1323. HS OVERLAY ARTS SUB-DISTRICT (HS-A)

1323 HS OVERLAY ARTS SUB-DISTRICT (HS-A) 1323.1 The HS Overlay Arts Sub-district is intended to encourage arts and entertainment uses. 1323.2 For the purposes of §§ 1320.3(c), 1323.4 and 1326.1(a), preferred uses are: (a) Art center; (b) Art gallery; (c) Art or performing arts school; (d) Artist housing; (e) Artist studio; (f) Artists' supply store; (g) Arts services, including set design and restoration of artworks; (h) Bar, nightclub, or cocktail lounge; (i) Book store; (j) Cabaret; (k) Coffee shop, café, or delicatessen; (l) Concert hall or other performing arts space; (m) Library; (n) Movie theater; (o) Museum; (p) Musical instruments store; (q) Performing arts ticket office or booking agency; (r) Photographic studio; (s) Picture framing shop; (t) Printing, lithographing, or photoengraving establishment, in each case not exceeding twenty-five hundred square feet (2,500 ft.2) of gross floor area; (u) Record store; (v) Recording studio; (w) Restaurant; and (x) Theater. 1323.3 The floor area ratio in the HS-A Sub-district for new construction may not exceed 1.0 FAR for non-residential uses except as provided in § 1323.4. 1323.4 New construction that preserves an existing façade constructed before 1958 is permitted 0.5 FAR in addition to the non-residential FAR permitted in the underlying zone for non-residential preferred uses listed in § 1323.2. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 1708, 1717 (March 10, 2006).