Legal Opinion
Spring Valley — Wesley Heights Citizens Ass'n v. District of Columbia Zoning Commission
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 2, 2004No. 02-AA-575PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGlickman, Associate J.
American University maintains two campuses in residentially-zoned districts of northwest Washington, D.C. The Main Campus is located on a seventy-six acre plot of land at Ward Circle, where Nebraska and Massachusetts Avenues intersect. The eight-acre Tenley Campus is located a mile away at Tenley Circle, where Nebraska Avenue intersects with Wisconsin Avenue. Because these locations are zoned for residential use, the Zoning Regulations of the District of Columbia require the University to apply for a special exception, which may be granted upon approval of a suitable Campus Plan. See Levy v.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Glenbrook Road Ass'n v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- Levy v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Cathedral Park Condominium Committee v. District of Columbia Zoning CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2000
- President of Georgetown College v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003
- Foggy Bottom Ass'n v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2002
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Foggy Bottom Ass'n v. District of Columbia Zoning CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2009
- Citizens Ass'n of Georgetown v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2007
- Spring Valley-Wesley Heights Citizens Ass'n v. District of Columbia Zoning CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2013
- Cole v. Dist. of Columbia Zoning Comm'nDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2019
- Spring Valley-Wesley Heights Citizens Ass'n v. District of Columbia Zoning CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2013
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