D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
Title 11. ZONING REGULATIONS OF 2016 |
SubTilte 11-I. DOWNTOWN (D) ZONES |
Chapter 11-I5. REGULATIONS SPECIFIC TO PARTICULAR DOWNTOWN (D) ZONES |
Section 11-I510. HEIGHT (D-2)
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- 510.1 The maximum permitted building height, not including the penthouse, in the D-2 zone shall be one hundred feet (100 ft.) for a building subject to Inclusionary Zoning by Subtitle C, Chapter 10, and ninety feet (90 ft.) for all other buildings.
510.2 The maximum permitted building height, not including the penthouse, in the D-3 zone shall be limited to ninety feet (90 ft.) on the portion of the site occupied by a historic landmark or a contributing building within a historic district.
510.3 The maximum permitted height of a penthouse shall be twenty feet (20 ft.). The maximum permitted number of stories for penthouse habitable space shall be one (1) plus a mezzanine, except a second story shall be permitted for penthouse mechanical space.
510.4 The maximum permitted building height, not including the penthouse, of a building without frontage on a street with a right-of-way width of at least ninety feet (90 ft.), and not subject to Subtitle I § 510.2, shall be the width of the street right of way, plus twenty feet (20 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, 3041 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 10932 (August 26, 2016).