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Wisconsin Avenue Baptist Church

Case Summary:

Application of Wisconsin Avenue Baptist Church, pursuant to 11 DCMR Subtitle X, Chapter 9, for special exceptions under the use requirements of Subtitle U § 203.1(f), and under Subtitle C § 1402 from the retaining wall requirements of Subtitle C § 1401.3(c), and pursuant to Subtitle X, Chapter 10, for variances from the height limitations of Subtitle D § 303.1, from the lot occupancy requirements of Subtitle D § 304.1, and from the side yard requirements of Subtitle D § 307.1, to construct a new four-story church and continuing care retirement facility in the R-1-B Zone at premises 3920 Alton Place N.W. (Square 1779, Lot 14).

Address:

ANC:

3E05

Relief:

Pursuant To:

Case Type:

Case Status:

Closed

Result:

Approved 4 - 0 - 1

Past Hearing Date(s):

11/14/2018, 10/17/2018, 10/10/2018

Past Meeting Date(s):

11/14/2018, 10/17/2018, 10/10/2018, 06/14/2018

Property Information:

Square	Lot(s)
1779	0014

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Exhibits

row_num#	Exhibit #	Exhibit Description	Number of Pages	Exhibit Date	Action
1	1	Application Form	1	06/14/2018	View
2	2	Fee Calculator Form	1	06/14/2018	View
3	3	DC Surveyor's Plat	1	06/14/2018	View
4	4	Statement of Existing and Intended Use	1	06/14/2018	View
5	5	Zoning Self-Certification	2	06/14/2018	View
6	6A1	Architectural Plans and Elevations (Part 1)	14	06/14/2018	View
7	6A2	Architectural Plans and Elevations (Part 2)	8	06/14/2018	View
8	6A3	Architectural Plans and Elevations (Part 3)	8	06/14/2018	View
9	7	List of Names and Mailing Addresses of Property Owners within 200 Feet	3	06/14/2018	View
10	8	Applicant's Preliminary Statement of Compliance w/Burden of Proof	11	06/14/2018	View
11	9	Letter of Authorization (Owner)	1	06/14/2018	View
12	10	Letter of Authorization (Sunrise)	1	06/14/2018	View
13	11	Cover Letter from Applicant	2	06/14/2018	View
14	12	Zoning Map	1	06/14/2018	View
15	13	Outline of WItness Testimony	1	06/14/2018	View
16	14	Resume of Connie Fan, ASLA, LEED, AP	3	06/14/2018	View
17	15	Resume of Robert Schiesel, P.E.	2	06/14/2018	View
18	16	Resume of Steve Ruiz, AIA	1	06/14/2018	View
19	17	Receipt	1	06/15/2018	View
20	18	Zoning Determination Letter (ZDL) re 3920 Alton Place NW	2	08/01/2018	View
21	18A	ZDL - Zoning Map 12	1	08/01/2018	View
22	18B	ZDL - Site Plan 4	1	08/01/2018	View
23	18C1	ZDL - Roof Plan	1	08/01/2018	View
24	18C2	ZDL - Roof Section	1	08/01/2018	View
25	19	Neighbors Petition in Opposition	21	08/07/2018	View
26	20	BZA Referral & Notice of Public Hearing to ANC 3E	2	08/10/2018	View
27	21	BZA Referral & Notice of Public Hearing to ANCSMD 3E05	2	08/10/2018	View
28	22	BZA Referral to OANC	1	08/10/2018	View
29	23	BZA Referral to OP	1	08/10/2018	View
30	24	BZA Referral to DDOT	1	08/10/2018	View
31	25	BZA Referral & Notice of Public Hearing to Council of the District of Columbia, Ward 3	2	08/10/2018	View
32	26	BZA Referral to Councilmember, At-Large - (Elissa Silverman)	1	08/10/2018	View
33	27	BZA Referral to Councilmember, At-Large - (David Grosso)	1	08/10/2018	View
34	28	BZA Referral to Councilmember, At-Large - (Anita Bonds)	1	08/10/2018	View
35	29	BZA Referral to Councilmember, At-Large - (Robert White, Jr.)	1	08/10/2018	View
36	30	BZA Referral to Chairman of the Council - ( Phil Mendelson)	1	08/10/2018	View
37	31	BZA Notice of Public Hearing to Property Owners within 200 feet.	3	08/10/2018	View
38	32	BZA Notice of Public Hearing to Applicant - (Mary Carolyn Brown)	2	08/10/2018	View
39	33	Request for Party Status in Opposition - Tenleytown Neighbors Association	7	08/24/2018	View
