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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 11. ZONING REGULATIONS OF 2016 |
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SubTilte 11-Z. ZONING COMMISSION RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE |
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Chapter 11-Z1. ADMINISTRATION |
Section 11-Z100. JURISDICTION; AUTHORITY; POWERS
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100.1 This chapter supplements procedures set out in the Zoning Act of 1938, approved June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 797, as amended; D.C. Official Code §§ 6-641.01 to 641.15 (2012 Repl.)) (hereinafter “Zoning Act”); the Zoning Regulations of the District of Columbia, Title 11 DCMR; and the D.C. Administrative Procedure Act, effective October 8, 1975 (D.C. Law 1-19; D.C. Official Code §§ 2-501 to 2-511).
100.2 This subtitle shall be effective on September 6, 2016.
100.3 The Commission, pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 6-641.01, is empowered to regulate the location, height, bulk, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of lot which may be occupied, the sizes of yards, courts, and other open spaces, the density of population; and the uses of buildings, structures, and land for trade, industry, residence, recreation, public activities, or other purposes; and for the purpose of such regulation the Commission may divide the District of Columbia into districts or zones of such number, shape, and area as the Commission may determine, and within such districts may regulate the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion, maintenance, and uses of buildings and structures, and the uses of land.
100.4 The Commission, pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 6-641.01, is empowered to promulgate regulations to require, with respect to buildings erected subsequent to the promulgation of such regulations, that facilities be provided and maintained either on the same lot with any such building, or on the same lot with any such building or elsewhere, for the parking of automobiles and motor vehicles of the owners, occupants, tenants, patrons, and customers of such building, and of the business, trades, and professions conducted therein.
100.5 The Commission, pursuant to D.C. Official Code §§ 6-621.01 and 6-641.01, is empowered to hear contested cases, as defined by D.C. Official Code § 2-509(8), brought under the Zoning Regulations, including cases described in Subtitle Z § 201.2.
100.6 The Commission, pursuant to D.C. Official Code §§ 6-621.01 and 6-641.01, is empowered to hear rulemaking cases, as defined by D.C. Official Code § 2-509(7), including cases described in Subtitle Z § 201.5.