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Application Of:

The River School

Case Summary:

To construct a child development center and private school campus in the R-1-B Zone.

Address:

4220 Nebraska Avenue NW (Square 1727, Lots 4 and 5)

ANC:

3/3D,3E05

Relief:

Special Exceptions under: • the daytime care use permissions of Subtitle U § 203.1(h) (pursuant to Subtitle X § 901.2) • the private school use permissions of Subtitle U § 203.1(m) (pursuant to Subtitle X §§ 104 and 901.2) and from; • the minimum parking requirements of Subtitle C § 701.5 (pursuant to Subtitle C § 703.2 and Subtitle X § 901.2)

Pursuant To:

Subtitle C § 703.2, Subtitle X § 104 and Subtitle X § 901.2

Case Type:

Special Exception

Case Status:

Closed

Result:

Approved 5 - 0 - 0

Past Hearing Date(s):

07/03/2024, 10/27/2021, 10/13/2021, 07/21/2021, 01/01/1900

Past Meeting Date(s):

07/03/2024, 11/03/2021

Property Information:

Square	Lot(s)
1727	4,5
1515	0810

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Exhibits

row_num#	Exhibit #	Exhibit Description	Number of Pages	Exhibit Date	Action
1	1	Application Form	1	2/17/2021	View
2	2	Application Cover Letter	3	2/17/2021	View
3	3	Statement of the Applicant	16	2/17/2021	View
4	4	Zoning Self-Certification - SUPERSEDED - SEE EXHIBIT #15	3	2/17/2021	View
5	5	Letter of Authorization	2	2/17/2021	View
6	6	Zone Map Excerpt	1	2/17/2021	View
7	7	Certificate of Proficiency	1	2/17/2021	View
8	8	Statement of Public Outreach	1	2/17/2021	View
9	9	Preliminary Transportation Management Plan	6	2/17/2021	View
10	10	List of Names and Mailing Addresses of Property Owners within 200 Feet	3	2/17/2021	View
11	11	DC Surveyor's Plat - SUPERSEDED - SEE EXHIBIT #14	1	2/17/2021	View
12	12	Architectural Plans and Elevations	26	2/17/2021	View
13	13	Statement of Intended Uses	1	2/17/2021	View
14	14	Updated DC Surveyor's Plat	1	2/25/2021	View
15	15	Updated Zoning Self-Certification	2	2/25/2021	View
16	16	Receipt	1	3/9/2021	View
17	17	Form 120 Application	1	2/25/2021	View
18	18	BZA Referral/PHN to ANC 3E	3	3/15/2021	View
19	19	BZA Referral/PHN to ANCSMD 3E05	3	3/15/2021	View
20	20	BZA Referral to DCDPR	1	3/15/2021	View
21	21	BZA Referral to OSSE	1	3/15/2021	View
22	22	BZA Referral to OANC	1	3/15/2021	View
23	23	BZA Referral to OP	1	3/15/2021	View
24	24	BZA Referral to DDOT	1	3/15/2021	View
25	25	BZA Referral/PHN to Council of the District of Columbia, Ward 3	3	3/15/2021	View
26	26	BZA Referral to Council of the District of Columbia, At-Large (Christina Henderson)	1	3/15/2021	View
27	27	BZA Referral to Council of the District of Columbia, At-Large (Anita Bonds)	1	3/15/2021	View
28	28	BZA Referral to Council of the District of Columbia, At-Large (Robert White, Jr.)	1	3/15/2021	View
29	29	BZA Referral to Chairman of the Council (Phil Mendelson)	1	3/15/2021	View
30	30	BZA PHN to Property Owner within 200 feet	7	3/15/2021	View
31	31	BZA PHN to Applicant (Meghan Hotel-Cox/Goulston & Storrs)	6	3/15/2021	View
32	32	Request for Party Status from Tenleytown Preservation Association	7	4/27/2021	View
33	33	Comments from Thomas E. Sharp and Neighbors	6	5/10/2021	View
34	34	BZA Memo - Virtual Public Meeting on May 19, 2021 to consider Advanced Party Status	1	05/12/2021	View
35	35	BZA Memo - Hearing Administratively Rescheduled to October 13, 2021	1	05/12/2021	View
36	36	Referral Notice to ANC 3D	3	05/19/2021	View
37	37	BZA Memo Granting Party Status to Tenleytown Preservation Assn	1	05/19/2021	View
38	38	Applicant's Request for Postponement	2	6/8/2021	View
39	39	BZA Attestation	1	6/16/2021	View
