1600. FILING FEES FOR APPLICATIONS AND APPEALS

FILING FEES FOR APPLICATIONS AND APPEALS 1600.1 Except as provided in Subtitle Y §§ 1600.2 and 1600.3, at the time of filing a request for an appeal or application with the Board of Zoning Adjustment, the appellant or applicant shall pay a filing fee in accordance with the following schedule: Appeal of any decision of the Zoning Administrator or other administrative officer, one thousand forty dollars ($1,040), except that the following appellants shall not be required to pay a filing fee: A department, office, or agency of the Government of the District of Columbia, including an Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC); The National Capital Planning Commission; and A citizens’ association or association created for civic purposes that is not for profit; and Application for a special exception: Accessory apartment, three hundred twenty-five dollars ($325); Antenna or monopole, two thousand six hundred dollars ($2,600); For an application for permission to locate, replace, or expand a chancery not meeting the conditions for a matter of right use, either: Sixty-five dollars ($65) for each one hundred square feet (100 sq. ft.) or part thereof of gross floor area; or Five hundred dollars ($500) when the expansion does not result in an increase to gross floor area, such as the erection or enlargement of a fence. Community-based institutional facility or emergency shelter, one hundred four dollars ($104) for each person housed based on the maximum capacity requested (not including resident supervisors and their families), with a maximum of five thousand two hundred dollars ($5,200); Continuing care retirement community, one hundred four dollars ($104) for each person housed based on the maximum capacity requested (not including resident supervisors and their families), with a maximum of five thousand two hundred dollars ($5,200); Daytime care use, thirty-three dollars ($33) for each individual based on the maximum capacity requested, with a maximum of three thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($3,250); Gasoline service station, five thousand two hundred dollars ($5,200); General institutional uses, one thousand five hundred sixty dollars ($1,560); (9) Health care facility that houses individuals, one hundred four dollars ($104) for each person housed based on the maximum capacity requested (not including resident supervisors and their families), with a maximum of six thousand dollars ($6,000); Home occupation not permitted as a matter of right in the R, RF, or RA zones, one thousand five hundred sixty dollars ($1,560); Large format retail, five thousand two hundred dollars ($5,200); Lodging, for any number of rooms, one hundred four dollars ($104) for each sleeping room or suite; Office use in an MU-1 or MU-2 zone, for each one hundred square feet (100 sq. ft.) or part thereof of gross floor area, fifty-two dollars ($52); Parking lot, parking garage, or accessory parking, one hundred four dollars ($104) for each parking space; Private school, thirty-three dollars ($33) for each full-time or part-time student based on the maximum capacity requested, with a maximum of three thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($3,250); Production, distribution, and repair uses, five thousand two hundred dollars ($5,200); Religious institutional uses or programs conducted by a religious congregation or group of congregations, one thousand five hundred sixty dollars ($1,560); Repair garage, one thousand five hundred sixty dollars ($1,560); Residential development, new or modified, pursuant to Subtitle U § 421.1, five hundred forty dollars ($540) for each new dwelling unit; Roof structures pursuant to Subtitle C § 1500.14, two thousand six hundred dollars ($2,600); Theoretical lot pursuant to Subtitle C § 305.1, one thousand five hundred sixty dollars ($1,560) for the first lot and five hundred twenty dollars ($520) for each lot thereafter; Warehouse or wholesale use, five thousand two hundred dollars ($5,200); Waste-related services, including, but not limited to, hazardous waste removal, automobile repair shop including body work within two hundred feet (200 ft.) of a residential zone, and an intermediate materials recycling facility, five thousand two hundred dollars ($5,200); and For any other special exception not listed in this section, one thousand five hundred sixty dollars ($1,560); Application for a variance, one thousand forty dollars ($1,040) for each provision of the Zoning Regulations from which a variance is requested; Owner-occupied, single dwelling unit or flat, regardless of the number of variances, special exceptions, or alternatives requested, three hundred twenty-five dollars ($325); and For a time extension, a modification of a Board order, or approved plans, whether the modification is minor or not, for the owner of an owner-occupied single dwelling unit or flat, one hundred thirty dollars ($130); for all other applicants, twenty-six percent (26%) of the original filing fee; except that: A six (6)-month time extension pursuant to Subtitle Y § 705.7 due to COVID-19 shall be fifty dollars ($50) for an owner-occupied single dwelling unit or flat and five hundred twenty dollars ($520) for all other applicants; and A one (1)-year time extension pursuant to Subtitle Y § 705.7 due to COVID-19 shall be one hundred dollars ($100) for an owner-occupied single dwelling unit or flat and one thousand dollars ($1,000) for all other applicants. 1600.2 In the case of an application combining two (2) or more actions described in Subtitle Y §§ 1600.1(b), 1600.1(c), and 1600.1(e), or for an application requesting consideration of more than one (1) alternative, the fee shall be the total of the amounts for each action or alternative computed separately. 1600.3 A department, office, or agency of the Government of the District of Columbia shall not be required to pay a filing fee for a special exception or variance where the property is owned by the District of Columbia or that agency or is under one (1) or both of their jurisdictions and the property is to be occupied for a government building or use. TABLE Y § 1600 – SCHEDULE OF FILING FEES SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS Case Type Unit Fee Maximum Accessory apartment $325 Antenna or monopole $2,600 Chancery per 100 sq. ft. $65 Community-based institutional facility or emergency shelter per person $104 $5,200 Continuing care retirement community per person $104 $5,200 Daytime care use per student $33 $3,250 Gasoline service station $5,200 General institutional uses $1,560 Health care facility per person $104 $6,000 Home occupation $1,560 Large format retail $5,200 Lodging per room or suite $104 Office use in MU-1 or MU-2 zone per 100 sq. ft. $52 Owner-occupied dwelling $325 Parking lot, parking garage, or accessory parking per space $104 Private school per student $33 $3,250 Production, distribution, and repair pursuant to Subtitle U § 802.1 $5,200 Religious institutional uses $1,560 Repair garage $1,560 Residential development pursuant to Subtitle U § 421.1 each dwelling unit $540 Roof structures pursuant to Subtitle C § 1500.14 $2,600 Special exception (all other) $1,560 Theoretical lot pursuant to Subtitle C § 305.1 $1,560 Additional Theoretical Lot Under Subtitle C § 305.1 $520 Time extension/modification with or without a hearing (owner-occupied) $130 Time extension/modification with or without a hearing (all others) 26% of the original filing fee Warehouse or wholesale use $5,200 Waste-related services $5,200 Property owned or under jurisdiction of District or District and to be occupied for a government building or use $0 VARIANCES Case Type Unit Fee Maximum Owner-occupied dwelling $325 Property owned or under jurisdiction of the District or a District agency to be occupied for a government building or use. $0 All other $1,040 APPEALS Case Type Unit Fee Maximum NCPC/ANCs/Citizens Association/Civic Association/Not-for-Profits $0 All other organizations, groups or persons $1,040 SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 2447, 3500 (March 4, 2016 – Part 2); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 10932 (August 26, 2016); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 68 DCR 909 (January 15, 2021); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 70 DCR 011297 (August 25, 2023); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 71 DCR 009667 (August 2, 2024); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 73 DCR 009981 (July 10, 2026). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Zoning Regulations of 2016: Board of Zoning Adjustment Rules of Practice and Procedure 11-Y DCMR § 1600