Section 11-I517. HEIGHT (D-3)

517.1 The maximum permitted building height, not including the penthouse, in the D-3 zone shall be one hundred ten feet (110 ft.), subject to review and restrictions pertinent to the Capitol Security Sub-Area regulated by Subtitle I § 605, for Squares 625, 626, 628, 630, 631 574, 577, 579, 581, 582, 640, and 641; and, for a building with frontage on North Capitol Street, to the requirements for the North Capitol Street Sub-Area regulated by Subtitle I § 617.

 

517.2The 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. 

517.3 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.

517.4 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); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 22 (January 6, 2017).