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Overlay Districts | |
Summary |
| Uptown Arts (ARTS) | |
Permits incentives for housing, arts and retail uses on 14th and U Streets to a maximum FAR of 2.5 to 4.5, and a maximum height of seventy-five (75) feet depending on the underlying district. This district is mapped in combination with other districts. |
| Capitol Interest District (CAP) | |
Permits development of uses that are consistent with the US Capitol Master Plan, to a maximum FAR of 1.8, and a maximum height of three (3) stories/forty (40) feet. This district is mapped in combination with other districts. |
| Capitol Gateway (CG) | |
Establishes use, height, density (including incentives for bonus density & height),
combined lot development and design requirements for a mixture of residential and commercial development, including a Baseball Stadium, in the southwest and near southeast quadrants of the City, north of the Anacostia River.
The overlay is mapped with the underlying CR, W-1, W-2, W-3 and C-3-C Districts. |
| Capitol Hill Commercial (CHC) | |
Established along the principal commercial corridors in the Capitol Hill Historic District to provide incentives for small office and retail development for all permitted uses. Except in the CAP Overlay District, the CHC Overlay will increase the maximum permitted FAR to a maximum of 3.0 FAR for all permitted uses,
allowing 100 percent (100%) commercial occupancy as a matter-of-right.
In the CAP Overlay District, the CHC Overlay will increase the maximum permitted FAR to 2.5 FAR for all permitted uses. A planned unit development in the CHC Overlay District may not exceed the maximum FAR permitted in the CHC Overlay District.
The CHC Overlay does not affect the underlying C-2-A or CAP Overlay height limitations or any other applicable area or use restriction. |
| Diplomatic (D) | |
Permits the location of chanceries subject to the approval of the Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA). Height, density, bulk and use requirements are from underlying zone. |
| Dupont Circle (DC) | |
Special restrictive standards for PUD's. This district is mapped in combination with other districts. |
| Downtown Development District (DD) | |
Permits incentives and requirements for Downtown sub-areas to a maximum FAR of 6.0 to 10.0, and a maximum height of one hundred-thirty (130) feet. This district is mapped in combination with other districts. |
Eighth Street, SE (ES)
Neighborhood Commercial | |
Permits requirements for business development on certain C-3-A zoned properties along 8th Street, S.E. near the north entrance to the Navy Yard.
The maximum permitted height is 45 feet, and the maximum permitted floor area ratio is 3.0. Linear street frontage restrictions apply to certain eating and drinking establishments. |
| Foggy Bottom (FB) | |
Allows structural alterations and rebuilding rights for non-conforming apartment buildings. This district is mapped in combination with other districts. |
| Fort Totten (FT) | |
Requires screening and additional distance between industrial and residential uses. A maximum FAR of 5.0 and a maximum height of eighty (80) feet. This district is mapped in combination with other districts. |
H Street NE (HS)
Neighborhood Commercial | |
Sets guidelines for development review through PUD and special exception proceedings. Development on any lot containing more than 6,000 square feet is required to receive special exception approval. Any development lot in excess of 10,000 square feet may pursue a planned unit development. The HS Overlay is divided into three sections: the Housing Sub-district; the Retail Sub-district; and the Arts Sub-district. The Overlay provides common design standards, like parking in the rear, zero setback from the street, and other pedestrian-friendly design criteria to encourage transit-oriented development. The Overlay has further provisions that relate to historic preservation and urban fabric. Each sub-district provides for a bonus to the non-residential FAR allowed on-site for preservation of a pre-1958 building façade. In addition, buildings saving a pre-1958 façade are granted a 0.5 FAR bonus to overall density to be used for residential uses. |
Hotel/Residential
Incentive (HR) | |
Permits development incentives for residential and hotel uses only, to a maximum FAR of 8.5, and a maximum height as permitted by the "Act to Regulate the Height of Buildings, June 1, 1910, as amended". A minimum of 2.0 FAR must be devoted to hotel or apartment house. This district is mapped in combination with other districts. |
| Langdon (LO) | |
Buffering/screening protection for a residential area abutting industrial land uses. The district is mapped in combination with other districts. |
| Naval Observatory (NO) | |
Special height restrictions are in effect for the areas near the Naval Observatory. This district is mapped in combination with other districts.
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Neighborhood
Commercial (NC) | |
Permits design and use provisions to encourage viability, attractiveness and continuation of neighborhood commercial areas. This district is mapped in combination with other districts.
CP - Cleveland Park
WP - Woodley Park
MW - Macomb-Wisconsin
ES - Eighth Street, SE
HS - H Street, NE
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Reed-Cooke (RC) | |
Encourages residential development and restricts height and bulk. This district is mapped in combination with other districts. |
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Sixteenth Street Heights (SSH) | |
Restrict non-residential uses thru BZA approval and screens associated parking. This district is mapped in combination with other districts. |
Takoma Neighborhood
Commercial (TK) | |
Establishes requirements for commercial development on certain C-2-A zoned portions of squares located within the Takoma Park neighborhood.
The overlay provides for front yard setbacks for new construction, including additions, as well as a minimum ground floor ceiling height of 14 feet for commercial development. |
Tree and Slope
Protection (TSP) | |
Restricts bulk and lot coverage and excessive tree cutting in wooded areas with steep slopes. This district is mapped in combination with other districts.
WH - Wesley Heights
CBUT - Chain Bridge/University Terrace
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Waterfront Open
Space Recreation (WO) | |
Permits open space, park and low-density and low-height waterfront related retail and arts related uses to a maximum lot occupancy of 25%,
except that the lot occupancy can be increased to 50% for a recreational use, marina, yacht club or boathouse, a maximum FAR of 0.5, except that the FAR can be increased to 0.75,
for a recreational use, marina, yacht club or boathouse, and a maximum height of forty (40) feet. |
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