605. LIMITATIONS ON DEVELOPMENT OF A VOLUNTARY DESIGN REVIEW (VDR) SITE

605 LIMITATIONS ON DEVELOPMENT OF A VOLUNTARY DESIGN REVIEW (VDR) SITE 605.1 No order approving a VDR shall be deemed to include relief from any zoning regulation unless such relief was expressly requested by the applicant and expressly granted in the order. 605.2 The grant of a VDR approval prohibits any construction on the VDR site that is not authorized in the order approving the VDR, including development under matter-of-right standards, until: (a) The validity of the VDR order expires; or (b) The Zoning Commission issues an order granting the applicant’s motion to extinguish the VDR approval as authorized by the VDR order, which motion to extinguish shall demonstrate that the VDR site will be compliant with the Zoning Regulations without the VDR approval. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 68 DCR 5446 (May 21, 2021). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Zoning Regulations of 2016: General Procedures 11-X DCMR § 605