GLENBROOK ROAD v. BD. OF ZONING ADJ.

Nos. 90-217, 90-335.

605 A.2d 22 (1992)

GLENBROOK ROAD ASSOCIATION, et al., Petitioners, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT, Respondent, and The American University, Intervenor. FORT GAINES CITIZENS ASSOCIATION, et al., Petitioners, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT, Respondent, and The American University, Intervenor.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Nettler, Washington, D.C., for petitioners Glenbrook Road Ass'n, et al.

Anne Spielberg, with whom Eric R. Glitzenstein, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for petitioners Fort Gaines Citizens Ass'n, et al.

Herbert O. Reid, Sr., Corp. Counsel at the time, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., filed a memorandum in lieu of brief on behalf of respondent.

Whayne S. Quin, with whom Louis P. Robbins and Edward L. Donohue, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for intervenors.

Andrea C. Ferster, Washington, D.C., filed a brief for amicus curiae, Common Cause/D.C., in No. 90-335.

Before SCHWELB and WAGNER, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.


SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

This case requires us to consider disputes between American University and some of its neighbors regarding the University's plans to construct a more spacious law school and to alter the boundaries of the University's campus. Before us are separate petitions by two community organizations for review of a February 21, 1990 order of the District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA or the Board) granting special exceptions from the Zoning...

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