Legal Opinion
Clerics of Saint Viator, Inc. v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 30, 1974No. 7308PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:
On October 27, 1971, the petitioner, Clerics of Saint Viator, Inc., filed with the respondent, District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment (hereinafter referred to as the Board), an appeal for a variance from D.C. Zoning Regulations based on undue hardship. The appeal sought permission to convert an existing religious seminary located at 1212 Otis Street, N.E., in the R-l-B zoning classification to a convalescent or nursing home, as defined in the D.C. Zoning Regulations.
Following the first public hearing the variance was denied by the Board, but after further…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Matter of Otto v. SteinhilberNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
- Dietrich v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
- Palmer v. Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
- Elwyn v. City of MiamiDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1959
- Taylor v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1973
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Draude v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Vinson v. MedleySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1987
- Downtown Neighborhoods Ass'n v. City of AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1989
- Monaco v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Draude v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
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