D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-X1100
This chapter provides regulations and instructions for the zoning appeals process.
The Board of Zoning Adjustment shall hear and decide zoning appeals where it is alleged by the appellant that there is an error in any order, requirement, decision, determination, or refusal made by the Zoning Administrator or any administrative officer or body, including the Mayor, in the administration or enforcement of the Zoning Regulations.
The Board of Zoning Adjustment has no jurisdiction to hear and decide any appeal or portion of any appeal where the order, requirement, decision, determination, or refusal was not based in whole or in part upon any zoning regulation or map.
Zoning appeals cases are heard by the Board of Zoning Adjustment and follow the procedures of Subtitle Y, Chapter 5.
The zoning appeals governed by this chapter do not involve appeals of orders issued by Administrative Law Judges involving infractions of the Height Act or the Zoning Regulations, which are governed by Subtitle X, Chapter 12.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 11, r. 11-X1100