Evening star., 1948-10-01
zoning Board
Urges Garages
In Home Areas
Cites Need to Meet
Requirement for
Of-Street Parking

The District Zoning Commission
announced today it is proposing new
regulations to allow construction of
parking garages in some residential
areas to provide the off-street park
ing required of all new construction.
A public hearing on proposed
zoning regulation changes relating
to off street parking for new con-
struction will be held at 10 am. Oc-
tober 13 at the District Building.
The regulations in question specify
how much off-street parking space
must be provided for each type of
building erected in the District.
They apply only to new construc-
ton, not to buildings already in
existence.
Would Allow G. w. U. Project.
The proposal to allow garage con-
struction in residential c and D.
areas will open the way for George
Washington University Hospital to
erect such structure. Hospital au-
thorities have appeared before the
Zoning Commission previously re-
queSting permission to build ga
rage near the hospital in the block
bounded by TWenty-third, Twenty
fourth, H and I streets NV, but
have been turned down.
This particular amendment would
allow this project to be carried out
Such a garage could not offer re-
pairing or servicing of any kind and
must not affect the neighhorhood
adversely" the proposal states.
The proposed amendments would
also add number of categories of
buildings to the list of those required
to provide off street parking spaces |
Dormltories. under the proposal.
would have to provide one parking
space for each eight bedrooms; hos
pitfalls, one parking space for each
three beds; sanitaria, convalescent |
homes and homes for the aged, one
parking space for each six beds; Or
phanages and eleemosynary institu-
tions, one parking space for each
eight beds, and high schools, colleges
and universities. one parking space
for each IS classroom seats.
Ratio of Space Revised.
The present regulations went into
effect in 1912, according to r. o.
Clauser, executive officer of the zon-
Ing commission. He said the pro-
posed amendments would make the
regulations more workable and also
more equitable in many instances
and were result of a study of their
operation during the last few years !
One relaxation of the present reg
ulations is proposed, Mr.. Clauser |
said. This would set a ratio of one !
parking space for each eight utility
dwelling units in apartment and
tenement houses in residential areas |
B, c and D. A utility dwelling unit
was defined as having net floor
area of not more than 500 square
feet.
The present regulations make no
reference to utility units. setting
up the following scale for apart
ment and tenement houses:
Residential A areas, one parking
space for each two dwelling units;
residential B areas, one parking
space for each three dwelling units;
IeSlQeHtldl " AREAS one parking
space for each four units, and resi-
dental D areas, one parking space
for each five units.
Less Space Allowed Per Car.
Mr.. Clauser explained that the
residential B, c and D areas nor
mally are downtown and in more
crowded sections and 1t was felt
that less off-street parking space
should be required in cases where
apartments have many utility units
Under the proposal, flats would
have to provide one parking space
for each two dwelling units. At
present. fats, defined as single
buildings with two families, are not
required to have any off-street
parking.
One other amendment would re-
duce the area of the parking space
per automobile to $50 square feet,
exclusive of driveways or aisles
giving access thereto. The present
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