Legal Opinion
Embassy of the People's Republic of Benin v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 30, 1987No. 85-1142PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Associate Judge:
The Embassy of Benin (Benin) appeals from the denial by the Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) of the Embassy’s application to construct a thirty-eight foot antenna tower at the site of its chancery for the purpose of operating a diplomatic radio station. Benin argues that although its application for a special exception, see 11 D.C.M.R. § 8207.2 (1982), was made under § 3108 of the zoning regulations, 11 D.C.M. R. § 3108 (1982), 1 the zoning regulations, as applied, unconstitutionally trespass upon the field of foreign affairs which is reserved exclusively to the…
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