Legal Opinion
Bernstein v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 13, 1977No. 10548PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired:
This court has been petitioned to overturn, as arbitrary and capricious, an Order of the Board of Zoning Adjustment denying a special exception and, as an alternative, a variance.
The special exception would have permitted in an R-5-C district,1 the extension2 of a nonconforming restaurant use and immediately thereafter the change3 of such use to an office use. The variance4 would have accomplished substantially the same purpose by permitting in the R-5-C district an office use.
Petitioners Norman Bernstein, et al., are the owners of the Chastleton, an apartment…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Palmer v. Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
- Dietrich v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
- Taylor v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1973
- Clerics of Saint Viator, Inc. v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
- Salsbery v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Foxhall Community Citizens Ass'n v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Keefe Co. v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Dupont Circle Citizens Ass'n v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Silverstone v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Lange v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
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