedSubtitle U §401.1(d)(1)
Multiple dwellings provided that in an apartment house, accommodations may be provided only to residents who stay at the premises a minimum of one (1) month; and (2) Hotel in existence as of May 16, 1980, with a valid certificate of occupancy or a valid application for a building permit; provided, that the gross floor area of the hotel may not be increased and the total area within the hotel devoted to function rooms, exhibit space, and commercial adjuncts may not be increased. An existing hotel may be repaired, renovated, remodeled, or structurally altered; and (3) A continuing care retirement community; and (e) Community Residence Facility for not more than six (6) persons not including resident supervisors or staff and their families. The facility may accommodate seven (7) to fifteen (15) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families; provided there shall be no property containing an existing community residence facility for eight (8) or more persons within a radius of five hundred feet (500 ft.) from any portion of the subject property; (f) Recreation building, park, playground, swimming pool, athletic field, ice rink, or other similar athletic facility, public or private, operated on and using local or federal land and approved by a joint federal-local jurisdictional transfer agreement; subject to the following: City of Washington, D.C. | Title 11 - Zoning SUBTITLE U, CHAPTER 4-1 (1) No part of any use is nearer than seventy feet (70 ft.) to the nearest residential structure;
RA-2/DC
the ordinance paragraph quoted here
1,146AllowedSubtitle U §401.1(d)(1)
Multiple dwellings provided that in an apartment house, accommodations may be provided only to residents who stay at the premises a minimum of one (1) month; and (2) Hotel in existence as of May 16, 1980, with a valid certificate of occupancy or a valid application for a building permit; provided, that the gross floor area of the hotel may not be increased and the total area within the hotel devoted to function rooms, exhibit space, and commercial adjuncts may not be increased. An existing hotel may be repaired, renovated, remodeled, or structurally altered; and (3) A continuing care retirement community; and (e) Community Residence Facility for not more than six (6) persons not including resident supervisors or staff and their families. The facility may accommodate seven (7) to fifteen (15) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families; provided there shall be no property containing an existing community residence facility for eight (8) or more persons within a radius of five hundred feet (500 ft.) from any portion of the subject property; (f) Recreation building, park, playground, swimming pool, athletic field, ice rink, or other similar athletic facility, public or private, operated on and using local or federal land and approved by a joint federal-local jurisdictional transfer agreement; subject to the following: City of Washington, D.C. | Title 11 - Zoning SUBTITLE U, CHAPTER 4-1 (1) No part of any use is nearer than seventy feet (70 ft.) to the nearest residential structure;
RA-2/RC
the ordinance paragraph quoted here
7AllowedSubtitle U §401.1(d)(1)
Multiple dwellings provided that in an apartment house, accommodations may be provided only to residents who stay at the premises a minimum of one (1) month; and (2) Hotel in existence as of May 16, 1980, with a valid certificate of occupancy or a valid application for a building permit; provided, that the gross floor area of the hotel may not be increased and the total area within the hotel devoted to function rooms, exhibit space, and commercial adjuncts may not be increased. An existing hotel may be repaired, renovated, remodeled, or structurally altered; and (3) A continuing care retirement community; and (e) Community Residence Facility for not more than six (6) persons not including resident supervisors or staff and their families. The facility may accommodate seven (7) to fifteen (15) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families; provided there shall be no property containing an existing community residence facility for eight (8) or more persons within a radius of five hundred feet (500 ft.) from any portion of the subject property; (f) Recreation building, park, playground, swimming pool, athletic field, ice rink, or other similar athletic facility, public or private, operated on and using local or federal land and approved by a joint federal-local jurisdictional transfer agreement; subject to the following: City of Washington, D.C. | Title 11 - Zoning SUBTITLE U, CHAPTER 4-1 (1) No part of any use is nearer than seventy feet (70 ft.) to the nearest residential structure;
RA-3
the ordinance paragraph quoted here
86AllowedSubtitle U §401.1(d)(1)
