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Title 11 - ZONING REGULATIONS OF 2016Subtitle I - DOWNTOWN (D) ZONES
Chapter 2 - GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR DOWNTOWN (D) ZONES
Rule 11-I201 - HEIGHT

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-I201

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Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024
Rule 11-I201 - HEIGHT
201.1

Unless otherwise noted in Subtitle I § 201.4, the maximum permitted building height, not including the penthouse or rooftop structure, shall be that specified in the applicable zone.

201.2

Height shall be measured in accordance with Subtitle B § 307, except as provided in Subtitle I § 201.3.

201.3

A building or structure that has frontage on Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W within the boundaries of the Pennsylvania Avenue sub-area defined in Subtitle I § 608 shall determine its measuring point by the rules in Subtitle I § 608.9.

201.4

The height of a building or structure on portions of designated street segments in the following sub-areas shall provide an upper-story height setback, or be subject to additional review, as prescribed in Subtitle I, Chapter 6:

(a) Capitol Security Sub-Area pursuant to Subtitle I § 605;
(b) Pennsylvania Avenue Sub-Area pursuant to Subtitle I § 608;
(c) Massachusetts Avenue Corridor and Mount Vernon Square Sub-Area pursuant to Subtitle I § 610;
(d) Mount Vernon Triangle Principal Intersection Sub-Area pursuant to Subtitle I § 612;
(e) The 900 block of M Street, N.W. in the Blagden Alley Residential Transition Sub-Area pursuant to Subtitle I § 613;
(f) South Capitol Street pursuant to Subtitle I § 616;
(g) North Capitol Street pursuant to Subtitle I § 617; and
(h) Independence Avenue, S.W. pursuant to Subtitle I § 618.
201.5

Unless otherwise restricted by this subtitle, if the regulations for an individual zone restrict the non-residential height of a building, the non-residential height of a building constructed as part of a PUD may be increased in accordance with Subtitle X § 303 and Subtitle I § 211.

201.6

No part of a new building or a vertical expansion of an existing building on a lot within a D zone shall project above a plane at a forty-five degree (45°) angle from a line that is:

(a) Directly above the zone boundary line between the lot in a D zone and an adjacent lot in an R or RA zone; or
(b) Above a boundary line described in Subtitle I § 201.6(a), or an MU-zoned lot west of 20th Street, N.W. by the distance of the matter-of-right height for a building on the abutting R, RA, or MU-zoned lot.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-I201

Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 2447 (9/6/2016); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 68 DCR 13834 (12/24/2021)