Section 11-3508. WR-8 ZONE

 

 

 

3508.1 The WR-8 zone is intended to:

(a) Provide medium-density residential development that is sensitive to existing development on the south side of Aspen Street;  and

(b) Encourage open and green space suitable for sustainable infrastructure and amenities as appropriate.

3508.2 The development standards for the WR-8 zone are set forth in the following table:

WR-8
Sub-Area	Height (max.)	Stories (max.)	FAR (max.)	Lot Occupancy (max.)	Setbacks
Land Bay J.2	See § 3508.3	5	3.25	80%	See § 3508.4

 

3508.3 In the WR-8 zone, the maximum height of buildings or structures shall be as follows:

(a) Within twenty-five feet (25 ft.) of the setback specified in § 3508.4, fifty feet (50 ft.) above the finished grade at the middle of the Aspen Street building façade;  and

(b) Elsewhere, sixty-five feet (65 ft.) as measured from whichever measuring point is chosen for the building for the purpose of measuring height.

3508.4 In the WR-8 zone, any new construction shall be set back no less than twenty feet (20 ft.) from the Aspen Street property line, as it exists on January 1, 2015.

 

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 62 DCR 12168 (September 4, 2015).