Multiple dwellings provided that in an apartment house, accommodations may be provided only to residents who stay at the premises a minimum of one (1) month; and (2) Hotel in existence as of May 16, 1980, with a valid certificate of occupancy or a valid application for a building permit; provided, that the gross floor area of the hotel may not be increased and the total area within the hotel devoted to function rooms, exhibit space, and commercial adjuncts may not be increased. An existing hotel may be repaired, renovated, remodeled, or structurally altered; and (3) A continuing care retirement community; and (e) Community Residence Facility for not more than six (6) persons not including resident supervisors or staff and their families. The facility may accommodate seven (7) to fifteen (15) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families; provided there shall be no property containing an existing community residence facility for eight (8) or more persons within a radius of five hundred feet (500 ft.) from any portion of the subject property; (f) Recreation building, park, playground, swimming pool, athletic field, ice rink, or other similar athletic facility, public or private, operated on and using local or federal land and approved by a joint federal-local jurisdictional transfer agreement; subject to the following: City of Washington, D.C. | Title 11 - Zoning SUBTITLE U, CHAPTER 4-1 (1) No part of any use is nearer than seventy feet (70 ft.) to the nearest residential structure;
RA-4
the ordinance paragraph quoted here
1,178AllowedSubtitle U §401.1(d)(1)
Multiple dwellings provided that in an apartment house, accommodations may be provided only to residents who stay at the premises a minimum of one (1) month; and (2) Hotel in existence as of May 16, 1980, with a valid certificate of occupancy or a valid application for a building permit; provided, that the gross floor area of the hotel may not be increased and the total area within the hotel devoted to function rooms, exhibit space, and commercial adjuncts may not be increased. An existing hotel may be repaired, renovated, remodeled, or structurally altered; and (3) A continuing care retirement community; and (e) Community Residence Facility for not more than six (6) persons not including resident supervisors or staff and their families. The facility may accommodate seven (7) to fifteen (15) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families; provided there shall be no property containing an existing community residence facility for eight (8) or more persons within a radius of five hundred feet (500 ft.) from any portion of the subject property; (f) Recreation building, park, playground, swimming pool, athletic field, ice rink, or other similar athletic facility, public or private, operated on and using local or federal land and approved by a joint federal-local jurisdictional transfer agreement; subject to the following: City of Washington, D.C. | Title 11 - Zoning SUBTITLE U, CHAPTER 4-1 (1) No part of any use is nearer than seventy feet (70 ft.) to the nearest residential structure;
RA-4/DC
the ordinance paragraph quoted here
47AllowedSubtitle U §401.1(d)(1)
Multiple dwellings provided that in an apartment house, accommodations may be provided only to residents who stay at the premises a minimum of one (1) month; and (2) Hotel in existence as of May 16, 1980, with a valid certificate of occupancy or a valid application for a building permit; provided, that the gross floor area of the hotel may not be increased and the total area within the hotel devoted to function rooms, exhibit space, and commercial adjuncts may not be increased. An existing hotel may be repaired, renovated, remodeled, or structurally altered; and (3) A continuing care retirement community; and (e) Community Residence Facility for not more than six (6) persons not including resident supervisors or staff and their families. The facility may accommodate seven (7) to fifteen (15) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families; provided there shall be no property containing an existing community residence facility for eight (8) or more persons within a radius of five hundred feet (500 ft.) from any portion of the subject property; (f) Recreation building, park, playground, swimming pool, athletic field, ice rink, or other similar athletic facility, public or private, operated on and using local or federal land and approved by a joint federal-local jurisdictional transfer agreement; subject to the following: City of Washington, D.C. | Title 11 - Zoning SUBTITLE U, CHAPTER 4-1 (1) No part of any use is nearer than seventy feet (70 ft.) to the nearest residential structure;
RA-5
the ordinance paragraph quoted here
188AllowedSubtitle U §401.1(d)(1)
