403. HEIGHT (HE)

HEIGHT (HE) The maximum permitted building height and number of stories, not including the penthouse or rooftop structure, in HE shall be given in the following table: TABLE K § 403.1: MAXIMUM PERMITTED HEIGHT AND STORIES HE Sub-District Building Height Minimum Maximum No. of Stories HE-1 (19th St.) 26 ft. 50 ft. 4 HE-2 (20th St.) 40 ft. 80 ft. 7 HE-3 (Water St.) 80 ft. 110 ft. 10 HE-4 (Corrections) - 90 ft. 8 Square E (Park) - 26 ft. - Building height shall be measured from the lowest curb level along a street frontage abutting the lot. A hospital located in the HE-2 zone may exceed eighty feet (80 ft.) in height, to a maximum of one hundred ten feet (110 ft.), if approved as a special exception by the Zoning Commission pursuant to Subtitle K § 416. Penthouses and rooftop structures shall be subject to the regulations of Subtitle C, Chapter 15, and the height and story limitations specified in Subtitle K § 403.5. The maximum permitted height of a penthouse or rooftop structure, except as limited in Subtitle C § 1501 on the roof of a detached dwelling, semi-detached dwelling, rowhouse, or flat shall be as set forth in the following table: TABLE K § 403.5: MAXIMUM PERMITTED PENTHOUSE OR ROOFTOP STRUCTURE HEIGHT AND STORIES Zone Maximum Height (ft.) Maximum Stories HE-1 12 ft. except 15 ft. for penthouse mechanical space 1; second story permitted for penthouse mechanical space HE-2 20 ft. 1; second story permitted for penthouse mechanical space HE-3, HE-4 20 ft. 1 plus mezzanine; second story permitted for penthouse mechanical space The matter-of-right height shall serve as the maximum permitted height, penthouse and rooftop structure height, and floor area ratio for a PUD. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 2447, 3176 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 68 DCR 013834 (December 24, 2021). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Zoning Regulations of 2016: Special Purpose Zones 11-K DCMR § 403