Section 11-1516. FOREST HILLS TREE AND SLOPE PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT (FH/TSP)

 

1516.1The Forest Hills Tree and Slope Protection (FH/TSP) Overlay District is established to preserve and enhance the park-like setting of the designated neighborhoods bounded by Connecticut Avenue and Thirty-Second Street on the west, Rock Creek Park on the east, Fort Circle National Park and Nevada Avenue, N.W. on the north, and Melvin C. Hazen Park and adjacent to streams and parks on the south, by regulating alteration or disturbance of terrain, destruction of trees, and the ground coverage of permitted buildings and other impervious surfaces. It includes Soapstone Valley Park as well as Melvin C. Hazen Park.

 

1516.2The purposes of the FH/TSP Overlay District are to:

 

(a)Preserve the natural topography and mature trees to the maximum extent feasible in the Forest Hills neighborhoods;

 

(b)Prevent significant adverse impact on adjacent open space, parkland, stream beds, or other environmentally-sensitive natural areas; and

 

(c)Limit permitted ground coverage of new and expanded buildings and other construction, so as to encourage a general compatibility between the siting of new buildings or construction and the existing neighborhood.

 

1516.3The FH/TSP Overlay District has a significant quantity of steep slopes, has stands of mature trees, is located at the edge of stream beds and public open spaces, and has undeveloped lots and parcels subject to potential terrain alteration and tree removal. Few lots are developed on a rectangular grid system.

 

1516.4The FH/TSP Overlay District includes all lots zoned R-1-A, R-1-B, and R-2 on the effective date of the FH/TSP Overlay in Squares 2030 through 2033, 2040 through 2043, 2046, 2049 except for Lots 804 (Van Ness North), 805 (Van Ness Center), 806 (Van Ness South), all lots zoned R-1-A, R-1-B, and R-2 on the effective date of the FH/TSP Overlay in Squares 2231, 2232, 2238, 2239, 2241 through 2251, 2254 through 2256, 2258, 2262 through 2270, 2272, 2274 through 2277, and 2282.

 

authority

The Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia (the “Commission”), pursuant to its authority under §§ 1, 3, and 8 of the Zoning Act of 1938, approved June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 797, 798, and 799; D.C. Official Code §§ 6-641.01, 6-641.03, and 6-641.07).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 54 DCR 4835, 4840 (May 18, 2007); as corrected by Errata Notice published at 58 DCR 4314, 4315 (May 20, 2011).