DORCHESTER ASSOCIATES v. BZA

No. 07-AA-998.

976 A.2d 200 (2009)

DORCHESTER ASSOCIATES LLC, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT, Respondent. Chain Bridge Road/University Terrace Preservation Committee, Intervenor.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 23, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George R. Keys, Jr., Washington, DC, for petitioner.

John Patrick Brown, Jr., with whom Stephanie A. Baldwin, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for intervenor.

Peter J. Nickles, then Interim Attorney General, Todd S. Kim, Solicitor General, Donna M. Murasky, Deputy Solicitor General, and Mary T. Connelly, Assistant Attorney General, D.C., filed a Statement in Lieu of Brief, for respondent.

Before REID and FISHER, Associate Judges, and FERREN, Senior Judge.


REID, Associate Judge:

Dorchester Associates LLC ("Dorchester" or "petitioner") filed a petition for review of the decision and order of the Board of Zoning Adjustment ("BZA" or "Respondent") denying Dorchester's application for a special exception to allow the construction of thirteen single family homes on a single subdivided lot in the Chain Bridge Road/University Terrace section of the District of Columbia. Dorchester challenges: the BZA's factual findings and...

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