FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 80-577.

432 A.2d 695 (1981)

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF WASHINGTON, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT, Respondent, Dupont Circle Citizens Association, et al., Intervenors.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 18, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman M. Glasgow, Washington, D.C., with whom Carolyn J. Hamm, Washington, D.C., was on the briefs, for petitioner. James A. Stenger, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for petitioner.

David P. Sutton, Washington, D.C., and Philip T. Van Zile, III, Asst. Corporation Counsel, Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., entered appearances on behalf of respondent and adopted intervenors' brief.

William J. Franklin, Washington, D.C., for intervenors.

Before KERN, HARRIS and PRYOR, Associate Judges.


PRYOR, Associate Judge:

This is a petition for review of an order of the District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA or the Board) denying an application for special exception for the continued operation of a parking lot in a downtown residential neighborhood. Recognizing that our review of such cases focuses upon a determination of whether the Board's decision follows from its findings and whether the findings are supported by substantial evidence of record...

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