40	40	BZA Memo - Postponement granted to Virtual Public Hearing on October 27, 2021	1	06/21/2021	View
41	41	BZA Attestation	1	6/22/2021	View
42	42	Comments in Support from Robert Silvers	1	06/28/2021	View
43	43	Letter in Support from Leigh McCue-Weil	2	07/12/2021	View
44	44	Letter in Opposition from Alexandra Gianinno	2	08/18/2021	View
45	45	Letter in Opposition from Anne C. Sullivan	1	09/14/2021	View
46	46	Applicant's Cover Letter Enclosing CTR and Resume	2	9/15/2021	View
47	46A1	CTR (Part 1)	77	9/15/2021	View
48	46A2	CTR (Part 2)	18	9/15/2021	View
49	46B	Resume of Jami L. Milanovich P.E.	3	9/15/2021	View
50	47	Letter in Opposition from Elisabeth Leamy	2	09/23/2021	View
51	48	Comments from Michael and Michelle Miller	4	10/04/2021	View
52	49	Letter in Support from Jay Korman	2	10/04/2021	View
53	50	Letter in Opposition from Timothy Harr	3	10/06/2021	View
54	51	Cover Letter from Applicant Enclosing Prehearing Statement	3	10/6/2021	View
55	51A	Prehearing Statement: Tab A (Supplemental Statement)	10	10/6/2021	View
56	51B1	Prehearing Statement: Tab B (Plans - Pt. 1)	23	10/6/2021	View
57	51B2	Prehearing Statement: Tab B (Plans - Pt. 2)	12	10/6/2021	View
58	51B3	Prehearing Statement: Tab B (Plans - Pt. 3)	10	10/6/2021	View
59	51C	Prehearing Statement: Tab C (Community Meetings)	2	10/6/2021	View
60	51D	Prehearing Statement: Tab D (School Website Portal Comments and Responses)	28	10/06/2021	View
61	51E	Prehearing Statement: Tab E (Design Flexibility for Plans)	1	10/06/2021	View
62	51F	Prehearing Statement: Tab F (Draft Conditions)	5	10/06/2021	View
63	51G	Prehearing Statement: Tab G (Resumes of Expert Witnesses)	4	10/06/2021	View
64	51H	Prehearing Statement: Tab H (Outlines of Witness Testimony)	7	10/06/2021	View
65	52	Letter in Support from Viraj Mehta	1	10/11/2021	View
66	53	Affidavit of Posting	2	10/11/2021	View
67	54	Letter in Support from Winta Alem	1	10/11/2021	View
68	55	Letter in Support from Finlay Mungall & Tingting Guo	1	10/11/2021	View
69	56	Letter in Support from Katrina Kosec	2	10/11/2021	View
70	57	Letter in Support from Jenny Rieqel	2	10/11/2021	View
71	58	Letter in Support from Kathleen Gallagher	1	10/13/2021	View
72	59	Follow Up Comments from Michael and Michelle Miller	7	10/13/2021	View
73	60	Letter of No Objection from Elizabeth Nottingham	2	10/14/2021	View
74	61	Comments from Richard Grant	2	10/14/2021	View
75	62	Letter in Opposition from Winfield P. Crigler	4	10/14/2021	View
76	63	Letter in Support from Greg Jaczko and Leigh Ann Caldwell	2	10/14/2021	View
77	64	Letter in Support from Shalini Roy	1	10/14/2021	View
78	65	OP Report	11	10/15/2021	View
79	66	Letter in Support from Nick & Ashley Casscells	1	10/15/2021	View
80	67	Comments in Support from Cidalia Luis-Akbar and Masud Akbar	2	10/15/2021	View
81	68	Letter in Opposition from Alexandra Gianinno	5	10/15/2021	View
82	69	Request to Waive Filing Deadline from DDOT	1	10/19/2021	View
83	69A	DDOT Report	48	10/19/2021	View
84	70	Comments from Ware Adams	1	10/19/2021	View
85	71	Letter in Support from Katie & Mehdi Pirzadeh	1	10/20/2021	View
86	72	Letter in Support from Anita & Dippen Zinzuvadia	1	10/20/2021	View
87	73	Letter in Opposition from Leo & Ingrid Wollemborg	2	10/20/2021	View
88	74	Letter in Support from Stacie Bonfils Benes	1	10/20/2021	View
89	75	Written Testimony of Geoffrey Aronow & Melinda Halpert	1	10/20/2021	View
90	76	Letter in Support from Alison Silvers	2	10/20/2021	View
91	77	Letter in Support from Sariah Tambre Leigh	2	10/20/2021	View
92	78	Letter in Support from Susi Atkinson	1	10/21/2021	View
93	79	Letter in Support from Benjamin Nussdorf	1	10/21/2021	View
94	80	Letter in Opposition from Clifford & Michele Bond	3	10/21/2021	View
