Section 11-402. FLOOR AREA RATIO (R)

 

402.1In an R-1 and R-2 District, the maximum floor area ratio requirements applicable in each district may be increased for specific public school buildings or structures; provided, the total gross floor area of all buildings and structures on the campus shall not exceed a floor area ratio of nine-tenths (0.9).

 

402.2In an R-3, R-4, R-5-A, and R-5-B District, the maximum floor area ratio requirements applicable to each district may be increased for specific public school buildings or structures, but shall not exceed the floor area ratio prescribed for the R-5-B District.

 

402.3In all other Residence Districts not provided for in §§ 402.1 and 402.2, increases in the floor area ratio of all public school buildings and structures shall not exceed the floor area ratio prescribed for the R-5-C District.

 

402.4Except as provided in other provisions of this chapter and in § 411, the maximum permitted floor area ratio in a Residence District shall be as set forth in the following table:

 

ZONE DISTRICT AND STRUCTURE	MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR)
R-1-A, R-1-B, R-2, R-3, R-4   R-5-A Public libraries All Structures   R-5-B Public libraries All structures   R-5-C All structures   R-5-D All structures   R-5-E Apartment house and hotel   Any other structure	None prescribed     2.0 0.9     2.0 1.8     3.0     3.5     6.0   5.0

 

402.5First floor or basement areas designed and used for parking space or for recreation space shall not be counted in the floor area ratio; provided, that not more than fifty percent (50%) of the perimeter of the space may be comprised of columns, piers, walls or windows, or may be similarly enclosed.

 

402.6A public recreation and community center in an R-1, R-2, or R-5-A district shall not exceed 0.9 floor area ratio, except that a public recreation and community center may have a floor area ratio up to 1.8 if approved by the Board of Zoning Adjustment, pursuant to § 3104.1.

 

402.7A public recreation and community center in an R-3, R-4, R-5-B, R-5-C, R-5-D, or R-5-E district shall not exceed 1.8 floor area ratio.

 

authority

The Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia (the “Commission”), pursuant to its authority under §§ 1, 3, and 8 of the Zoning Act of 1938, approved June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 797, 798, and 799; D.C. Official Code §§ 6-641.01, 6-641.03, and 6-641.07).

source

SOURCE: § 3302 of the Zoning Regulations, effective May 12, 1958; as amended by: Zoning Commission Order No. 19, dated November 17, 1970, published at 17 DCR 306, 307 (November 30, 1970); Final Rulemaking published at 39 DCR 8305, 8306-8307 (November 13, 1992); Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 9741-43 (December 8, 2000), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 8335, 8368 (October 20, 2000); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 10137(November 28, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking and Order No. 09-17A published at 57 DCR 1898 (March 5, 2010).