Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-30
NEW REGULATIONS
FOR CITY zON|NG
PUT into EFFECT
Commission Signs Law
Which Governs Height, Area
and Use of Buildings.
HEIGHT. OF STRUCTURES
LIMITED TOTO FEET
Chairman Kutz Gives Out Detailed
Summary of Changes Since
Public Hearings.

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| The coming law. regulating the
helght, area and use of every build
ing in the District, is now in effect
The law automatically became eff
fective this morning, when the mem
| oers of the zoning commission. at E
meeting in the District building. af
| nxed their signatures to the map.
showing the height limit on eacf
street, the percentage of the lo
winch the building may occupy OF
each street and the use to which
property may be put on each street
The commission has not had time
to print copies OF the three map.
showing the height, area and use dis.
trlctS, but the official signed maps
were placed on exhibition in the Dis.
tr1ct building this afternoon and will
be kept there tomorrow
Keeps Height no Feet.
The commission rejected the plea
OF the business men for a height
LIMIT of 130 feet in the downtown
section of the city and decided to
retain the tentative limit of 10 feet
The commission issued a statement
explaining why it took this stand.
On the final maps the city is laid
off into four height districts, desig-
mated on the height map as follows
A, 40 feet; B, SIS feet; c, SIS feet and
d, ITO feet In the tentative plan the
height district was limited to 81
feet.
The final use map shows four classes
of districts: Residential, first COM
mercial, second commercial and in
dustrial.
The regulations printed in full else
where in The Star tell for what pur-
poses property can be used in each
of these districts.
After tomorrow it will be necessary
for the commission to withdraw the
official maps from public inspection
in order to make additional copies for
the building inspectors Office, Chair
man Kutz said today the commission
maps ready for sale to the public at
cost at an early date.
New Rules Already in Effect.
The impression has prevailed that
the coming restrictions would become
effective September 1. Col. Kutz ex-
planned, however, that the law became
operative when the regulations were
made public this morning.
This means that all applications for
building permits from this time on
must comply with the height. area
and use limits that apply to the street
on which the structure is to be
erected.
Shortly after making the coming
regulations public Chairman Kutz is
sued the following statement, which
is a summary of the most important
changes which the commission has
made since the public hearings on
coming were held:
Chairman kuts Makes Statement.
'oThe- area set aside for industrial pur-
poses has not been materially changed
some areas being modified. The area
between the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
and the river has been zoned second
commercial instead of industrial, as ap-
peared on the second tentative use map.
The area set aside for the second COM
mercial or light industrial purposes has
been materially increased, as it was
found that the industrial areas allowed
on the second tentative use map were
not sufficient.
1.-The bakeries, laundries and milk
distributing stations originally assigned
to the second commercial districts are
to be permitted in the first commercial
under the same consent restrictions as
apply to public garages
Circle to Mount Vernon Square, is held
residential, as is also 10th tsreet from
Massachusetts avenue north to Florida
avenue
tx and I streets from 18th to goth
streets are held residential
Three Business Islands.
ION Connecticut avenue the COM
mission has created three business is
lands in addition to the business is
land already existing in Chevy Chase
One of these is from Macomb street to
Porter street. east side, and Ordway
to Porter on tie west side. A second
island runs from Van Ness street to
Albemarle street A third island runs
from Davenport street to Fessenden
street.
..The Chevy Chase island has been
extended south to Livingstone street,
west side only.
wisconsin avenue is held residen-
tial from Snyder's lane to Tilden
street
"F'ourteenth street business area
has been extended north to Shepherd
street.
ION Georgia avenue the east side
has been held residential between
Varnum and Decatur streets and the
west side from Allison to Gallatin
The east side is also held residential
between Van Buren and Fern streets
which is opposite the Walter Reed
Hospital reservation.
+ Business has been taken off OF
Butternut street between Sd and 5th
streets.
'It has also been taken OFF of Up
shur street, except for a block al
Georgia avenue and a block at Rock
Creek Church road.
North Capitol street is business to
Seaton.
East Capitol street is held residen-
tial from the Capitol to beyond Lin
coin Park.
IAN Industrial area has been Great.
ed in the vicinity of Terra Gotta.
Height Changes Given.
Changed the limit of the most
restricted height district from thirty
five to forty feet. adding the provisc
that the building shall not exceed
three stories in height. Drawn tc
give greater liberty of action so fal
as height of ceiling is concerned
Limited to three STORY building.
I'm the flfty-five-foot district. in.
stead of always measuring from the
curb as contemplated in original reg.
ulations, the height may now be
measured from the top of terrace
provided it does not exceed five feet
In the forty-foot height district
height is measured from the ground
Area Changes Announced.
Area regulations have been modi-
fed. Adhere to requirement of side
yard on each side of apartment house
Suburban areas protected against
encroachment of row houses.
"Area for row houses has been ma
terially increased. Through request
of Brentwood and Takoma Park peo.
| pie B area has been extended north OF
Concord avenue and Madison street
1t originally stopped at Grant Circle
"A area is for detached or semi de.
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