SEC. 9. A copy of any map established by said Zoning Commission and of its zoning regulations shall be filed in the office of the Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia. A copy of any regulation or any amendment adopted after the passage of this Act shall be published once in one or more daily newspapers printed in the District of Columbia for the information of all concerned. SEC. 10. It shall be unlawful to erect, construct, reconstruct, convert, or alter any building or structure or part thereof within the District of Columbia without obtaining a building permit from the inspector of buildings, and said inspector shall not issue any permit for the erection, construction, reconstruction, conversion, or alteration of any building or structure, or any part thereof, unless the plans of and for the proposed erection, construction, reconstruction, conversion, or alteration fully conform to the provisions of this Act and of the regulations adopted under this Act. In the event that said regulations provide for the issuance of certificates of occupancy or other form of permit to use, it shall be unlawful to use any building, structure, or land until such certificate or permit be first obtained. It shall be unlawful to erect, construct, reconstruct, alter, convert, or maintain or to use any building, structure, or part thereof or any land within the District of Columbia in violation of the provisions of this Act or of any of the provisions of the regulations adopted under this Act. The owner or person in charge of or maintaining any such building or land or any other person who erects, constructs, reconstructs, alters, converts, maintains, or uses any building or structure or part thereof or land in violation of this Act or of any regulation adopted under this Act, shall upon conviction for such violation on information filed in the police court of the District of Columbia by the corporation counsel or any of his assistants in the name of said District and which court is hereby authorized to hear and determine such cases, be punished by a fine of not more than $100 per day for each and every day such violation shall continue. The corporation counsel of the District of Columbia or any neighboring property owner or occupant who would be specially damaged by any such violation may, in addition to all other remedies provided by law, institute injunction, mandamus, or other appropriate action or proceeding to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion, maintenance, or use, or to correct or abate such violation or to prevent the occupancy of such building, structure, or land. SEC. 11. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall enforce the regulations adopted under the authority hereof. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to limit the authority of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to make municipal regulations which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act and the regulations adopted hereunder. SEC. 12. Wherever the regulations made under the authority of this Act require a greater width or size of yards, courts, or other open spaces, or require a lower height of buildings or smaller number of stories, or require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied, or impose other higher standards than are required in or under any other statute or municipal regulations, the regulations made under authority of this Act shall govern. Wherever the provisions of any other statute or municipal regulations require a greater width or size of yards, courts, or other open spaces or require a lower height of buildings or smaller number of stories or require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied or impose other higher standards than are required by the regulations made under authority of this Act, the provisions of such other statute or municipal regulation shall govern. or SEC. 13. The word "amend", "amendment", "amendments", "amended", when used in this Act in relation to the zoning regulations, shall be deemed to include any modification of the text or phraseology of the regulations or of any provision of the regulations or any regulation or any repeal or elimination of any regulation or regulations or part thereof or any addition to the regulations or any new regulation. or any change of or in the wording or content of the regulations. The word "amend", "amendment", "amendments", or "amended", when used in this Act in relation to the zoning maps or any map, shall be deemed to include any change in the number, shape, boundary, or area of any district or districts, any repeal or abolition of any such map or any part thereof, any addition to any such map, any new map or maps, or any other change in the maps or any map. The words "administrative decision" "administrative officer", "administrative officer or body", when used in section 8 of this Act shall not be deemed to include the Zoning Commission. SEC. 14. Appropriations are hereby authorized to carry out the provisions of this Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and thereafter the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and directed to include in their annual estimates such amounts as may be required for salaries and expenses incident to such purposes. The Commissioners are authorized to employ such personal services as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, and the salaries of such employees, other than members of the Board of Zoning Adjustment, are to be fixed in accordance with the provisions of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. The Commissioners shall fix the compensation of the members of the Board of Zoning Adjustment, without reference to the provisions of the Cl..ssification Act: Provided, however, That the compensation of any member shall not exceed $1,000 per annum: And provided further, That no compensation for service as a member of said Board shall be provided for any member who holds a salaried public office or position in the District of Columbia or the Federal Governments. SEC. 15. The Act entitled "An Act to regulate the height, area, and use of buildings in the District of Columbia and to create a Zoning Commission, and for other purposes", being the Act of March 1, 1920 (41 Stat. 500), excepting the provisions thereof creating the Zoning Commission, providing for its membership and service without additional compensation, is hereby repealed. All laws or parts of other laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. SEC. 16. