Section 11-F201. DENSITY - FLOOR AREA RATIO AND LOT DIMENSIONS

201.1 First floor or basement areas designed and used for parking space or for recreation space shall not be counted in the floor area ratio; provided, that not more than fifty percent (50%) of the perimeter of the space may be comprised of columns, piers, walls or windows, or may be similarly enclosed.

201.2 In the RA-1 zone, each row dwelling shall have at least one thousand eight hundred square feet (1,800 sq. ft.) of gross land area exclusive of any land area in the project used as a basis for determining the floor area ratio of multiple dwelling unit buildings. 

201.3 Each row dwelling need not have a site of one thousand eight hundred square feet (1,800 sq. ft.) and the difference between the site area and the gross land area may be accumulated into common spaces.  Land area used to support this floor area ratio of multiple dwelling unit buildings may also be used for common spaces. 

201.4 Lot area and lot width for residential uses permitted as a special exception shall be as prescribed by the Board of Zoning Adjustment.

 

 

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, 2915 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2).