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Building Restriction Lines

Published by Department of Buildings | District of Columbia | Metadata Last Checked: February 19, 2026 | Last Modified: 2026-02-14T11:42:55.000Z
These are lines beyond which property owners or others have no legal or vested rights to extend a building or any part thereof without approval of the proper authorities; ordinarily a line of demarcation between public and private property, but also applied to a building restriction line, when recorded in the records of the Surveyor.

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