Nonfireproof dwellings.
No combustible or nonfireproof building in the District of Columbia used or occupied or intended to be used or occupied as a dwelling, flat, apartment house, tenement, lodging or boarding house, hospital, dormitory, or for any similar purpose shall be erected, altered, or raised to a height of more than 4 stories, or more than 55 feet in height above the sidewalk, and no combustible or nonfireproof building shall be converted to any of the uses aforesaid if it exceeds either of said limits of height.
Annotations
June 1, 1910, 36 Stat. 452, ch. 263, § 1 May 20, 1912, 37 Stat. 114, ch. 124 1973 Ed., § 5-401. 1981 Ed., § 5-401. This section is referenced in § 6-601.04. Civil infractions, administrative review, appeals, see § 2-1803.01. Building regulations, powers and duties of Council and Mayor, see § 1-303.04.
Sourced from the DC Council Open Law Library (public domain).
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