702. EXEMPTIONS FROM MINIMUM VEHICLE PARKING REQUIREMENTS

EXEMPTIONS FROM MINIMUM VEHICLE PARKING REQUIREMENTS 702.1 Except as provided in Subtitle C § 702.2, within any zone other than an R or RF zone, the minimum vehicle parking requirement identified in the table of Subtitle C § 701.5 shall be reduced by fifty percent (50%) for any site which is located: (a) Within one-half mile (0.5 mi.) of a Metrorail station that is currently in operation or is one for which a construction contract has been awarded; (b) Within one-quarter mile (0.25 mi.) of a streetcar line; or (c) Within one-quarter mile (.25 mi.) of one (1) of the following Metrobus corridors served by high-frequency routes located entirely or partially within the District of Columbia: (1) Georgia Avenue/7th Street, N.W. (Archives Metrorail Station to Eastern Avenue, N.W.); (2) Wisconsin Avenue, N.W. / M Street, N.W./ Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. (Western Avenue, N.W. to Union Station Metrorail Station); (3) Sixteenth Street, N.W. (Eastern Avenue, N.W. to Archives Metrorail Station); (4) H Street/Benning Road (17th Street, N.W. to Minnesota Avenue, S.E.); (5) Calvert Street, N.W. / 18th Street, N.W. / U Street, N.W. / Garfield Florida Avenue/ 8th Street, N.E. / 11th Street, N.E. / Marion Barry Avenue, S.E. / Alabama Avenue, S.E. (Woodley Park Metrorail Station to Congress Heights Metrorail Station); (6) Martin Luther King Junior Avenue, S.E. / Alabama Avenue, S.E. / Wheeler Road, S.E. / Barnaby Road, S.E. / 8th Street, S.E. / Condon Terrace, S.E. / 4th Street, S.E./ 3rd Street, S.E. / Livingston Road, S.E. / Southern Avenue, S.E. / 6th Street, S.E. (Anacostia Metrorail Station to Southern Avenue); (7) Michigan Avenue/ Kenyon Street, N.W. / Irving Street, N.W./ Porter Street, N.W (Brookland Metrorail Station to Tenleytown-AU Metrorail Station); (8) Riggs Road, N.W. / North Capitol Street / New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. (Fort Totten Metrorail Station to Eastern Avenue, N.W.); (9) Rhode Island Avenue, N.E. (Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood Metrorail Station to Eastern Avenue); (10) Martin Luther King Jr Avenue, S.E./ 11th Street, S.E./ Potomac Avenue, S.E./ 19th Street, S.E./ East Capitol Street/ 15th Street, S.E./ Bladensburg Road, N.E (Anacostia Metrorail Station to Eastern Avenue); (11) Firth Sterling Avenue, S.E./ South Capitol Street/ Malcolm X Avenue, S.E./ Alabama Avenue, S.E./ Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E./ Southern Avenue/ Benning Road/ Minnesota Avenue, N.E. (Anacostia Metrorail Station to Minnesota Avenue Metrorail Station); and 12) South Capitol Street/ Martin Luther King Jr Avenue, S.E./ Marion Barry Avenue, S.E/. Minnesota Avenue/ Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue, N.E. 58th Street, N.E./ Dix Street NE (Navy Yard-Ballpark Metrorail Station to Capitol Heights Metrorail Station). In any zone, a public school shall be permitted to reduce its minimum vehicle parking requirement by fifty percent (50%) pursuant to the criteria of Subtitle C § 702.1(a), (b), or (c). Any applicant claiming a reduction in required parking in accordance with Subtitle C § 702.1 shall provide evidence to the Zoning Administrator that meets at least one (1) of the locational requirements of Subtitle C §§ 702.1(a), (b), or (c). Vehicle parking shall not be required: For a building containing a single principal dwelling unit or flat within the R or RF zone, if the lot does not have access to an open, improved, and public alley with a right of way of ten feet (10 ft.) width minimum; Within the D zones, except: Parking requirements applicable to a disposition lot as defined in the Urban Renewal Plan for the Downtown Urban Renewal Area shall be as specified in that plan; and Within the D-5 zone west of 20th Street N.W., parking shall be required in accordance with Subtitle C §§ 701.5 and 702.1; Within the SEFC or USN zones; On any property within the CG zones that has frontage on or is located east of South Capitol Street; (e) Within the MU-11 zone; (f) For structures erected on Kingman and Heritage Islands, for which the construction of parking spaces shall be prohibited except for handicap spaces; or (g) In all zones, any use on an alley lot listed as a matter of right or special exception use under Subtitle U §§ 600 and 601. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 2447, 2712 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 6110 (June 30, 2017); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 66 DCR 2337 (February 22, 2019); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 3776 (April 3, 2020); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 73 DCR 009999 (July 10, 2026); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 73 DCR 010197 (July 17, 2026). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Zoning Regulations of 2016: General Rules 11-C DCMR § 702