2201. SCHEDULE OF REQUIREMENTS FOR LOADING BERTHS, LOADING PLATFORMS, AND SERVICE/DELIVERY LOADING SPACES

2201 SCHEDULE OF REQUIREMENTS FOR LOADING BERTHS, LOADING PLATFORMS, AND SERVICE/DELIVERY LOADING SPACES 2201.1 On and after May 12, 1958, all buildings or structures shall be provided with loading berths, loading platforms, and service/delivery loading spaces as specified in the following table: USES AND DISTRICTS MINIMUM NUMBER AND SIZE OF LOADING BERTHS REQUIRED MINIMUM NUMBER AND SIZE OF LOADING PLATFORMS REQUIRED MINIMUM NUMBER AND SIZE OF SERVICE/DELIVERY LOADING SPACES REQUIRED Office Building in W, CR, C-2-B, C-2-B-1, C-2-C, and C-M-1 Districts: With 20,000 to 50,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 100 sq. ft. 1 @ 20 feet deep With more than 50,000 to 200,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area 2 @ 30 feet deep 2 @ 100 sq. ft. 1 @ 20 feet deep With more than 200,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area 3 @ 30 feet deep 3 @ 100 sq. ft. 1 @ 20 feet deep Office Building in C-1, C-2-A, and C-3-A Districts: With 20,000 to 50,000 ft.² of gross floor area and cellar floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep With more than 50,000 to 200,000 ft.² of gross floor area and cellar floor area 2 @ 30 feet deep 2 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep With more than 200,000 ft.² of gross floor area and cellar floor area 3 @ 30 feet deep 3 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep Office Building in All Other District: With 30,000 to 100,000 ft.2 of gross floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep With more than 100,000 to 200,000 ft.² of gross floor area 2 @ 30 feet deep 2 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep With more than 200,000 ft.² of gross floor area 3 @ 30 feet deep 3 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep Grocery Store or Drug Store in C-1, C-2-A, and C-3-A Districts: With 5,000 to 20,000 ft.2 of gross floor area and cellar floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 None With more than 20,000 to 100,000 ft.2 of gross floor area and cellar floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 55 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 200 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep With more than 100,000 ft.2 of gross floor area and cellar floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 2 @ 55 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 2 @ 200 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep Grocery Store or Drug Store in W, CR, C-2-B, C-2-B-1, C-2-C, C-M-1, and C-M-2 Districts: With 5,000 to 20,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 100 sq. ft. None With more than 20,000 to 100,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 55 feet deep 1 @ 100 sq. ft. 1 @ 200 sq. ft. 1 @ 20 feet deep With more than 100,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 55 feet deep 1 @ 100 sq. ft. 2 @ 200 sq. ft. 1 @ 20 feet deep Grocery Store or Drug Store in C-3-B, C-3-C, C-4, C-5, C-M-3, and M Districts: With 8,000 to 20,000 ft.2 of gross floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep With more than 20,000 to 100,000 ft.2 of gross floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 55 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 200 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep With more than 100,000 ft.2 of gross floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 2 @ 55 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 2 @ 200 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep Retail or Service Establishment Other than Grocery Store or Drug Store in C-1, C-2-A, and C-3-A Districts: With 5,000 to 20,000 ft.2 of gross area and cellar floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 None With more than 20,000 to 30,000 ft.2 of gross floor area and cellar floor area 2 @ 30 feet deep 2 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep With more than 30,000 to 100,000 ft.2 of gross floor area and cellar floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 55 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 200 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep With more than 100,000 ft.2 of gross floor area and cellar floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 2 @ 55 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 2 @ 200 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep Retail or Service Establishment Other than Grocery Store or Drug Store in W, CR, C-2-B, C-2-C, C-M-1, and C-M-2 Districts: With 5,000 to 20,000 ft.2 of gross floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 None With more than 20,000 to 30,000 ft.2 of gross floor area 2 @ 30 feet deep 2 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep With more than 30,000 to 100,000 ft.2 of gross floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 55 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 200 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep With more than 100,000 ft.2 of gross floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 2 @ 55 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 2 @ 200 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep Retail or Service Establishment Other than Grocery Store or Drug Store in C-3-B, C-3-C, C-4, C-5, C-M-3, and M Districts: With 8,000 to 20,000 ft.2 of gross floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep With more than 20,000 to 30,000 ft.2 of gross floor area 2 @ 30 feet deep 2 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep With more than 30,000 to 100,000 ft.2 of gross floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 55 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 200 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep With more than 100,000 ft.2 of gross floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 2 @ 55 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 2 @ 200 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep Electronic Equipment Facility (EEF) in C-3, C-4, C-5, CR, C-M, and M Districts: With 20,000 to 50,000 ft.2 of gross floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep With more than 50,000 to 