Height of Buildings Act of 1910

Height of Buildings Act of 1910

Long title	An Act to regulate the height of buildings in the District of Columbia.
Enacted by	the 61st United States Congress
Effective	June 1, 1910
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 61–196
Statutes at Large	36 Stat. 452
Codification
Acts amended	Height of Buildings Act of 1899
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 19070 by Samuel William Smith (R–MI) on January 24, 1910 Committee consideration by House District of Columbia Passed the House on April 11, 1910  Passed the Senate on May 3, 1910  Reported by the joint conference committee on May 21, 1910; agreed to by the House on May 24, 1910  and by the Senate on May 25, 1910  Signed into law by President William Howard Taft on June 1, 1910

The Height of Buildings Act of 1910 was an Act of Congress passed by the 61st United States Congress on June 1, 1910 to limit the height of buildings in the District of Columbia,^[1] amending the Height of Buildings Act of 1899.^[2] The new height restriction law was more comprehensive than the previous law, and generally restricts building heights along residential streets to 90 feet (27 m), and along commercial corridors to the width of the right-of-way of the street or avenue on which a building fronts, or a maximum of 130 feet (40 m), whichever is shorter.^[3]