Legal Opinion
Carliner v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 7, 1980No. 14187PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
This is a petition for review of an order entered by the Board of Zoning Adjustment (Board) denying an application for an area variance. Petitioner sought the variance because both her property’s total area and its frontage width are less than the minimum required for building a single-family dwelling in an R-l-B District, which she seeks to do.
The applicable statute, D.C.Code 1973, § 5-420(3), empowers the Board:
Where, by reason of . other extraordinary or exceptional situation or condition of a specific piece of property, the strict application of any regulation would result in peculiar and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Stewart v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1973
- A. L. W., Inc. v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
- Association for Preservation of 1700 Block of N Street v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Capitol Hill Restoration Society, Inc. v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- De Azcarate v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Stansbury v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2002
- Washington Canoe Club v. District of Columbia Zoning CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2005
- National Boatland, Inc v. Farmington Hills Zoning Board of AppealsMichigan Court of Appeals · 1985
- Foxhall Community Citizens Ass'n v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Fleischman v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2011
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