Section 11-H202. REAR YARD

 

202.1   Except in the NC-13 zone, rear yards as required in the NC zones may be measured according to the following rules:

(a) If the subject lot does not abut an alley, the rear yard shall be measured as follows:

(a) Measure a horizontal plane from the mean elevation of the rear lot-line, parallel to the rear lot line, into the lot, the distance of the required minimum yard identified in the development standards table corresponding to the NC zone; and

(b) From the furthest point from the rear lot-line along the horizontal plane identified in the previous paragraph, define a vertical plane up to the maximum height limit of the zone.  This vertical plane will form the rear yard; and

(b) If the subject lot abuts an alley, the rear yard shall be measured as follows:

(a) Measure a horizontal plane twenty-five feet (25 ft.) above the mean elevation of the rear lot-line, parallel to the rear lot line, into the lot, the distance of the required minimum yard identified in the development standards table corresponding to the NC zone; and

(b) From the furthest point from the rear lot-line along the horizontal plane identified in the previous paragraph, measure a vertical plane up to the maximum height limit of the zone.  This vertical plane will form the rear yard.

 

 

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, 2987 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2).