Section 11-630. HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES (CR)

 

630.1Except as provided in this section, the height of buildings and structures, not including a penthouse, shall not exceed ninety feet (90 ft.).

 

630.2Free-standing, primarily ground-supported signs shall not exceed twenty feet (20 ft.) in height.

 

630.3Spires, towers, domes, pinnacles or minarets serving as architectural embellishments, 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 sections otherwise authorizes. This section shall not be interpreted to bypass otherwise required special exception reviews.

 

630.4A penthouse may be erected to a height in excess of that which this section otherwise authorizes, but shall not exceed a height of twenty feet (20 ft.) or one (1) story, as measured from the surface of the roof upon which the penthouse sits.  A mezzanine for habitable or mechanical space is permitted; and a second story is permitted for penthouse mechanical space only.

 

630.5[REPEALED].

 

630.6A public recreation and community center shall not exceed a height of forty-five (45) feet.

 

 

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

§§ 4503.1 through 4503.5 of the Zoning Regulations, effective May 12, 1958; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 33 DCR 3975, 3977 (July 4, 1986); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 179, 192 (January 8, 1988); 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, 8385 (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 34 (January 4, 2008); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 390 (January 8, 2016).