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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 11. ZONING REGULATIONS OF 1958 |
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Chapter 11-11. HOTEL-RESIDENTIAL INCENTIVE OVERLAY DISTRICT |
Section 11-1101. USE, BULK, AND HEIGHT REGULATIONS
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1101.1The HR Overlay District shall be mapped in combination with any district mapped at each location and shall not be instead of that district.
1101.2All uses, buildings, and structures permitted in accordance with this section and the appropriate sections of this title for the district with which the mapped HR Overlay District is combined shall be permitted in the combined districts.
1101.3All restrictions and prohibitions provided with respect to either of the districts combined in accordance with this chapter shall also apply, except as specifically modified by this chapter.
1101.4In an HR Overlay District, a hotel shall be permitted as a matter of right where the underlying zone district with which the HR Overlay District is mapped permits a hotel either as a matter of right or as a special exception.
1101.5Where the underlying zone district does not permit a hotel as a matter of right or as a special exception, the height and floor area ratio incentives provided in §§ 1101.6 and 1101.7 shall apply only to an apartment house.
1101.6In the HR Overlay District, a building containing a hotel or an apartment house may be erected to a height in excess of that permitted in the underlying zone; provided:
(a)The maximum height shall be no more than that permitted by An Act to Regulate the Height of Buildings in the District of Columbia, approved June 1, 1910 (36 Stat. 452, as amended; D.C. Code, 2001 Ed. §§ 6-601.01 to 6-601.09 (formerly codified at D.C. Code §§ 5-401 to 5-409 (1994 Repl. & 1999 Supp.)));
(b)The building shall contain a minimum floor area ratio of two (2.0) devoted to hotel or apartment house use; and
(c)No part of the building shall project above a plane drawn at a forty-five degree (45º) angle from a line located one hundred ten feet (110 ft.) directly above the right-of-way line of a street.
1101.7The following types of bonus density is available in the HR Overlay District:
Base Zone
IZ Bonus
Maximum
Height
Lot
Occupancy
Bonus
FAR
Hotel Residential
C-3-C
§1101.6(a)
100%
20%
SP-2
§1101.6(a)
80%
20%
General
Bonus
Use
Maximum
Height
Lot
Occupancy
Bonus
FAR
Hotel and Apartment House
0
0
2.0
1101.8Any use of the bonus density provided for in §1101.7 shall be deemed to first utilize the IZ bonus.
1101.9Use of the general bonus shall not count towards the set-aside requirements of §2603.