Section 11-2503. STRUCTURES IN REQUIRED OPEN SPACES

 

2503.1Except for the structures and exceptions specified in this section, every part of a yard required under this title shall be open and unobstructed to the sky from the ground up.

 

2503.2A structure, not including a building no part of which is more than four feet (4 ft.) above the grade at any point, may occupy any yard required under the provisions of this title. Any railing required by the D.C. Construction Code, Title 12 DCMR, shall not be calculated in the measurement of this height.

 

2503.3A fence or retaining wall constructed in accordance with the D.C. Construction Code may occupy any yard required under the provisions of this title.

2503.4Stairs leading to the ground from a door located on the story in which the principal entrance of a building is located may occupy any yard required under provisions of this title. The stairs shall include any railing required by the provisions of the D.C. Construction Code.

 

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authority

The Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia (the “Commission”), pursuant to its authority under §§ 1 and 3 of the Zoning Act of 1938, approved June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 797, 799; D.C. Official Code §§ 6-641.01 and 6-641.0).

source

§ 7602.2 of the Zoning Regulations (April 1981); as amended by: Final Rulemaking published at 27 DCR 2226, 2228 (May 23, 1980); Final Rulemaking published at 36 DCR 1509, 1522 (February 24, 1989); Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 9741-43 (December 8, 2000), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 8335, 8526 (October 20, 2000); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 34 (January 4, 2008).