Multiple dwellings provided that in an apartment house, accommodations may be provided only to residents who stay at the premises a minimum of one (1) month; and (2) Hotel in existence as of May 16, 1980, with a valid certificate of occupancy or a valid application for a building permit; provided, that the gross floor area of the hotel may not be increased and the total area within the hotel devoted to function rooms, exhibit space, and commercial adjuncts may not be increased. An existing hotel may be repaired, renovated, remodeled, or structurally altered; and (3) A continuing care retirement community; and (e) Community Residence Facility for not more than six (6) persons not including resident supervisors or staff and their families. The facility may accommodate seven (7) to fifteen (15) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families; provided there shall be no property containing an existing community residence facility for eight (8) or more persons within a radius of five hundred feet (500 ft.) from any portion of the subject property; (f) Recreation building, park, playground, swimming pool, athletic field, ice rink, or other similar athletic facility, public or private, operated on and using local or federal land and approved by a joint federal-local jurisdictional transfer agreement; subject to the following: City of Washington, D.C. | Title 11 - Zoning SUBTITLE U, CHAPTER 4-1 (1) No part of any use is nearer than seventy feet (70 ft.) to the nearest residential structure;
RA-5/DC
the ordinance paragraph quoted here
39AllowedSubtitle U §401.1(d)(1)
Multiple dwellings provided that in an apartment house, accommodations may be provided only to residents who stay at the premises a minimum of one (1) month; and (2) Hotel in existence as of May 16, 1980, with a valid certificate of occupancy or a valid application for a building permit; provided, that the gross floor area of the hotel may not be increased and the total area within the hotel devoted to function rooms, exhibit space, and commercial adjuncts may not be increased. An existing hotel may be repaired, renovated, remodeled, or structurally altered; and (3) A continuing care retirement community; and (e) Community Residence Facility for not more than six (6) persons not including resident supervisors or staff and their families. The facility may accommodate seven (7) to fifteen (15) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families; provided there shall be no property containing an existing community residence facility for eight (8) or more persons within a radius of five hundred feet (500 ft.) from any portion of the subject property; (f) Recreation building, park, playground, swimming pool, athletic field, ice rink, or other similar athletic facility, public or private, operated on and using local or federal land and approved by a joint federal-local jurisdictional transfer agreement; subject to the following: City of Washington, D.C. | Title 11 - Zoning SUBTITLE U, CHAPTER 4-1 (1) No part of any use is nearer than seventy feet (70 ft.) to the nearest residential structure;
RA-7
the ordinance paragraph quoted here
no parcels loadedAllowedSubtitle U §401.1(d)(1)
Multiple dwellings provided that in an apartment house, accommodations may be provided only to residents who stay at the premises a minimum of one (1) month; and (2) Hotel in existence as of May 16, 1980, with a valid certificate of occupancy or a valid application for a building permit; provided, that the gross floor area of the hotel may not be increased and the total area within the hotel devoted to function rooms, exhibit space, and commercial adjuncts may not be increased. An existing hotel may be repaired, renovated, remodeled, or structurally altered; and (3) A continuing care retirement community; and (e) Community Residence Facility for not more than six (6) persons not including resident supervisors or staff and their families. The facility may accommodate seven (7) to fifteen (15) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families; provided there shall be no property containing an existing community residence facility for eight (8) or more persons within a radius of five hundred feet (500 ft.) from any portion of the subject property; (f) Recreation building, park, playground, swimming pool, athletic field, ice rink, or other similar athletic facility, public or private, operated on and using local or federal land and approved by a joint federal-local jurisdictional transfer agreement; subject to the following: City of Washington, D.C. | Title 11 - Zoning SUBTITLE U, CHAPTER 4-1 (1) No part of any use is nearer than seventy feet (70 ft.) to the nearest residential structure;

Allowed only with a discretionary approval in 3 districts

These require a hearing or an approval from the District. They are not a “no”, and they are not a “yes” either.

