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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. 61–196: Statutes at Large: 36 Stat. 452: Codification; Acts amended: Height of Buildings Act of 1899: Legislative history
The height limit was passed by the United States Congress in 1889 as the Height of Buildings Act of 1899 and later amended by the Height of Buildings Act of 1910. [28] [29] Boston, Massachusetts: Due to the city's proximity to Logan International Airport, building height is restricted to around 800 ft (240 m).
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An urban myth holds that the buildings in Washington D.C. are currently, or were at one time, restricted to the height of the U.S. Capitol building. [7] In fact, the 1899 law set the maximum height of any building to 130 feet (39.6 m), [8] the height limit that firefighting equipment could effectively reach at the time, [2] and not the 289 feet (88 m) of the Capitol building.
“The end of the day, within this bill itself, this was the right place to land.” Assemblyman Brian Bergen has been among the governor's critics. He said Thursday that by signing the bill the ...
Pub. L. 113–103 (text) (), officially titled To amend the Act entitled An Act to regulate the height of buildings in the District of Columbia to clarify the rules of the District of Columbia regarding human occupancy of penthouses above the top story of the building upon which the penthouse is placed, is a United States Public Law that amends the Height of Buildings Act of 1910 in order to ...
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Height of land, in the field of topography, is a synonym for a drainage divide. Height of land or Height of Land may also refer to: Height of Land Portage, a portage along the Boundary Waters between Ontario and Minnesota; Height of Land Portage (St. Louis County), a portage between the Pike River and the Embarrass River in Minnesota