801. ACTIONS THAT GENERATE CREDITS

ACTIONS THAT GENERATE CREDITS In the D-3 through D-8 zones, credits shall be generated by: The development of residential gross floor area, where either none is required or where the new residential gross floor area exceeds the minimum on-site residential requirements in Subtitle I, Chapter 5, pursuant to Subtitle I § 802; (b) The development in the Downtown Arts Sub-Area of arts-related space, as defined in Subtitle I § 607.5, that exceeds the minimum on-site requirements of Subtitle I § 607, pursuant to Subtitle I § 803; (c) The full rehabilitation of an “historic resource” as the quoted term is described in Subtitle I § 807.3, or a building that received its first certificate of occupancy prior to 1936, such properties relinquish unused development rights pursuant to Subtitle I § 807; (d) The conversion of unallocated transferable development rights (as described in Subtitle I § 800.3), pursuant to Subtitle I § 806; (e) The conversion of unallocated combined lot development rights (as described in Subtitle I § 800.3), pursuant to Subtitle I § 806; and (f) The development of space within the Downtown Retail Core, Downtown Arts, or Chinatown Sub-Areas devoted to the following preferred uses pursuant to Subtitle I § 804: A licensed child development center or child development home; or A Certified Business Enterprise (CBE). Each property is eligible to generate credits only once, unless: The use which originally generated credits has been in continual operation and is expanded in size; A new credit-generating use is added to the property and the use which originally generated credits remains in continual operation and is not decreased in size; or A new, larger credit-generating use replaces the credit-generating use which originally generated credits, in which case the net increase in credit-generating floor area may be used to generate additional credits. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 2447, 3041 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 22 (January 6, 2017). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Zoning Regulations of 2016: Downtown (D) Zones 11-I DCMR § 801