D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-X606
Following approval of a VDR application by the Zoning Commission, the applicant may file a building permit with the proper authorities of the District of Columbia.
The Zoning Administrator shall not approve a permit application unless the plans conform in all respects to the plans approved by the Zoning Commission, as those plans may have been modified by any guidelines, conditions, or standards that the Zoning Commission may have applied.
The Zoning Administrator shall not approve a permit application unless the applicant has recorded a covenant in the land records of the District of Columbia between the owner or owners of all property within the VDR boundary and the District of Columbia satisfactory to the Office of Zoning Legal Division and the Zoning Administrator, which covenant will bind the owner or owners and all successors in title to construct on and use the property only in accordance with the adopted orders, or amendments thereof, of the Zoning Commission.
Following the recordation of the covenant, the VDR boundaries shall be designated on the Zoning Map.
The orders of the Zoning Commission issued in accordance with this chapter shall have all the force of this title, and violations shall be prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of Subtitle A § 305 of this title.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-X606