Legal Opinion
Neighbors for Responsive Government v. DC Bd. of Zoning & DC Dept. of General Services
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 18, 2018No. 17-AA-1031PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Glickman, Associate Judge:
In the Homeless Shelter Replacement Act of 2016, the Council authorized the Mayor to build new emergency homeless shelters at specified locations in seven of the city's eight wards, including one fifty-family shelter on a large, city-owned tract on Idaho Avenue in Ward 3. Over some neighborhood opposition, the Board of Zoning Adjustment (the "BZA" or the "Board") granted zoning relief requested by the Department of General Services ("DGS") to enable it to build the proposed Ward 3 shelter as the District Government envisioned it. In this court, petitioners, a group…
2Cases cited23 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
- Levy v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Taylor v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1973
- Spevak v. District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control BoardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Friends of McMillan Park and DC for Reasonable Development v. DC Zoning CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2019
- Citizens for Responsible Options v. DC Board of Zoining Adjustment and DC Department of General ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2019
- Committee of Neighbors Directly Impacted by LAMB Application v. DC Board of Zoning Adjustment and LAMB Public Charter SchoolDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2019
- Hernandez v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2026
- McDonald v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustumentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2023
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