40	34	BZA Memo Scheduling Advanced Consideration of Party Status Request for September 12, 2018	1	08/28/2018	View
41	35	Applicant's Transportation Study	41	08/30/2018	View
42	36	Tenleytown Neighbors Association Submission: Tenleytown Historic Homes	6	09/03/2018	View
43	37	Tenleytown Neighbors Association Submission: Five Adjacent Properties	6	09/03/2018	View
44	38	Tenleytown Neighbors Association Submission: Prior BZA Order for Property	26	09/04/2018	View
45	39	Tenleytown Neighbors Association Submission: 2008 Survey of Lot	1	09/04/2018	View
46	40	Applicant's Request for Postponement	1	09/10/2018	View
47	41	Applicant's Comprehensive Transportation Review	41	09/10/2018	View
48	42	Witness Cards	1	09/12/2018	View
49	43	BZA Memo Granting Party Status and Postponing Hearing to October 17, 2018	1	09/13/2018	View
50	44	Applicant's Second Request for Postponement	2	09/20/2018	View
51	45	BZA Memo Granting Postponement to November 14, 2018	1	09/28/2018	View
52	46	Applicant's PowerPoint Presentation	10	09/29/2018	View
53	47	Applicant's Sound Report	8	09/29/2018	View
54	48	Request for Party Status in Opposition from Hagey, Union, Evans, et. al	18	10/02/2018	View
55	49	Petition in Opposition	4	10/09/2018	View
56	50	Letter in Opposition from Juliet Six	2	10/10/2018	View
57	51	Letter in Opposition from Nina Kraut	2	10/10/2018	View
58	52	Cover Letter from Applicant Enclosing Updated Comprehensive Transportation Review	2	10/10/2018	View
59	52A	Updated Comprehensive Transportation Review	43	10/10/2018	View
60	53	DDOT Report	8	10/10/2018	View
61	54	Letter in Opposition from Vita Hollander	1	10/10/2018	View
62	55	Tenleytown Neighbors Association Submission: Truck and Bus Through Route and Restrictions	1	10/13/2018	View
63	56	Letter in Opposition from David Wickenden	2	10/15/2018	View
64	57	Letter in Opposition from Cindy Snyder	2	10/15/2018	View
65	58	Letter in Opposition from John Canon	1	10/15/2018	View
66	59	Letter in Opposition from Alice Clapman	2	10/16/2018	View
67	60	Letter in Opposition from Judy Chesser	1	10/16/2018	View
68	61	Letter in Opposition from Daniel Wilson	1	10/16/2018	View
69	62	Tenleytown Neighbors Association Submission re: Delay of Hearing Date	2	10/20/2018	View
70	63	Letter in Opposition from Mary Alice Levine	2	10/20/2018	View
71	64	Letter in Opposition from Walter Schumann	1	10/21/2018	View
72	65	Comments from Francis O'Dunne	1	10/19/2018	View
73	66	Comments in Opposition from Paulette Brockmann	1	10/19/2018	View
74	67	Letter in Opposition from John and Karen Burgess	2	10/22/2018	View
75	68	Cover Letter from Applicant Enclosing Pre-Hearing Statement	2	10/24/2018	View
76	69	Applicant's Pre-Hearing Statement	33	10/24/2018	View
77	69A	Pre-Hearing Statement: Tab A (Zoning Map)	2	10/24/2018	View
78	69B	Pre-Hearing Statement: Tab B (Sunrise Activities)	3	10/24/2018	View
79	69C	Pre-Hearing Statement: Tab C (Noise Study)	9	10/24/2018	View
80	69D	Pre-Hearing Statement: Tab D (Resumes of Witnesses)	8	10/24/2018	View
81	69E1	Pre-Hearing Statement: Tab E (Arch Plans - Pt 1)	14	10/24/2018	View
82	69E2	Pre-Hearing Statement: Tab E (Arch Plans - Pt 2)	12	10/24/2018	View
83	70	Letter in Support from Amy Chiang	1	10/25/2018	View
84	71	Neighbors Petition - Additional Signers	2	10/27/2018	View
85	72	Tenleytown Neighbors Association Submission: Senior Facilities Nearby	21	10/29/2018	View
86	73	Tenleytown Neighbors Association Submission: Sunrise WABC website as of Oct 29 2018	14	10/29/2018	View
87	74	Tenleytown Neighbors Association Submission: Self-Created Hardship Doctrine	27	10/29/2018	View
88	75	Tenleytown Neighbors Association Submission: Letter from WMATA	1	10/29/2018	View
89	76	Tenleytown Neighbors Association Submission: Sunrise Health Care Inspection	5	10/29/2018	View
