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Publications

02/28/2020 - 12:00pm

Required parking spaces are required to be provided at a location that is specified under the following Section, 11 DCMR C-701.8: 

ZA-017
02/28/2020 - 12:00pm

Section B-100.2, Definitions, define a “Court, Closed” as: 

ZA-016
02/28/2020 - 12:00pm

The use of a vacant lot for temporary construction buildings, such as a trailer, is allowed as a matter-of-right, under 11 DCMR § U-202.1(p) in all R- zones: 

ZA-015
02/28/2020 - 12:00pm

The current Zoning Regulations, DCMR Title 11, do not overtly address the regulation of signs.  However, the previous set of Zoning Regulations, also known as ZR 58, had the following Section reference that signs were…

ZA-014
02/28/2020 - 12:00pm

A microbrewery or micro-distillery is classified as a light manufacturing use and is allowed as a matter-of-right pursuant to 11 DCMR § U-801.1(v) in the Production, Distribution and Repair or PDR Zone. 

ZA-013
02/28/2020 - 12:00pm

Applicants proposing to change the headroom of an existing basement or cellar with substandard but pre-existing structural headroom of over six feet, six inches (6 ft., 6 in.) must determine if such change constitutes an…

ZA-012
02/28/2020 - 12:00pm

A cooking facility is a component of a dwelling unit as defined in 11 DCMR § B-100.2: 

ZA-011
02/26/2020 - 12:00pm

IN 11 DCMR Subtitle U, Section U-253.7(a), the relevant table sets forth the minimum Gross Floor Area [GFA] required for a principal dwelling in order to have an accessory apartment use that is located in the principal…

ZA-020
10/01/2019 - 12:00pm

The razing or complete removal of a building has certain zoning consequences, [e.g.

ZA-010
10/01/2019 - 12:00pm

If there is a dining area that is open to the sky for an eating and drinking establishment located on lower roof area of a building that is adjacent to a “partial floor,” of which said partial floor is not a penthouse…

ZA-009
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