DistrictProperties loadedCodeWhat says so
RA-1
the ordinance paragraph quoted here
8,150ConditionalSubtitle U §401.1(d)
Except for the RA-1 zones: (1) Multiple dwellings provided that in an apartment house, accommodations may be provided only to residents who stay at the premises a minimum of one (1) month; and (2) Hotel in existence as of May 16, 1980, with a valid certificate of occupancy or a valid application for a building permit; provided, that the gross floor area of the hotel may not be increased and the total area within the hotel devoted to function rooms, exhibit space, and commercial adjuncts may not be increased. An existing hotel may be repaired, renovated, remodeled, or structurally altered; and (3) A continuing care retirement community; and (e) Community Residence Facility for not more than six (6) persons not including resident supervisors or staff and their families. The facility may accommodate seven (7) to fifteen (15) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families; provided there shall be no property containing an existing community residence facility for eight (8) or more persons within a radius of five hundred feet (500 ft.) from any portion of the subject property; (f) Recreation building, park, playground, swimming pool, athletic field, ice rink, or other similar athletic facility, public or private, operated on and using local or federal land and approved by a joint federal-local jurisdictional transfer agreement; subject to the following: City of Washington, D.C. | Title 11 - Zoning SUBTITLE U, CHAPTER 4-1 (1) No part of any use is nearer than seventy feet (70 ft.) to the nearest residential structure; (2) The uses shall not be organized for profit; (3) All parking areas shall be shared by all uses on a lot; (4) Scoreboards shall be installed such that the highest point is no taller than twenty- five feet (25 ft.) above grade; and (5) Any lighting used to illuminate a park, playground, athletic field, trail, or other outdoor space, shall be so arranged that all direct rays of lighting are confined to the boundaries of the lot; (g) Elderly development center or adult day treatment facility provided, that the use shall be limited to no more than twenty-five (25) individuals not including staff; (h) Youth Residential Care Home for not more than six (6) persons not including resident supervisors or staff and their families. The facility may accommodate seven (7) to fifteen (15) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families; provided, there shall be no property containing an existing youth residential care home for eight (8) within a radius of five hundred feet (500 ft.) from, any portion of the subject property; and (i) A temporary surface parking lot accessory to the Ballpark shall be permitted on Square 767, Lots 44-47 and Square 768, Lots 19-22 in accordance with Subtitle C § 718.
RA-1/NO
the ordinance paragraph quoted here
9ConditionalSubtitle U §401.1(d)
Except for the RA-1 zones: (1) Multiple dwellings provided that in an apartment house, accommodations may be provided only to residents who stay at the premises a minimum of one (1) month; and (2) Hotel in existence as of May 16, 1980, with a valid certificate of occupancy or a valid application for a building permit; provided, that the gross floor area of the hotel may not be increased and the total area within the hotel devoted to function rooms, exhibit space, and commercial adjuncts may not be increased. An existing hotel may be repaired, renovated, remodeled, or structurally altered; and (3) A continuing care retirement community; and (e) Community Residence Facility for not more than six (6) persons not including resident supervisors or staff and their families. The facility may accommodate seven (7) to fifteen (15) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families; provided there shall be no property containing an existing community residence facility for eight (8) or more persons within a radius of five hundred feet (500 ft.) from any portion of the subject property; (f) Recreation building, park, playground, swimming pool, athletic field, ice rink, or other similar athletic facility, public or private, operated on and using local or federal land and approved by a joint federal-local jurisdictional transfer agreement; subject to the following: City of Washington, D.C. | Title 11 - Zoning SUBTITLE U, CHAPTER 4-1 (1) No part of any use is nearer than seventy feet (70 ft.) to the nearest residential structure; (2) The uses shall not be organized for profit; (3) All parking areas shall be shared by all uses on a lot; (4) Scoreboards shall be installed such that the highest point is no taller than twenty- five feet (25 ft.) above grade; and (5) Any lighting used to illuminate a park, playground, athletic field, trail, or other outdoor space, shall be so arranged that all direct rays of lighting are confined to the boundaries of the lot; (g) Elderly development center or adult day treatment facility provided, that the use shall be limited to no more than twenty-five (25) individuals not including staff; (h) Youth Residential Care Home for not more than six (6) persons not including resident supervisors or staff and their families. The facility may accommodate seven (7) to fifteen (15) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families; provided, there shall be no property containing an existing youth residential care home for eight (8) within a radius of five hundred feet (500 ft.) from, any portion of the subject property; and (i) A temporary surface parking lot accessory to the Ballpark shall be permitted on Square 767, Lots 44-47 and Square 768, Lots 19-22 in accordance with Subtitle C § 718.
