Section 11-E303. HEIGHT

 

303.1   Except as specified elsewhere in this section, the maximum permitted height of buildings or structures and any additions thereto not including the penthouse, in an RF-1 zone shall not exceed thirty-five feet (35 ft.) and three (3) stories.

303.2 New construction of three (3) or more immediately adjoining residential row dwellings or flats, built concurrently on separate record lots, shall be permitted a maximum building height of forty feet (40 ft.) and three (3) stories.

303.3 A building or other structure may be erected to a height not exceeding forty feet (40 ft.) if approved by the Board of Zoning Adjustment as a special exception under Subtitle X, Chapter 9, subject to Subtitle E § 5203.

 

303.4   The maximum permitted building height for a place of worship, not including the penthouse, in the RF-1 zone shall be sixty feet (60 feet) and three (3) stories. 

303.5   A building or other structure may be erected to a height not exceeding ninety feet (90 ft.), not including the penthouse; provided that the building or structure shall be removed from all lot lines of its lot for a distance equal to the height of the building or structure above the natural grade.

303.6   An institutional building or structure may be erected to a height not exceeding ninety feet (90 ft.), not including the penthouse; provided, that the building or structure shall be removed from all lot lines of its lot a distance of not less than one foot (1 ft.) for each foot of height in excess of that authorized in the zone in which it is located.

303.7   The maximum permitted height of a penthouse, except as permitted in Subtitle E § 303.8 and as prohibited on the roof of a detached dwelling, semi-detached dwelling, rowhouse, or flat in Subtitle C § 1500.4, shall be twelve feet (12 ft.) and one (1) story.

303.8   A non-residential building constructed pursuant to Subtitle E §§ 303.4 through 303.6 shall be permitted a mechanical penthouse of eighteen feet six inches (18 ft. 6 in.) in height maximum.

 

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, 2887 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 10932 (August 26, 2016).