806. REQUIREMENTS FOR SHOWERS AND CHANGING FACILITIES - NON RESIDENTIAL USES

REQUIREMENTS FOR SHOWERS AND CHANGING FACILITIES – NON RESIDENTIAL USES The intent of this section is to ensure that long-term bicycle parking spaces are usable by the long-term occupants, especially employees, of non-residential uses. The requirements of this section shall apply to: Newly constructed buildings; and Buildings that expand in gross floor area by more than twenty-five percent (25%). Notwithstanding the requirements of Subtitle C §§ 806.4 through 806.6, public elementary schools shall provide a minimum of two (2) showers and two (2) clothing lockers for staff and shall not be required to provide shower and changing facilities for students. A non-residential use that requires long-term bicycle parking spaces and that occupies more than twenty-five thousand square feet (25,000 sq. ft.) in gross floor area shall provide a minimum of two (2) showers. An additional two (2) showers shall be installed for every fifty thousand square feet (50,000 sq. ft.) of gross floor area above the first twenty-five thousand square feet (25,000 sq. ft.), up to a maximum requirement of six (6) showers. A non-residential use that requires long-term bicycle parking spaces and that occupies more than twenty-five thousand square feet (25,000 sq. ft.) in gross floor area shall provide a minimum number of clothing lockers equal to six-tenths (0.6) times the minimum number of required long-term bicycle parking spaces. Each locker required by this subsection shall be a minimum of twelve inches (12 in.) wide, eighteen inches (18 in.) deep, and thirty-six inches (36 in.) high. Showers and lockers required by this section shall be accessible to employees and other long-term occupants of the use requiring them. Showers and lockers shall be located within the same building as the use requiring them. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 2447, 2712 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 10620 (August 19, 2016); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 3776 (April 3, 2020). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Zoning Regulations of 2016: General Rules 11-C DCMR § 806