RA-6
the ordinance paragraph quoted here
no parcels loadedConditionalSubtitle U §401.1(d)
Except for the RA-1 zones: (1) Multiple dwellings provided that in an apartment house, accommodations may be provided only to residents who stay at the premises a minimum of one (1) month; and (2) Hotel in existence as of May 16, 1980, with a valid certificate of occupancy or a valid application for a building permit; provided, that the gross floor area of the hotel may not be increased and the total area within the hotel devoted to function rooms, exhibit space, and commercial adjuncts may not be increased. An existing hotel may be repaired, renovated, remodeled, or structurally altered; and (3) A continuing care retirement community; and (e) Community Residence Facility for not more than six (6) persons not including resident supervisors or staff and their families. The facility may accommodate seven (7) to fifteen (15) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families; provided there shall be no property containing an existing community residence facility for eight (8) or more persons within a radius of five hundred feet (500 ft.) from any portion of the subject property; (f) Recreation building, park, playground, swimming pool, athletic field, ice rink, or other similar athletic facility, public or private, operated on and using local or federal land and approved by a joint federal-local jurisdictional transfer agreement; subject to the following: City of Washington, D.C. | Title 11 - Zoning SUBTITLE U, CHAPTER 4-1 (1) No part of any use is nearer than seventy feet (70 ft.) to the nearest residential structure; (2) The uses shall not be organized for profit; (3) All parking areas shall be shared by all uses on a lot; (4) Scoreboards shall be installed such that the highest point is no taller than twenty- five feet (25 ft.) above grade; and (5) Any lighting used to illuminate a park, playground, athletic field, trail, or other outdoor space, shall be so arranged that all direct rays of lighting are confined to the boundaries of the lot; (g) Elderly development center or adult day treatment facility provided, that the use shall be limited to no more than twenty-five (25) individuals not including staff; (h) Youth Residential Care Home for not more than six (6) persons not including resident supervisors or staff and their families. The facility may accommodate seven (7) to fifteen (15) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families; provided, there shall be no property containing an existing youth residential care home for eight (8) within a radius of five hundred feet (500 ft.) from, any portion of the subject property; and (i) A temporary surface parking lot accessory to the Ballpark shall be permitted on Square 767, Lots 44-47 and Square 768, Lots 19-22 in accordance with Subtitle C § 718.

Multiple dwellings / apartment house (minimum 1-month stay)

Allowed by right in 4 districts

DistrictProperties loadedCodeWhat says so
MU-1
the ordinance paragraph quoted here
1AllowedSubtitle U §401.1(d)(1)
Multiple dwellings provided that in an apartment house, accommodations may be provided only to residents who stay at the premises a minimum of one (1) month; and (2) Hotel in existence as of May 16, 1980, with a valid certificate of occupancy or a valid application for a building permit; provided, that the gross floor area of the hotel may not be increased and the total area within the hotel devoted to function rooms, exhibit space, and commercial adjuncts may not be increased. An existing hotel may be repaired, renovated, remodeled, or structurally altered; and (3) A continuing care retirement community; and (e) Community Residence Facility for not more than six (6) persons not including resident supervisors or staff and their families. The facility may accommodate seven (7) to fifteen (15) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families; provided there shall be no property containing an existing community residence facility for eight (8) or more persons within a radius of five hundred feet (500 ft.) from any portion of the subject property; (f) Recreation building, park, playground, swimming pool, athletic field, ice rink, or other similar athletic facility, public or private, operated on and using local or federal land and approved by a joint federal-local jurisdictional transfer agreement; subject to the following: City of Washington, D.C. | Title 11 - Zoning SUBTITLE U, CHAPTER 4-1 (1) No part of any use is nearer than seventy feet (70 ft.) to the nearest residential structure;
MU-1/DC
the ordinance paragraph quoted here
176AllowedSubtitle U §401.1(d)(1)
