Legal Opinion
Russell v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 5, 1979No. 13013PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:
Petitioners challenge an order of the District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) granting a “variance from the minimum lot area requirement of 5,000 square feet and, thus, authorizing construction of a single-family detached dwelling on a substandard lot. 1 Messrs. Russell and Treanor, who own property in the immediate vicinity of the disputed lot, attack the Board’s action on procedural and substantive grounds, these being (1) defective notice, (2) misapplication of the statutory standard governing area variances, and (3) erroneous and deficient findings…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Palmer v. Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
- Stewart v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1973
- Dietrich v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
- Taylor v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1973
- Clerics of Saint Viator, Inc. v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Arthur v. District of Columbia Nurses' Examining BoardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- Cromwell v. WardCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1995
- United Unions, Inc. v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
- Ahmed v. District of Columbia Hackers License Appeal BoardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Carliner v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
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