200,000 ft.2 of gross floor area 2 @ 30 feet deep 2 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep With more than 200,000 ft.2 of gross floor area 3 @ 30 feet deep 3 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep Wholesale Use or Warehouse or in C-1, C-2, C-3-A, C-M-1, and C-M-2 Districts: With 2,000 to 20,000 ft.2 of gross floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 None With more than 20,000 ft.2 of gross floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 55 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 200 ft.2 None For each 200,000 ft.2 of Gross floor area more than 100,000 ft.2 1 @ 55 feet deep 1 @ 200 ft.2 None Wholesale Use or Warehouse in W, CR, C-3-B, C-3-C, C-4, C-5, C-M-3, and M Districts: With 4,000 to 20,000 ft.2 of gross floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 None With more than 20,000 ft.2 of gross floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 55 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 200 ft.2 None For each 200,000 ft.2 of Gross floor area more than 100,000 ft.2 1 @ 55 feet deep 1 @ 200 ft.2 None Manufacturing or Industrial Establishment in All Districts: With 5,000 to 25,000 ft.2 of gross floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 None With more than 25,000 ft.2 of gross floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 55 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 200 ft.2 Non For each 100,000 ft.2 of Gross floor area more than 50,000 ft.2 1 @ 55 feet deep 1 @ 200 ft.2 None Apartment House or Multiple Dwelling with 50 or More Dwelling Units in All Districts: 1 @ 55 feet deep 1 @ 200 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep Hotel, For Guest Room Areas, in All Districts: With 30 to 200 rooms Usable for sleeping 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep With more than 200 rooms usable for sleeping 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 55 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 200 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep Hotel, for Function Rooms And Exhibit Space, in All Districts: With a total of 10,000 ft.2 or more of floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 None For each 50,000 ft.2 of Floor area more than 50,000 ft.2 1 @ 55 feet deep 1 @ 200 ft.2 None Inn, in All Districts: With 30 to 200 rooms Usable for sleeping 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep With more than 200 Rooms usable for Sleeping 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 55 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 200 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep Theater or Group of Theaters in One Building, with More than 500 Seats in All Districts: 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep Any Other Use in All Districts: With 30,000 to 100,000 ft.2 of gross floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep With more than 100,000 ft.2 of gross floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 55 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 200 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep Public recreation and Community center with More than 30,000 sq. ft. gross floor area in all districts 1 @ 20 feet deep Retail, service, or public assembly use in the W-0 District: With greater than 20,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area 1 @ 30 feet deep 1 @ 100 ft.2 1 @ 20 feet deep 2201.2 For any use that occupies ninety percent (90%) or more of the gross floor area and cellar floor area of a building or structure, loading berths shall be calculated based on the entire gross floor area and cellar floor area of the building or structure as if the greater use occupies the entire building or structure. 2201.3 No loading platform need be provided for loading berths if the required loading berth is increased in depth for the full width thereof, such that the resulting enlarged loading berth is equal in area to the combined area of a required loading berth and a required loading platform. 2201.4 In a C-4 District, the loading berth, loading platform, and service/delivery loading space requirements applicable to a Disposition Lot so identified in the Downtown Urban Renewal Plan shall be as specified in that Plan. 2201.5 All required service/delivery loading spaces shall be a minimum of ten feet (10 ft.) wide and have a minimum vertical clearance of ten feet (10 ft). Each service/delivery loading space shall be clearly marked "For Service and Delivery Vehicles Only" and used exclusively for such vehicles. 2201.6 All required loading berths shall be a minimum of twelve feet (12 ft.) wide and have a minimum vertical clearance of fourteen feet (14 ft.). 2201.7 All required loading platforms shall meet the following requirements: (a) A platform that is at least one hundred square feet (100 ft.2) shall have a minimum width of eight feet (8 ft.); (b) A platform that is at least two hundred square feet (200 ft.2) shall have a minimum width of twelve feet (12 ft.); (c) A loading platform shall have a minimum vertical clearance of ten feet (10 ft.); and (d) A loading platform floor shall consist of one (1) horizontal level. 2201.8 The dimensions specified in §§ 2201.5 and 2201.6 for service/delivery loading spaces and loading berths are exclusive of access aisles, maneuvering space, and loading platforms. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 31 DCR 6585, 6612 (December 28, 1984); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 9741-43 (December 8, 2000), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 8335, 8506-07 (October 20, 2000); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 9830, 9840 (October 26, 2001); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 1655 (February 22, 2002), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 11159, 11164 (December 7, 2001); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 10137 (November 28, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 3440 (April 2, 2004); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 6358 (July 8, 2005); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 5190 (April 24, 2015). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Zoning 11 DCMR § 2201