90	77	Tenleytown Neighbors Association Submission: WABC CommuniKids 3920 Alton Facility Inspection Report 2018	11	10/29/2018	View
91	78	Tenleytown Neighbors Association Submission: Sunrise Welltower Press Release of Apr 25 2018	1	10/29/2018	View
92	79	Tenleytown Neighbors Association Submission: WABC Comparable Real Estate Sales	6	10/29/2018	View
93	80	Tenleytown Neighbors Association Submission: WABC Alternative Matter-of-Right Option	1	10/29/2018	View
94	81	Letter in Opposition from David Crenshaw	2	10/30/2018	View
95	82	Comments from Sam and Elaine Langerman	1	10/30/2018	View
96	83	Cover Letter from Tenleytown Neighbors Association Enclosing Pre-Hearing Statement	2	10/31/2018	View
97	83A	Pre-Hearing Statement from Tenleytown Neighbors Association	163	10/31/2018	View
98	84	Request from Andrea Ferster to Amend Party Status Request in Exhibit 48	4	10/31/2018	View
99	85	Party Status Request Statement from Patrick E. Duffy	2	10/31/2018	View
100	86	Party Status Request Statement from Henry Hoyle and Laura Shen	3	10/31/2018	View
101	87	Resume of Don Alexander Hawkins	12	10/31/2018	View
102	88	Resume of Tom Moriarity	3	10/31/2018	View
103	89	Cover Letter from Applicant Enclosing Resume and Outline of Witness Testimony	2	10/31/2018	View
104	89A	Resume of Alice Katz	2	10/31/2018	View
105	89B	Outline of Witness Testimony - Alice Katz	1	10/31/2018	View
106	90	OP Report	12	11/02/2018	View
107	91	Tenleytown Neighbors Association Submission: Tenley-Armesleigh Park Homes	4	11/03/2018	View
108	92	Letter in Opposition from Barbara Gunning and Judith Rotman	1	11/04/2018	View
109	93	Letter in Opposition from Patrice and John Allen-Gifford	2	11/05/2018	View
110	94	Motion by Tenleytown Neighbors Association to Exclude Testimony of Alice Katz	3	11/05/2018	View
111	95	Letter in Opposition from Tom and Genet McDonald	1	11/05/2018	View
112	96	Letter in Support from Anne Jarman	1	11/06/2018	View
113	97	Letter in Support from Dorcas Adkins	1	11/06/2018	View
114	98	Letter in Support from Carolyn Long	2	11/06/2018	View
115	99	Letter in Support from Douglas Wonderlic	3	11/07/2018	View
116	100	Letter from Judy Chesser Re: Change in Dorcas Adkins Position from Opposition to Support	1	11/08/2018	View
117	101	Letter from Mary Cheh, Council of the District of Columbia	2	11/08/2018	View
118	102	Letter in Opposition from Michael Donovan and Gohar Sedighi	1	11/08/2018	View
119	103	Comments from Hugh Morris	1	11/09/2018	View
120	104	Testimony of Terry Lynch, The Downtown Cluster of Congregations	2	11/09/2018	View
121	105	Affidavit of Posting	2	11/09/2018	View
122	106	Letter in Opposition from Katrin and Robert Boorstin	5	11/09/2018	View
123	107	Letter in Opposition from Tania Lee	1	11/10/2018	View
124	108	Letter from Benli Li, WMATA	3	11/11/2018	View
125	109	Letter in Opposition from Anne Cauman	2	11/12/2018	View
126	110	Letter in Opposition from Martin White	1	11/12/2018	View
127	111	Letter in Opposition from Richard Levine	2	11/12/2018	View
128	112	Letter in Opposition from Virginia Singer	1	11/12/2018	View
129	113	Letter in Opposition from Marie Koczela	2	11/13/2018	View
130	114	Affidavit of Maintenance	1	11/13/2018	View
131	115	WABC Letter of Authorization (Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP)	1	11/13/2018	View
132	116	Sunrise Senior Living Letter of Authorization (Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP)	1	11/13/2018	View
133	117	Applicant's Opposition to Motion Exclude Testimony of Alice Katz	3	11/13/2018	View
134	118	Applicant's Cover Letter re: Expert Testimony of Andrew Altman	2	11/13/2018	View
135	118A	Outline of Andrew Altman Witness Testimony	1	11/13/2018	View
