Section 11-1541. WESLEY HEIGHTS OVERLAY DISTRICT (WH)

 

1541.1The Wesley Heights (WH) Overlay District is established to preserve and enhance the low density character of Wesley Heights by regulating construction and alteration of residential and other buildings in the area.

 

1541.2The WH Overlay District shall apply to the area and properties contained in this subsection:

 

(a)The area is generally bounded by a line which begins at the intersection of Nebraska and New Mexico Avenues and runs southeast along the center line of New Mexico Avenue, N.W., to the western boundary of Glover Archbold Park. The line then runs south and west along the west boundary of Glover Archbold Park to a point east of the southernmost point of Lot 33 of Square 1341. The line then runs west across 44th Street to the southwest boundary of Lot 33. The line then runs in a northerly direction along the rear lot lines of the properties on the west side of 44th Street, to the southern boundary of Lot 15 of Square 1341, inclusive of Lot 33. (For those lots with narrow frontages on the west side of 44th Street, the WH Overlay District boundary line shall cross those narrow lot frontages by connecting the rear lot lines of the adjacent lots across the narrow lot frontage.) The line then runs west along the southern boundary of Lot 15; then runs northwest along the west boundary of Lot 15; then runs in a westerly direction along the right-of-way of the Dexter Court cul-de-sac excluding Lots 19-21, and then runs southwest along the south boundary of Lot 18. The line then runs north along the west boundary of Lot 18 to the southern boundary of Lot 805. The line then runs west along the southern boundaries of Lots 805 and 800; then runs north along the west boundary of Lot 800; then runs west to Foxhall Road along the southern boundary of Lot 804. The line then runs south along the center line of Foxhall Road; then runs west along the northern boundary of Lot 813 of Square 1380; then runs southwest along the rear of Lots 4, 5, and 820 of Square 1380; then runs west to 49th Street along the southern boundaries of Lots 820 to 824, 826, and 6 of Square 1380. The line then runs north along the western boundary of 49th Street right-of-way; continues east along the northern boundary of Cathedral Avenue right-of-way; and turns north along the property line at the rear of the properties on the west side of Foxhall Road (including all of Square 1523 and Lots 28 and 29 of Square 1521). The line then runs east along the northern property line of Lot 28 of Square 1521 to Foxhall Road, then runs north along the west boundary of the Foxhall Road right-of-way to New Mexico Avenue. The line then runs northeast along the center line of New Mexico Avenue to the point of origin at the intersection of New Mexico and Nebraska Avenues, N.W.; and

 

(b)The properties that are contained within the boundaries of the WH Overlay District, as set forth in § 1541.2(a), include all of Squares 1338 to 1340, 1380, 1381, 1406, 1408, 1521, 1523, 1524, 1603 to 1612, 1614, 1615, 1619 to 1622, 1625, 1626, 1700, and 1701; and a portion of Squares 1341, 1397, and 1601 (those portions include Lots 11, 12, 15 to 18, 24, 25, 28 to 34, 36, 37, 800, 804, 805, 807, 810, 814, 819, 821, 824, 825, and 868, and a portion of Lots 35, 857, and 869 in Square 1341; Lots 4 to 6, 814 to 816, 818, 820 to 824, and 826 in Square 1397; and Lots 804 and 805 in Square 1601).

 

1541.3The purposes of the WH Overlay District are to:

 

(a)Preserve in general the current density of neighborhood;

 

(b)Allow reasonable opportunities for owners to expand their dwellings; and

 

(c)Preserve existing trees, access to air and light, and the harmonious design and attractive appearance of the neighborhood.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 39 DCR 6827 (September 11, 1992); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 9741-43 (December 8, 2000), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 8335, 8462-62 (October 20, 2000).