1902 HEIGHT AND BULK

1902.1 In the underlying C-3-A District, a building may be constructed in excess of the height limit of sixty-five feet (65 ft.), up to a maximum height of seventy-five feet (75 ft.); provided:

(a) No roof structure permitted by this title shall exceed a height of eighty-three and one-half feet (83 1/2 ft.) above the measuring point used for the building; and

(b) If the lot abuts either a Residence District or an alley that serves as the zone district boundary line of an adjacent Residence District, no part of the building shall project above a plane drawn at a forty-five degree (45°) angle from a line located fifty feet (50 ft.) directly above the property line that abuts the Residence District or the alley.

1902.2 In the underlying CR District, if a building is located on a lot that abuts a street, an alley, or a zone district boundary with a Residence District, no part of the building shall project above a plane drawn at a forty-five degree (45°) angle from a line located sixty-five feet (65 ft.) directly above the property line on each such street, alley, or zone district boundary line.

1902.3 In the underlying CR District, development of a lot or lots in a combined lot development pursuant to § 1905 shall provide not less than 2.5 floor area ratio (FAR) of residential or hotel development subject to the spacing requirement of § 1901.2, concurrent with any commercial development on the lot or combined lots; provided:

(a) This requirement shall not apply to a lot or combined lots having less than seven thousand five hundred square feet (7,500 ft.2) of land area or to conversion of a building constructed before 1958 to nonresidential uses; and

(b) In developments in which residential development is required by this subsection, a certificate of occupancy for commercial or nonresidential uses shall not be issued prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for a residential or hotel component.

1902.4 In the ARTS Overlay District, the bonus density and height permitted with bonus uses shall also serve as the guidelines for planned unit developments.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 37 DCR 1392, 1397 (February 23, 1990); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 39 DCR 8323, 8324 (November 13, 1992); and Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 9741-43 (December 8, 2000), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 8335, 8492 (October 20, 2000).