136	119	ANC 3E Resolution	3	11/13/2018	View
137	119A	Memorandum of Understanding between Applicant and ANC 3E	10	11/13/2018	View
138	120	Statement in Opposition from Tenleytown Neighbors Association	16	11/14/2018	View
139	121A1	Applicant's PPT Presentation (Part 1)	66	11/14/2018	View
140	121A2	Applicant's PPT Presentation (Part 2)	13	11/14/2018	View
141	122	Statement of Cathy Wiss	8	11/14/2018	View
142	123	Wisconsin Avenue Baptist Church Slides from Don Hawkins	7	11/15/2018	View
143	124A1	PowerPoint Presentation from Tenleytown Neighbors Association (Part 1)	20	11/14/2018	View
144	124A2	PowerPoint Presentation from Tenleytown Neighbors Association (Part 2)	30	11/14/2018	View
145	124A3	PowerPoint Presentation from Tenleytown Neighbors Association (Part 3)	22	11/14/2018	View
146	124A4	PowerPoint Presentation from Tenleytown Neighbors Association(Part 4)	15	11/14/2018	View
147	125	Testimony from Joe Mehra	3	11/14/2018	View
148	126	Testimony from ANC 3E	2	11/14/2018	View
149	127	Testimony from Coalition for Smarter Growth	2	11/14/2018	View
150	128	Testimony of Glenn Williamson	2	11/14/2018	View
151	129	Testimony of Cathy Wiss	8	11/14/2018	View
152	130	PowerPoint Presentation from Don Hawkins	7	11/14/2018	View
153	131	Cover Letter from Applicant Enclosing Corrected PowerPoint from Alice Katz	2	11/16/2018	View
154	131A	Alice Katz PowerPoint Presentation	17	11/16/2018	View
155	132	Letter in Opposition from Jeffrey Koczela	4	11/17/2018	View
156	133	Neighbors Petition in Opposition	2	11/17/2018	View
157	134	Witness Cards	7	11/14/2018	View
158	135	Cover Letter from Applicant Enclosing Post-Hearing Submissions	3	12/10/2018	View
159	135A	Post-Hearing Submissions: Tab A (Perspective Renderings)	2	12/10/2018	View
160	135B	Post-Hearing Submissions: Tab B (Landscape Buffer Details)	1	12/10/2018	View
161	135C	Post-Hearing Submissions: Tab C (Lanscape Buffer and Through Drive)	1	12/10/2018	View
162	135D	Post-Hearing Submissions: Tab D (Matter of Right Option)	1	12/10/2018	View
163	135E	Post-Hearing Submissions: Tab E (Shadow Studies)	3	12/10/2018	View
164	135F	Post-Hearing Submissions: Tab F (AutoTURN Diagram)	4	12/10/2018	View
165	136	Post-Hearing Submission from TNA	8	12/17/2018	View
166	136A	Post-Hearing Submission: Tab A (Comparison of Height of Adjacent Homes)	10	12/17/2018	View
167	136B	Post-Hearing Submission: Tab B (Matter-of-Right)	1	12/17/2018	View
168	136C	Post-Hearing Submission: Tab C (Truck Turn Rotations)	7	12/17/2018	View
169	136D1	Post-Hearing Submission: Tab D (Neighbors Construction Mgmnt Plan)	12	12/17/2018	View
170	136D2	Post-Hearing Submission: Tab D (Construct Mgmnt Prelim Soil Attachm D Addendum)	10	12/17/2018	View
171	137	DDOT'S Response Letter to Councilmember Cheh	4	12/18/2018	View
172	138	Proposed Finding of Facts and Conclusions of Law	16	01/09/2019	View
173	139	Cover Letter from TNA Enclosing Proposed Finding of Facts and Conclusions of Law	2	01/09/2019	View
174	139A	TNA's Proposed Finding of Facts and Conclusions of Law	43	01/09/2019	View
175	140	Cover Letter from WABC Enclosing Proposed Finding of Facts and Conclusions of Law	3	01/09/2019	View
176	140A	WABC's Proposed Finding of Facts and Conclusions of Law	29	01/09/2019	View
177	141	Decision and Order	31	02/14/2020	View
178	142	Attestation	1	02/14/2020	View

Orders

Orders	Action
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Transcripts

Transcript Date	Meeting Type	Action
02/06/2019	Public Meeting	View
01/16/2019	Public Meeting	View
11/14/2018	Public Hearing	View
10/17/2018	Public Meeting	View
10/10/2018	Public Meeting	View
09/12/2018	Public Meeting	View

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