Section 11-A100. ENACTMENT AND TITLE

 

100.1 The Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia, pursuant to authority conferred by Congress under the Zoning Act of 1938, approved June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 797, as amended; D.C. Official Code §§ 6-641.01 to 6-641.15 (hereafter, the Zoning Act), after public notice and hearing prescribed by law, does hereby establish and adopt these regulations (2016 Regulations) and the Zoning Maps accompanying them to supersede in full the zoning regulations and the Zoning Maps, as originally adopted on, and effective as of 12:01 a.m. May 12, 1958 (1958 Regulations), as amended, and that are hereby repealed.

 

100.2 Title 11 is organized into a series of subtitles consisting of the Zoning Regulations and the Administrative Regulations.

 

100.3 These regulations and the Zoning Maps (as adopted) became effective at 12:01 A.M. September 6, 2016.

 

100.4 The 1958 Regulations, as amended, shall continue in full force and effect as follows:

 

(a)   With respect to any construction or occupancy authorized under this title;

 

(b)   With respect to any right accrued, any duty imposed, any offense committed, any penalty incurred, or any proceeding commenced under or by virtue of the regulations repealed; and

 

(c)   With respect to any civil suit, action, or proceeding pending to enforce any right under the authority of the regulations repealed, any suit, action, or proceeding shall proceed with, and conclude under, the regulations in existence when the suit, action, or proceeding was instituted.

 

100.5The long title of Title 11, as adopted, shall be as follows:

 

REGULATIONS CONTROLLING AND RESTRICTING THE HEIGHT, BULK, NUMBER OF STORIES, AND SIZE OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES, THE OPEN SPACES AROUND THEM, THE DENSITY OF POPULATION, AND THE USES OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, AND LAND IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND FOR SAID PURPOSES DIVIDING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INTO ZONING DISTRICTS.

 

100.6The regulations in this title shall be composed of the Zoning Regulations and the Administrative Regulations, and may be cited by the short title of the "Zoning Regulations of the District of Columbia." 

 

100.7 Zoning shall be designated after public hearing in the manner prescribed by the Zoning Act).

 

 

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 63 DCR 2447, 2623 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2).