Legal Opinion
Foxhall Community Citizens Ass'n v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 27, 1987No. 85-1130PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
The Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) granted the application of the intervenor, St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, for a use variance. St. Patrick’s requires the variance in order to sell its church at 1655 Foxhall Road, N.W. for conversion into 21 condominium apartments. Petitioner, the Foxhall Community Citizens Association, argues that St. Patrick’s itself created the “exceptional and undue hardship” used to justify the variance and that such a self-imposed hardship cannot serve as a basis for a use variance. Because we agree with this argument, we reverse the BZA’s…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Citizens Ass'n of Georgetown, Inc. v. District of Columbia Zoning CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Kopff v. District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control BoardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
- Palmer v. Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
- 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 by13 opinions
- Levy v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Stansbury v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2002
- Draude v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Downtown Cluster of Congregations v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- Citizens Coalition v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
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