Legal Opinion
Monaco v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 5, 1979No. 13321PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:
Petitioner appeals the Board of Zoning Adjustment’s (BZA’s) grant of a variance to Capitol Hill Associates, intervenors below, 1 under Section 8207.11 2 of the Zoning Regulations. Intervenors sought a use and area variance in order to extend Republican National Committee offices located in an R-4 district bordering the Capitol grounds.
Intervenors maintain that historical factors, the relationship with Congress, and past actions of the BZA and Zoning Commission create an “extraordinary or exceptional situation or condition” so as to fulfill the statutory variance…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- United States v. El Paso Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Matter of Otto v. SteinhilberNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
- United States v. Crescent Amusement Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Market Street Railway Co. v. Railroad Commission of CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- United States v. FornessCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Draude v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Draude v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Harris v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Gilmartin v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Foxhall Community Citizens Ass'n v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
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