Section 11-1902. HEIGHT AND BULK (ARTS)

 

1902.1In the underlying C-3-A District, a building may be constructed in excess of the height limit of sixty-five feet (65 ft.), up to a maximum height of seventy-five feet (75 ft.); provided:

 

(a)No penthouse permitted by this title shall exceed a height of eighty-three and one-half feet (83.5 ft.) above the measuring point used for the building, or exceed one (1) story; and

 

(b)If the lot abuts either a Residence District or an alley that serves as the zone district boundary line of an adjacent Residence District, no part of the building shall project above a plane drawn at a forty-five degree (45°) angle from a line located fifty feet (50 ft.) directly above the property line that abuts the Residence District or the alley.

 

1902.2In the underlying CR District, if a building is located on a lot that abuts a street, an alley, or a zone district boundary with a Residence District, no part of the building shall project above a plane drawn at a forty-five degree (45°) angle from a line located sixty-five feet (65 ft.) directly above the property line on each such street, alley, or zone district boundary line.

 

1902.3In the underlying CR District, development of a lot or lots in a combined lot development pursuant to § 1905 shall provide not less than 2.5 floor area ratio (FAR) of residential or hotel development subject to the spacing requirement of § 1901.2, concurrent with any commercial development on the lot or combined lots; provided:

 

(a) This requirement shall not apply to: 

 

(1) A lot or a combined lot having less than seven thousand five hundred square feet (7,500 ft.2) of land area;

 

(2) A conversion of a building constructed before 1958 to nonresidential uses; or

 

(3) A building that contributes to a historic district or is designated a landmark, and that has at least 0.5 FAR occupied by or reserved for one or more of the uses set forth in § 1908.1, other than 1908.1(m) and 1908.1(u), and at least 0.25 FAR of the space so occupied or reserved has a minimum floor-to-ceiling clear height of twenty (20) feet; or

 

(b)In developments in which residential development is required by this subsection, a certificate of occupancy for commercial or nonresidential uses shall not be issued prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for a residential or hotel component.

 

1902.4In the ARTS Overlay District, the bonus density and height permitted with bonus uses shall also serve as the guidelines for planned unit developments.

 

 

authority

§ 1 of the Zoning Act of 1938, approved June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 797, as amended; D.C. Official Code § 6-641.01 (2012 Repl.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 37 DCR 1392, 1397 (February 23, 1990); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 39 DCR 8323, 8324 (November 13, 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, 8492 (October 20, 2000); as corrected by Errata Notice published at 58 DCR 4314, 4316 (May 20, 2011); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 2308 (March 19, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 390 (January 8, 2016).