SHERIDAN-KALORAMA, ETC. v. D. C. BD., ETC.

No. 12899.

411 A.2d 959 (1979)

SHERIDAN-KALORAMA NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL and Philip R. Melkye, Petitioners, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT, Respondent, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Paul F. Interdonato, Theodore E. Lombard, James T. Reilly, and Robert F. Comstock, Intervenors.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 7, 1979.

Rehearing En Banc Denied December 24, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Coleman Bird, Washington, D. C., with whom Barbara B. Price, Washington, D. C., was on brief, for petitioners.

Richard W. Barton, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Leo N. Gorman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., entered appearances for respondent. (Respondent adopted the brief of intervenors.)

Whayne S. Quin, Washington, D. C., with whom Norman M. Glasgow and Iverson O. Mitchell, III, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for intervenors.

Before KELLY, GALLAGHER and HARRIS, Associate Judges.


HARRIS, Associate Judge:

Petitioners seek to overturn an order of the Board of Zoning Adjustment granting an application for a special exception to permit the conversion of a chancery into law offices and apartments. We reverse.

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The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is the owner of a four-story building located at 2210 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., which it had used as a chancery and residence since 1961. Four lawyers (the individual intervenors herein)...

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