Subtitle C-55
718 TEMPORARY SURFACE PARKING LOTS FOR BALLPARK
718.1 A temporary surface parking lot for the Ballpark shall be permitted on Squares
603, 605, 657, 658, 660, 661, 662, 662E, 664, 664E, 665, 700, 701, 707, 708,
708E, 708S, 744S, and 882; Square 658, Lot 7; Square 767, Lots 44-47; Square
768, Lots 19-22; and Square 769, Lots 18-21 (“the subject squares”), when
permitted by the regulations of the relevant land use subtitle, and subject to the
provisions of this section.
718.2 The cumulative total of all temporary surface parking spaces for which a valid
building permit has been issued pursuant to this section shall not exceed three
thousand seven hundred seventy-five (3,775) parking spaces, except as provided
in Subtitle C § 718.7.
718.3 Any certificate of occupancy issued pursuant to this subsection shall expire no
later than April 1, 2018.
718.4 The application for a building permit for matter-of-right construction shall include
a detailed accounting demonstrating that the circumstances described in Subtitle C
§ 718.7 do not apply.
718.5 No certificates of occupancy for this use shall be issued until the District
Department of Transportation has approved a traffic routing plan for the lot,
which shall include the impact of other proposed lots if required by District
Department of Transportation.
718.6 The traffic routing plan described in Subtitle C § 718.5 shall not direct traffic
through I Street, S.W., P Street, S.W., or 4
th
Street, S.W.
718.7 If and when valid building permits issued pursuant to this section authorize an
aggregate of three thousand seven hundred seventy-five (3,775) or more parking
spaces, the construction and use of additional temporary spaces on any of the
subject squares shall require special exception approval of the Board of Zoning
Adjustment pursuant to Subtitle X, and in accordance with Subtitle C §§ 718.8
through 718.10 and the following provisions:
(a) Any certificate of occupancy issued pursuant to this subsection shall
expire no later than April 1, 2018; and
(b) The Board of Zoning Adjustment application shall include a detailed
accounting of the number and locations of temporary parking spaces
provided pursuant to Subtitle C §§ 718.2 through 718.5; and shall also
include a traffic study assessing the impacts of the proposed additional
parking spaces on local traffic patterns for referral to and comment by the
District Department of Transportation.
718.8 Any parking lot authorized by this section shall be available for exclusive use of
attendees at any baseball game or other public event held at the Ballpark for a