501. USES AS A MATTER OF RIGHT (SP)

501 USES AS A MATTER OF RIGHT (SP) 501.1 The following uses shall be permitted as a matter of right in an SP District: (a) Any use permitted in any R-5 District under §§ 350.4 and 350.5, except a hotel; (b) Antenna, subject to the standards and procedure which apply pursuant chapter 27 of this title; (c) Art gallery; (d) Car-sharing spaces, none of which may be a required parking space for any use on site; (e) Child/Elderly development center; or adult day treatment facility; (f) Community center building; (g) Driver's License Road Test Facility; (h) Park, playground, swimming pool, or athletic field operated by a local community organization; (i) Police Department General Facility, except as provided in § 504; (j) Private school, including kindergarten, elementary, secondary, trade, or any other school; (k) Public School, subject to the provisions of chapter 21 of this title; (l) Religious reading room; and (m) Ticket office. 501.2 An artist studio shall be permitted as a matter of right in an SP District, subject to the following criteria: (a) All operations and storage of materials shall occur inside the building; (b) Sales of art work produced by the occupants of the studio shall be permitted within the studio; and (c) The artist may teach the art to one or more persons. 501.3 General office use, including chancery, shall be permitted in an SP District as a replacement for office use for international organization, non-profit organization, labor union, architect, dentist, doctor, engineer, lawyer, or similar professional person existing and approved by the Board of Zoning Adjustment or the Zoning Commission or authorized by a validly issued certificate of occupancy prior to January 29, 1999. SOURCE: § 4101.3 of the Zoning Regulations, effective May 12, 1958, as added by Final Rulemaking published at 25 DCR 2757 (September 22, 1981); amended by: Final Rulemaking published at 29 DCR 4913, 4919 (November 5, 1982); Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 465 (January 22, 1988); Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 812 (January 29, 1999); and Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 9741-43 (December 8, 2000), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 8335, 8372, 8378 (October 20, 2000); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 4778 (May 7, 2004); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 7259 (August 5, 2005); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 9580 (December 1, 2006); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 10085 (December 22, 2006); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 0034 (January 4, 2008); as amended by Final Rulemaking and Order No. 09-16 published at 57 DCR 2961 (April 2, 2010).