Section 11-W107. FOREST HILLS TREE AND SLOPE PROTECTION ZONES

107.1  The Forest Hills Tree and Slope Protection zones (R-8, R-9, and R-10) are established to preserve and enhance the park-like setting of the designated neighborhoods bounded by Connecticut Avenue and 32nd Street on the west, Rock Creek Park on the east, Fort Circle National Park and Nevada Avenue, N.W. on the north, and Melvin C. Hazen Park and adjacent to streams and parks on the south, by regulating alteration or disturbance of terrain, destruction of trees, and the ground coverage of permitted buildings and other impervious surfaces. It includes Soapstone Valley Park as well as Melvin C. Hazen Park.

107.2 The Forest Hills Tree and Slope Protection zones includes all lots zoned R-8, R-9, or R-10 in Squares 2030 through 2033, 2040 through 2043, 2046, 2049 (except for Lots 804, 805, and 806), 2231, 2232, 2238, 2239, 2241 through 2251, 2254 through 2256, 2258, 2262 through 2270, 2272, 2274 through 2277, and 2282.

 

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, 3443 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2).