Permissible maximum height of buildings

  1. Law
  2. District of Columbia Code
  3. Housing and Building Restrictions and Regulations
  4. Zoning and Height of Buildings
  5. Zoning Regulations; Board of Zoning Adjustment
  6. Permissible maximum height of buildings

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The permissible height of buildings in any district shall not exceed the maximum height of buildings now authorized upon any street in any part of the District of Columbia by subchapter I of this chapter, regulating the height of buildings in the District of Columbia.

(June 20, 1938, 52 Stat. 798, ch. 534, § 6; Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1091, Pub. L. 88-659, § 1; Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 290, Pub. L. 97-241, § 203(c).)

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 5-418.

1973 Ed., § 5-418.

Section References

This section is referenced in § 6-651.01.

Effective Dates

Section 204 of Public Law 97-241 provided that the amendments made by title II shall take effect on October 1, 1982.


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