Thelma A. Diedrich v. Zoning Commission of the District of Columbia

In respect to zoning, Congress by statute 1 created a Commission which it empowered to control, among other things, the population dénsity throughout the District of Columbia and for that purpose to prepare comprehensive plans and publish maps depicting the plans. Many factors were mentioned in the statute, including congestion in the streets, safety from fire, panic and other dangers, health, light, air, transportation, civic activity, recreation, education, and so on. Such a map, depicting the area here involved, was promulgated in 1958 as part of comprehensive zoning changes in the City.

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