D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-1101

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 11-1101 - USE, BULK, AND HEIGHT REGULATIONS

1101.1

The HR Overlay District shall be mapped in combination with any district mapped at each location and shall not be instead of that district.

1101.2

All uses, buildings, and structures permitted in accordance with this section and the appropriate sections of this title for the district with which the mapped HR Overlay District is combined shall be permitted in the combined districts.

1101.3

All restrictions and prohibitions provided with respect to either of the districts combined in accordance with this chapter shall also apply, except as specifically modified by this chapter.

1101.4

In an HR Overlay District, a hotel shall be permitted as a matter of right where the underlying zone district with which the HR Overlay District is mapped permits a hotel either as a matter of right or as a special exception.

1101.5

Where the underlying zone district does not permit a hotel as a matter of right or as a special exception, the height and floor area ratio incentives provided in §§ 1101.6 and 1101.7 shall apply only to an apartment house.

1101.6

In the HR Overlay District, a building containing a hotel or an apartment house may be erected to a height in excess of that permitted in the underlying zone; provided:

(a) The maximum height shall be no more than that permitted by An Act to Regulate the Height of Buildings in the District of Columbia, approved June 1, 1910 (36 Stat. 452, as amended; D.C. Code, 2001 Ed. §§ 6-601.01 to 6-601.09 (formerly codified at D.C. Code §§ 5-401 to 5-409 (1994 Repl. & 1999 Supp.)));

(b) The building shall contain a minimum floor area ratio of two (2.0) devoted to hotel or apartment house use; and

(c) No part of the building shall project above a plane drawn at a forty-five degree (45º) angle from a line located one hundred ten feet (110 ft.) directly above the right-of-way line of a street.

1101.7

The following types of bonus density is available in the HR Overlay District:

Base Zone	IZ Bonus
	Maximum Height	Lot Occupancy	Bonus FAR
Hotel Residential
C-3-C	§ 1101.6(a)	100%	20%
SP-2	§ 1101.6(a)	80%	20%
General Bonus
Use	Maximum Height	Lot Occupancy	Bonus FAR
Hotel and Apartment House	0	0	2.0

1101.8

Any use of the bonus density provided for in § 1101.7 shall be deemed to first utilize the IZ bonus.

1101.9

Use of the general bonus shall not count towards the set-aside requirements of § 2603.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-1101

Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 1336, 1337 (March 27, 1981); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 9741-43 (December 8, 2000), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 8335, 8439 (October 20, 2000); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 2608 (March 14, 2008)

Authority: The Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia (the "Commission"), pursuant to its authority under §§ 1 and 3 of the Zoning Act of 1938, approved June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 797, 799; D.C. Official Code §§ 6-641.01 and 6-641.0 ).