95	81	Comments from Rossnyev Alvarado	2	10/21/2021	View
96	82	Letter in Opposition from Ruth Wimer	2	10/21/2021	View
97	83	ANC 3E's Resolution	5	10/21/2021	View
98	84	Letter in Opposition from Colin Andrews	2	10/21/2021	View
99	85	Letter in Support from Children's Hospital	2	10/21/2021	View
100	86	Letter in Support from Ekin Birol	1	10/21/2021	View
101	87	Affidavit of Maintenance	1	10/21/2021	View
102	88	Letter in Opposition from Ruth Wimer	2	10/22/2021	View
103	89	Letter in Support from Elaine K. Green	1	10/22/2021	View
104	90	Letter in Opposition from David Burton	2	10/22/2021	View
105	91	Letter in Opposition from Linda Weidman	2	10/22/2021	View
106	92	Letter in Opposition from Stuart E. Johnson	2	10/22/2021	View
107	93	Letter in Opposition from Leah Johnson	2	10/22/2021	View
108	94	Comments from Tricia Duncan, President of the Palisades Community Association	2	10/22/2021	View
109	95	Letter in Opposition from Barbara Hijazi	2	10/22/2021	View
110	96	Letter in Opposition from Saadeddine Hijazi	1	10/22/2021	View
111	97	Letter in Opposition from Kristen Booth	3	10/22/2021	View
112	98	Letter in Opposition from Tim J. Aluise	2	10/22/2021	View
113	99	Letter in Opposition from Robert Pleshaw	1	10/22/2021	View
114	100	Cover Letter from Applicant Enclosing Updated TMP	2	10/22/2021	View
115	100A	Request to Waive Filing Deadline (Updated TMP)	1	10/22/2021	View
116	100B	Updated TMP	11	10/22/2021	View
117	101	Letter in Opposition from Elizabeth Grossman	2	10/22/2021	View
118	102	Letter in Support from NCCF	1	10/22/2021	View
119	103	Letter in Support from Casey & Nick Seidenberg	2	10/25/2021	View
120	104	Letter in Opposition from Jose Cuesta & Fabiola Lopez	2	10/25/2021	View
121	105	Letter in Opposition from Timothy Harr	4	10/25/2021	View
122	106	Letter in Support from Mario Urdaneta	1	10/25/2021	View
123	107	Letter in Opposition from Samantha Lewis	2	10/25/2021	View
124	108	Letter in Opposition from Betty Arbuckle	2	10/25/2021	View
125	109	Letter in Opposition from Praveen R. Jeyarajah	2	10/25/2021	View
126	110	Letter in Opposition from Cynthia Lee	2	10/25/2021	View
127	111	Letter in Opposition from Roberta Hollander	1	10/25/2021	View
128	112	Letter in Opposition from Roxanne Haltmeyer	2	10/25/2021	View
129	113	Letter in Opposition from Martha Pleshaw	1	10/25/2021	View
130	114	Letter in Opposition from Joe Howard	2	10/25/2021	View
131	115	Letter in Opposition from Fernanda Howard	2	10/25/2021	View
132	116	Letter in Opposition from Pamela Porter	2	10/25/2021	View
133	117	Letter in Opposition from Susan & Robert Motyka	2	10/25/2021	View
134	118	Letter in Opposition from Timothy A. Chorba	2	10/25/2021	View
135	119	Letter in Opposition from Alexander Dobert	2	10/25/2021	View
136	120	Letter in Opposition from Parsa Sanjana	2	10/25/2021	View
137	121	Letter in Opposition from Gregory George	2	10/25/2021	View
138	122	Letter in Opposition from Benjamin B. Lacy	2	10/25/2021	View
139	123	Letter in Opposition from Kaili Mang	2	10/25/2021	View
140	124	Letter in Opposition from Elizabeth H. Danello	4	10/25/2021	View
141	125	Letter in Opposition from Mary Margaret Cannon	2	10/25/2021	View
142	126	Letter in Opposition from Terence P. Thornberry	2	10/25/2021	View
143	127	Letter in Opposition from Gregory Ferenbach	2	10/25/2021	View
144	128	Letter in Opposition from Dave Steadman	3	10/25/2021	View
145	129	Letter in Opposition from Carol Carmody	2	10/25/2021	View
146	130A1	Applicant's PowerPoint Presentation (Pt. 1)	44	10/25/2021	View
147	130A2	Applicant's PowerPoint Presentation (Pt. 2)	6	10/25/2021	View
148	131	Letter in Support from Sarah Williams	2	10/25/2021	View