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to Federal public buildings: Provided, however, That, in order to insure the orderly development of the National Capital, the location, height, bulk, number of stories, and size of Federal public buildings in the District of Columbia and the provision for open space in and around the same will be subject to the approval of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. SEC. 17. If any provision contained in this Act be declared invalid, such invalidity shall not be deemed to affect or impair the validity of the remainder or of any other part of this Act. Approved, June 20, 1938. [PUBLIC-No. 248-76TH CONGRESS] [H. R. 5660] AN ACT To include Lafayette Park within the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the height, exterior design, and construction of private and semipublic buildings in certain areas of the National Capital", approved May 16, 1930. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second sentence of section 1 of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the height, exterior design, and construction of private and semipublic buildings in certain areas of the National Capital", approved May 16, 1930 (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 40, sec. 121), is amended to read as follows: "To this end, hereafter when application is made for permit for the erection or alteration of any building, any portion of which is to front or abut upon the grounds of the Capitol, the grounds of the White House, the portion of Pennsylvania Avenue extending from the Capitol to the White House, Lafayette Park, Rock Creek Park, the Zoological Park, the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, Potomac Park, The Mall Park System and public buildings adjacent thereto, or abutting upon any street bordering any of said grounds or parks, the plans therefor, so far as they relate to height and appearance, color, and texture of the materials of exterior construction, shall be submitted by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to the Commission of Fine Arts; and the said Commission shall report promptly to said Commissioners its recommendations, including such changes, if any, as in its judgment are necessary to prevent reasonably avoidable impairment of the public values belonging to such public building or park; and said Commissioners shall take such action as shall, in their judgment, effect reasonable compliance with such recommendation: Provided, That if the said Commission of Fine Arts fails to report its approval or disapproval of such plans within thirty days, its approval thereof shall be assumed and a permit may be issued." Approved, July 31, 1939. [CHAPTER 126—2d Session] [H. R. 6003] AN ACT To amend an Act entitled "An Act providing for the zoning of the District of Columbia and the regulation of the location, height, bulk, and uses of buildings and other structures and of the uses of land in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved June 20, 1938. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of the Act entitled "An Act providing for the zoning of the District of Columbia and the regulation of the location, height, bulk, and uses of buildings and other structures and of the uses of land in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved June 20, 1938, be amended by inserting between the first and second sentences the following: "The said Zoning Commission shall also have power to promulgate regulations to require, with respect to buildings erected subsequent to the promulgation of such regulations, that facilities be provided and maintained either on the same lot with any such building, or on the same lot with any such building or elsewhere, for the parking of automobiles and motor vehicles of the owners, occupants, tenants, patrons, and customers of such building, and of the business, trades, and professions conducted therein.". Approved, March 4, 1942. [PUBLIC LAW 22-79TH CONGRESS] [H. R. 2506] AN ACT To amend an Act regulating the height of buildings in the District of Columbia, approved June 1, 1910, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the height of buildings in the District of Columbia", approved June 1, 1910, as amended, be, and it is hereby, further amended by adding at the end of section 5 of said Act the following proviso: "And further provided, That the building to be erected by the Georgetown University for a hospital as a part of the Georgetown University Medical School on parcels 28/31, 28/36, and 28/37 located on the south side of Reservoir Road Northwest, in the District of Columbia, approximately opposite Thirty-ninth_Street, plans for which building are on file in the office of the Inspector of Buildings of the District of Columbia, be permitted to be erected to a height of not to exceed one hundred and ten feet above the finished grade of the land, as shown on said plans, at the middle of the front of the building." Approved March 24, 1945. |