CITIZENS ASS'N, ETC. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 13008.

403 A.2d 737 (1979)

CITIZENS ASSOCIATION OF GEORGETOWN et al., Petitioners, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT, Respondent, The President and Directors of Georgetown University, Intervenors.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 21, 1979.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Taurman, Washington, D. C., with whom Timothy A. Harr, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for petitioners.

Leo N. Gorman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom Richard W. Barton, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., adopted the brief of intervenor, for respondent.

Norman M. Glasgow, Washington, D. C., with whom C. Francis Murphy and John F. McCabe, Jr., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for intervenors.

Before KERN, NEBEKER and MACK, Associate Judges.


NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

Petitioners seek to set aside as an abuse of discretion the Board of Zoning Adjustment's (BZA's or Board's) order approving intervenors' Campus Development Plan (plan). Challenged are the conclusions that approval of the campus plan does not constitute an endorsement of unreasonable campus expansion and that implementation of the plan will not create objectionable traffic conditions. Intervenors defend the Board's order as being supported...

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