Section 11-530. HEIGHT

 

530.1Except as specified in §§ 530 through 537 and in Chapters 20 through 25 of this title, the height of buildings or structures, not including a penthouse, in an SP Zone District shall not exceed the height set forth in the following table:

 

ZONE DISTRICT	MAXIMUM HEIGHT (Feet)	MAXIMUM HEIGHT (Stories)
SP - 1 SP - 2	65 90	No Limit No Limit

 

530.2A public recreation and community center shall not exceed a height of forty-five feet (45 ft.).

 

530.3The height of buildings or structures as specified in §§ 530.1 and 530.2 may be exceeded in the instances provided in §§ 530.4 through 530.6.

 

530.4Spires, towers, domes, pinnacles or minarets serving as architectural embellishments, penthouses, ventilator shafts, antennas, chimneys, smokestacks, or fire sprinkler tanks may be erected to a height in excess of that which this section otherwise authorizes. This section shall not be interpreted to bypass otherwise required special exception reviews.

 

530.5A penthouse may be erected to a height in excess of that which this section otherwise authorizes but shall not exceed the height, as measured from the surface of the roof upon which the penthouse is located, in the following table:

 

ZONE DISTRICT	MAXIMUM PENTHOUSE HEIGHT	MAXIMUM PENTHOUSE STORIES
SP-1	12 ft. except 18 ft. 6 in. for penthouse mechanical space	1; second story permitted for penthouse mechanical space
SP-2	20 ft.	1 plus mezzanine; second story permitted for penthouse mechanical space

 

 

530.6[REPEALED].

 

530.7Where required by 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 (formerly codified at D.C. Official Code §§ 5-401 to 5-409 (1994 Repl. & 1999 Supp.))), a height in excess of that permitted shall be authorized by the Mayor.

 

 

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

§§ 4201.1, 4201.2, and 4201.3 of the Zoning Regulations, effective May 12, 1958; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 33 DCR 3975, 3976 (July 4, 1986); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 36 DCR 1509, 1523 (February 24, 1989); 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, 8376 (October 20, 2000); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 10137(November 28, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 0034 (January 4, 2008); as corrected by Errata Notice published at 58 DCR 4314, 4317 (May 20, 2011); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 390 (January 8, 2016).