Section 11-C1605. MINIMUM LOT SIZE AND DIMENSIONS  


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  • 1605.1 Unless otherwise permitted or required, use of an existing or creation of a new lot for public school buildings or structures shall be subject to the following minimum lot dimensions as set forth in the following table:

     

    TABLE C § 1605.1:  MINIMUM LOT DIMENSIONS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES

     

    Zone

    Structure

    Minimum Lot Area (Square Feet)

    Minimum Lot Width (Feet)

    R-1-A

    Public school or structure

    15,000

    120

    R-1-B

    Public school or structure

    15,000

    120

    R-2, R-10

    Public school or structure

    9,000

    120

    R-3, R-13, R-17, R-20

    Public school or structure

    9,000

    120

    RF (R-4)

    Public school or structure

    9,000

    120

    RA-1, RA-6

    Public school or structure

    9,000

    80

    RA-2, RA-7, RA-8, RA-9, RC-1

    Public school or structure

    9,000

    80

    RA-3, RA-4, RA-5, RA-10

    Public school or structure

    None prescribed

    80

    All other zones

    All other structures

    None prescribed

    None prescribed

    1605.2 For public education buildings or structures, minimum lot area may include adjacent parcels under the same ownership that are separated only by a public alley.

    1605.3 For public education buildings or structures on split-zoned lots, the minimum lot width and minimum lot area requirements, if any, of the less restrictive zone shall apply to the entire lot as long as the lot was in existence as of February 13, 2006.

    1605.4 For public education buildings or structures on a lot with more than one (1) street front, the minimum lot width may include the measurement of all street frontages, provided the lot width can be measured without interruption by another lot.

    1605.5 Except in the RA-1 zone, a public recreation and community center in an R or RA zone shall not exceed a maximum gross floor area of forty thousand square feet (40,000 sq. ft.), unless approved by the Board of Zoning Adjustment as a special exception pursuant to the provisions of Subtitle C § 1610. 

     

     

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, 2712 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2).