Section 11-C303. LOT FRONTAGE

303.1 Except for alley lots, all new record lots shall have at least one (1) street lot line on a public street or a public access easement approved by the District Department of Transportation.

303.2 Where a minimum lot width is required, the length of at least one (1) street lot line shall be at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the required lot width.

303.3 New alley record lots shall comply with the following:

(a) Have frontage along a public alley with a minimum alley width of twenty-four feet (24 ft.) and have from the alley access to a street through an alley or alleys not less than twenty-four feet (24 ft.) in width; 

(b) Meet the lot area standards applicable under the title of the respective zone and, if no minimum lot area standard is provided, the alley lot shall be a minimum of eighteen hundred square feet (1,800 sq. ft.) of lot area; and

(c) Where existing abutting alley record lots or alley tax lots created on or before May 12, 1958 are combined into a larger alley record lot, the subdivision need not comply with paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection.

 

303.4Each new lot being created to be used and occupied by a single dwelling unit or flat building, shall have a street frontage measured along the street lot line a distance equal to at least forty percent (40%) of the required minimum width of lot and in no case less than fourteen feet (14 ft.).

 

303.5Each new lot being created to be used and occupied by an apartment house shall have a street frontage measured along the street line a distance of not less than thirty feet (30 ft.).

 

 

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); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 6110 (June 30, 2017).