Legal Opinion
Citizens Ass'n of Georgetown v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 26, 1994No. 92-AA-1165PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Acting Chief Judge:
The District of Columbia filed an application with the Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) for a special exception, pursuant to 11 DCMR § 218.7 (1991), 1 to establish the Hurt Home as a youth residential care home for twenty-four persons. The BZA granted the special exception. Petitioners, the Citizens Association of Georgetown and other individuals, challenge the BZA’s authority to grant the special exception, arguing (among other things) that the zoning regulations do not permit special exceptions for youth residential care homes for more than fifteen persons. We…
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- Speyer v. BarryDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
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