Chapter 289. To amend an Act regulating the height of buildings in the District of Columbia, approved June 1, 1910, as amended by the Act of December 30, 1910
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CHAP. 289.— An Act To amend an Act regulating the height of buildings in the District of Columbia, approved June 1, 1910, as amended by the Act of December 30, 1910. February 21, 1925.[[H. R. 11214](/us/bill/68/hr/11214).][[Public, No. 445](/us/pl/68/445).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That paragraphDistrict of Columbia.Height of buildings.Vol. 36, pp. 454, 891, amended. 3 of section 5 of an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the height of buildings in the District of Columbia,” approved June 1, 1910, as amended by the Act of December 30, 1910, be, and it is hereby, further amended to read as follows:
“On a residence street, avenue,Residence streets limit extended.962 or highway no building shall be erected, altered, or raised in any manner so as to be over eight stories in height or over ninety feet in height at the highest part of the roof or parapet, nor shall the highest part of the roof or parapet exceed in height the width of the street, avenue, or highway upon which it abuts, diminished by ten feet, except on a street, avenue, or highway sixty to sixty-five feet wide, where a height of sixty feet may be allowed; and on a street, avenue, or highway sixty feet wide or less, where a height equal to*Proviso*.Churches under construction. the width of the street may be allowed: *Provided*, That any church, the construction of which had been undertaken but not completed prior to the passage of this Act, shall be exempted from the limitations of this paragraph, and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall cause to be issued a permit for the construction of any such church to a height of ninety-five feet above the level of the adjacent curb. ” Approved, February 21, 1925.