3508. WR-8 ZONE

WR-8 ZONE The WR-8 zone is intended to: Provide medium-density residential development that is sensitive to existing development on the south side of Aspen Street; and Encourage open and green space suitable for sustainable infrastructure and amenities as appropriate. The development standards for the WR-8 zone are set forth in the following table: WR-8 Sub-Area Height (max.) Stories (max.) FAR (max.) Lot Occupancy (max.) Setbacks Land Bay J.2 See § 3508.3 5 3.25 80% See § 3508.4 In the WR-8 zone, the maximum height of buildings or structures shall be as follows: Within twenty-five feet (25 ft.) of the setback specified in § 3508.4, fifty feet (50 ft.) above the finished grade at the middle of the Aspen Street building façade; and Elsewhere, sixty-five feet (65 ft.) as measured from whichever measuring point is chosen for the building for the purpose of measuring height. In the WR-8 zone, any new construction shall be set back no less than twenty feet (20 ft.) from the Aspen Street property line, as it exists on January 1, 2015. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 12168 (September 4, 2015). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Zoning 11 DCMR § 3508