Multiple dwellings provided that in an apartment house, accommodations may be provided only to residents who stay at the premises a minimum of one (1) month; and (2) Hotel in existence as of May 16, 1980, with a valid certificate of occupancy or a valid application for a building permit; provided, that the gross floor area of the hotel may not be increased and the total area within the hotel devoted to function rooms, exhibit space, and commercial adjuncts may not be increased. An existing hotel may be repaired, renovated, remodeled, or structurally altered; and (3) A continuing care retirement community; and (e) Community Residence Facility for not more than six (6) persons not including resident supervisors or staff and their families. The facility may accommodate seven (7) to fifteen (15) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families; provided there shall be no property containing an existing community residence facility for eight (8) or more persons within a radius of five hundred feet (500 ft.) from any portion of the subject property; (f) Recreation building, park, playground, swimming pool, athletic field, ice rink, or other similar athletic facility, public or private, operated on and using local or federal land and approved by a joint federal-local jurisdictional transfer agreement; subject to the following: City of Washington, D.C. | Title 11 - Zoning SUBTITLE U, CHAPTER 4-1 (1) No part of any use is nearer than seventy feet (70 ft.) to the nearest residential structure;
MU-2
the ordinance paragraph quoted here
99AllowedSubtitle U §401.1(d)(1)
Multiple dwellings provided that in an apartment house, accommodations may be provided only to residents who stay at the premises a minimum of one (1) month; and (2) Hotel in existence as of May 16, 1980, with a valid certificate of occupancy or a valid application for a building permit; provided, that the gross floor area of the hotel may not be increased and the total area within the hotel devoted to function rooms, exhibit space, and commercial adjuncts may not be increased. An existing hotel may be repaired, renovated, remodeled, or structurally altered; and (3) A continuing care retirement community; and (e) Community Residence Facility for not more than six (6) persons not including resident supervisors or staff and their families. The facility may accommodate seven (7) to fifteen (15) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families; provided there shall be no property containing an existing community residence facility for eight (8) or more persons within a radius of five hundred feet (500 ft.) from any portion of the subject property; (f) Recreation building, park, playground, swimming pool, athletic field, ice rink, or other similar athletic facility, public or private, operated on and using local or federal land and approved by a joint federal-local jurisdictional transfer agreement; subject to the following: City of Washington, D.C. | Title 11 - Zoning SUBTITLE U, CHAPTER 4-1 (1) No part of any use is nearer than seventy feet (70 ft.) to the nearest residential structure;
MU-2/DC
the ordinance paragraph quoted here
39AllowedSubtitle U §401.1(d)(1)
Multiple dwellings provided that in an apartment house, accommodations may be provided only to residents who stay at the premises a minimum of one (1) month; and (2) Hotel in existence as of May 16, 1980, with a valid certificate of occupancy or a valid application for a building permit; provided, that the gross floor area of the hotel may not be increased and the total area within the hotel devoted to function rooms, exhibit space, and commercial adjuncts may not be increased. An existing hotel may be repaired, renovated, remodeled, or structurally altered; and (3) A continuing care retirement community; and (e) Community Residence Facility for not more than six (6) persons not including resident supervisors or staff and their families. The facility may accommodate seven (7) to fifteen (15) persons, not including resident supervisors or staff and their families; provided there shall be no property containing an existing community residence facility for eight (8) or more persons within a radius of five hundred feet (500 ft.) from any portion of the subject property; (f) Recreation building, park, playground, swimming pool, athletic field, ice rink, or other similar athletic facility, public or private, operated on and using local or federal land and approved by a joint federal-local jurisdictional transfer agreement; subject to the following: City of Washington, D.C. | Title 11 - Zoning SUBTITLE U, CHAPTER 4-1 (1) No part of any use is nearer than seventy feet (70 ft.) to the nearest residential structure;

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