Section 11-I201. HEIGHT

201.1 Unless otherwise noted in Subtitle I § 201.4, the maximum permitted building height, not including the penthouse, shall be that specified in the zone in which it is located.

201.2 Height shall be measured in accordance with Subtitle B § 307, except as provided in Subtitle I § 201.3.

201.3 A building or structure that has frontage on Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W within the boundaries of the Pennsylvania Avenue sub-area defined in Subtitle I § 608 shall determine its measuring point by the rules in Subtitle I § 608.9.

201.4 The height of a building or structure on portions of designated street segments in the following sub-areas shall provide an upper-story height setback, or be subject to additional review, as prescribed in Subtitle I, Chapter 6:

(a) Capitol Security Sub-Area pursuant to Subtitle I § 605;

(b) Pennsylvania Avenue Sub-Area pursuant to Subtitle I § 608;

(c) Massachusetts Avenue Corridor and Mount Vernon Square Sub-Area pursuant to Subtitle I § 610;

(d) Mount Vernon Triangle Principal Intersection Sub-Area pursuant to Subtitle I § 612;

(e) The 900 block of M Street, N.W. in the Blagden Alley Residential Transition Sub-Area pursuant to Subtitle I § 613;

(f) South Capitol Street pursuant to Subtitle I § 616;

(g) North Capitol Street pursuant to Subtitle I § 617; and

(h) Independence Avenue, S.W. pursuant to Subtitle I § 618.

201.5 Unless otherwise restricted by this subtitle, if the regulations for an individual zone restrict the non-residential height of a building, the non-residential height of a building constructed as part of a PUD may be increased in accordance with Subtitle X § 303 and Subtitle I § 211.

201.6 No part of a new building or a vertical expansion of an existing building on a lot within a D zone shall project above a plane at a forty-five degree (45°) angle from a line that is:

(a) Directly above the zone boundary line between the lot in a D zone and an adjacent lot in an R or RA zone; or

(b) Above a boundary line described in Subtitle I § 201.6(a), or an MU-zoned lot west of 20th Street, N.W. by the distance of the matter-of-right height for a building on the abutting R, RA, or MU-zoned lot.

 

 

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, 3041 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2).