District of Columbia Code
Title 6 - Housing and Building Restrictions and Regulations
Chapter 6 - Zoning and Height of Buildings

Subchapter I - General

§ 6–601.01. Nonfireproof dwellings. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 1, 1910, 36 Stat. 452, ch. 263, §...

§ 6–601.02. Nonfireproof business buildings. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 1, 1910, 36 Stat. 452, ch. 263, §...

§ 6–601.03. Buildings exceeding 60 feet in height; hotels, apartments, and tenements of 3 or more stories; halls with seating capacity of 300 or more; churches. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 1, 1910, 36 Stat. 452, ch. 263, §...

§ 6–601.04. Additions; towers, spires, and domes; theaters. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 1, 1910, 36 Stat. 453, ch. 263, §...

§ 6–601.05. Street width to control building height; business streets; residence streets; specified properties; structures above top story of building - (a) No building shall be erected, altered, or raised in...

§ 6–601.06. Frame dwellings. [Repealed] - Repealed. (June 1, 1910, 36 Stat. 454, ch. 263, §...

§ 6–601.07. Measurement of building height; parapet walls - For the purposes of this subchapter the height of buildings...

§ 6–601.08. Violation of subchapter - Buildings erected, altered, or raised or converted in violation of...

§ 6–601.09. Right of Congress to alter or repeal - Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this...

Subchapter II - Regulation of Heights and Exterior Designs of Buildings

§ 6–611.01. Erection or alteration of buildings fronting on certain federal property; applications submitted to Commission of Fine Arts for review - In view of the provisions of the Constitution respecting the...

§ 6–611.02. Plats of restricted area - The Council of the District of Columbia, in consultation with...

Subchapter III - Zoning and Zoning Commission

Part A - Zoning Commission Established

§ 6–621.01. Zoning Commission — Created; composition; appointment; term of office; compensation; Chairman; powers generally - (a) To protect the public health, secure the public safety,...

Part B - Office of Zoning

§ 6–623.01. Office of Zoning — Established - There is established as an independent agency of the District...

§ 6–623.02. Office of Zoning — Director and staff; appointment - (a) The Office of Zoning shall consist of a Director...

§ 6–623.03. Office of Zoning — Transfer of functions of Zoning Secretariat of Office of Planning - In accordance with § 1-204.04(b), the functions of the Zoning...

§ 6–623.04. Office of Zoning — Recommendations, reports, review and comment by Office of Planning - Nothing in this part shall be construed to prevent the...

Subchapter IV - Zoning Regulations; Board of Zoning Adjustment

§ 6–641.01. Zoning Commission — Regulations; districts or zones - To promote the health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity, or...

§ 6–641.02. Zoning regulations — Purpose - Zoning maps and regulations, and amendments thereto, shall not be...

§ 6–641.03. Zoning regulations — Existing regulations continued; public hearing on amendments required; notice - The regulations prior to June 20, 1938, adopted by the...

§ 6–641.04. Zoning regulations — Vote required for amendment - Any amendment of the regulations or any of them or...

§ 6–641.05. Zoning regulations — Proposed regulations or amendments; public hearing; notice; National Capital Planning Commission - (a)(1) No zoning regulation or map, or any amendment thereto,...

§ 6–641.06. Permissible maximum height of buildings - The permissible height of buildings in any district shall not...

§ 6–641.06a. Nonconforming use - The lawful use of a building or premises as existing...

§ 6–641.07. Board of Zoning Adjustment - (a) A Board of Zoning Adjustment is hereby created which...

§ 6–641.08. Maps and regulations of Zoning Commission to be filed; regulations to be published - A copy of any map established by said Zoning Commission...

§ 6–641.09. Building permits; certificates of occupancy - (a) It shall be unlawful to erect, construct, reconstruct, convert,...

§ 6–641.10. Enforcement of zoning regulations - (a) The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall enforce...

§ 6–641.11. Construction - Wherever the regulations made under the authority of this subchapter...

§ 6–641.12. Definitions - The word “amend,” “amendment,” “amendments,” or “amended,” when used in...

§ 6–641.13. Appropriations authorized; compensation - Appropriations are hereby authorized to carry out the provisions of...

§ 6–641.14. Laws repealed - The Act of March 1, 1920 (41 Stat. 500, ch....

§ 6–641.15. Federal public buildings excepted from this subchapter - The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to federal...

Subchapter V - Chanceries

§ 6–651.01. Transfer or use of chancery - After October 13, 1964, no building or chancery being used...

§ 6–651.02. Discrimination against foreign government based on race, color, or creed prohibited - Sections 6-651.01 and 6-651.02 shall not be administered in such...

Subchapter VI - Miscellaneous

§ 6–661.01. Mayor to prescribe fees for permits, certificates, and transcripts by Director of the Department of Buildings; schedule of fees to be displayed - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

§ 6–661.02. Cancellation of building permits - In any case where building permits have been issued and...