Section 11-2808. BULK AND DENSITY (HE)

 

2808.1Except as provided in § 2808.4, the maximum permitted lot occupancy, building height, floor area ratio, and number of stories in an HE Subdistrict shall be as set forth in the following table:

 

HE Subdistrict	Maximum Lot Occupancy	Building Height Min.       Max.		Maximum FAR	Maximum No. of Stories
HE-1 (19th St)	80%	26 ft	50 ft	3.0	4
HE-2 (20th St)	75%	40 ft	80 ft	4.8	7
HE-3 (Water St)	80%	80 ft	110 ft	7.2	10
HE-4 (Corrections)	75%	-	90 ft	6.0	8
Square  E (Park)	20%	-	26 ft	0.2	-

 

2808.2The following FAR limitations on non-residential uses apply within the HE District, but only in the Squares listed below:

 

Square	Maximum Non-residential FAR
F	0.8
G	1.0
H	0.5
I	3.0

 

2808.3Building height shall be measured from the lowest curb level along a street frontage abutting the lot.

 

2808.4A hospital located in the HE-2 Subdistrict may exceed eighty feet (80 ft.) in height, to a maximum of one hundred ten feet (110 ft.), if approved as a special exception by the Zoning Commission pursuant to § 2803.2.

 

2808.5Buildings or structures that abut the HE-1 Subdistrict shall provide a twelve-foot (12 ft.) setback from the subdistrict boundary line for any part of the building or structure that exceeds fifty feet (50 ft.) in height.

 

2808.6Buildings or structures that abut the HE-2 Subdistrict, or have street frontage on Burke Street, C Street, C Place, or Massachusetts Avenue, shall provide a twelve-foot (12 ft.) setback for any part of the building that exceeds eighty feet (80 ft.).

 

2808.7Architectural embellishments, such as spires, towers, domes, pinnacles or minarets; penthouses over elevator shafts, ventilator shafts; antennas, chimneys, smokestacks, or fire sprinkler tanks may be erected to a height in excess of that which this section otherwise authorizes, pursuant to the Act to Regulate the Height of Buildings in the District of Columbia, approved June 1, 1910 (36 Stat. 452, as amended; D.C. Official Code §§ 6-601.01 to 6.601.09 (2001).

 

2808.8The portion of Square A devoted to St. Coletta’s School shall be subject to Zoning Commission Order 03-21.

 

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

Final Rulemaking and Order No. 04-05 published at 56 DCR 6181 (August 7, 2009); as corrected by Errata Notice published at 58 DCR 4314, 4316 (May 20, 2011).