CITIZENS ASS'N OF GEORGETOWN, INC. v. WASHINGTON

No. 6411.

291 A.2d 699 (1972)

The CITIZENS ASSOCIATION OF GEORGETOWN, INC., Petitioner, v. Walter E. WASHINGTON et al., Respondents.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 19, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Iverson, Washington, D. C., with whom Roberts B. Owen, Washington, D. C., was on brief, for petitioner. Courts Oulahan, Washington, D. C., also appeared on brief as counsel for petitioner.

Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom C. Francis Murphy, Corp. Counsel, and David P. Sutton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on brief, for respondents.

Peter S. Craig, Franz M. Oppenheimer, Washington, D. C., and Robert E. Lieblich, Alexandria, Va., counsel for Committee of 100 on the Federal City, filed a brief as amicus curiae.

Before GALLAGHER, NEBEKER and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.


GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:

On February 3, 1972, pursuant to Article 91 of the zoning regulations, petitioner filed with the Zoning Commission proposed interim amendments to the zoning classification of an area of Washington known as the Georgetown Waterfront (Waterfront).1 The Zoning Commission has not scheduled a public hearing on these proposed amendments and petitioner now seeks a writ of mandamus compelling the Zoning Commission to...

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