149	132	Letter in Support from Todd & Monte Monash	1	10/26/2021	View
150	133	Letter in Opposition from Anthony & Jean Byrne	5	10/26/2021	View
151	134	Letter in Opposition from Sandra Romboli	2	10/26/2021	View
152	135	Letter in Opposition from Swati Singh	2	10/26/2021	View
153	136	Letter in Opposition from Jim & Susan Barnett	2	10/26/2021	View
154	137	Letter in Opposition from Kumar Anupam	1	10/26/2021	View
155	138	Letter in Opposition from Bruce Weinrod	1	10/26/2021	View
156	139	Letter in Opposition from Charles E. Taylor	2	10/26/2021	View
157	140	Letter in Opposition from Diane M. Brewer	1	10/26/2021	View
158	141	Letter in Support from Joseph LeMense	1	10/26/2021	View
159	142	Receipt	1	10/26/2021	View
160	142A	Letter in Opposition from Paul & Heather McKay	2	10/26/2021	View
161	143	Letter in Opposition from Bailey Edwards	2	10/26/2021	View
162	144	Letter in Opposition from Frederico Sacasa	2	10/26/2021	View
163	145	Letter in Opposition from Daniel Howard	2	10/26/2021	View
164	146	Letter in Opposition from Marc Francis Charette	2	10/26/2021	View
165	147	Letter in Support from Joseph Cotruvo	1	10/26/2021	View
166	148	Letter in Opposition from Maureen Miller	2	10/26/2021	View
167	149	Written Testimony in Opposition from Alexandra Gianinno	15	10/27/2021	View
168	150	Letter in Opposition from Andrew Ferguson	1	10/27/2021	View
169	151	Request to Accept Late Filing w/Letter in Opposition from Lawrence M. Miller	4	10/27/2021	View
170	152	Letter in Opposition from Anne Chrun	3	10/27/2021	View
171	153	Written Testimony from Elyssa Hijazi Larranaga	3	10/27/2021	View
172	154	TPA's PowerPoint Presentation	18	10/26/2021	View
173	155	Comments in Support from Robert Blair	1	10/26/2021	View
174	156	Request to Accept Untimely Filing from Alma H. Gates	2	10/27/2021	View
175	156A	Comments from Alma H. Gates	3	10/27/2021	View
176	157	Letter in Opposition from Spencer K. & Margaret V. Hathaway	2	10/27/2021	View
177	158	Letter in Opposition from Brooke Brown	2	10/27/2021	View
178	159	Letter in Opposition from Elizabeth Leamy	2	10/27/2021	View
179	160	BZA Memo Re: Video Exhibits Filed by Party in Opposition and Instructions for Viewing	1	10/27/2021	View
180	161	Letter in Support from Dana Berliner	2	10/27/2021	View
181	162	BZA Memo - Public Meeting November 3, 2021	1	10/28/2021	View
182	163	Testimony from Jonathan McHugh, Commissioner ANC 3E05	4	11/01/2021	View
183	164	List of Witnesses-October 27, 2021	1	11/01/2021	View
184	165	Decision and Order	30	09/22/2022	View
185	166	Attestation	1	09/22/2022	View
186	167	Procedural Order on Remand	3	05/20/2024	View
187	168	Attestation	1	05/20/2024	View
188	169	Change of Contact Information for Tenleytown Preservation Association	2	06/03/2024	View
189	170	OP Report	2	06/20/2024	View
190	171	Cover Letter from Applicant Enclosing Supplemental Statement	2	06/21/2024	View
191	171A	Applicant's Supplemental Statement on Remand	6	06/21/2024	View
192	172	Tenleytown Preservation Association (TPA) Statement on Remand	16	06/21/2024	View
193	172A	Tenleytown Preservation Association - Certificate of Service	2	06/21/2024	View
194	173	ANC 3E Resolution	4	06/26/2024	View
195	174	Applicant's PowerPoint Presentation	14	07/01/2024	View
196	175	Testimony from Commissioner Alexandra Gianinno, ANC 3E-06	3	07/02/2024	View
197	176	List of Witnesses-July 3, 2024	1	07/05/2024	View
198	177	BZA Memo - Decision Meeting on July 24, 2024	1	07/08/2024	View
199	178	Decision and Order on Remand	15	11/12/2024	View
200	179	Attestation	1	11/12/2024	View

Orders

Orders	Action
Decision and Order	View
Procedural Order on Remand	View
Decision and Order on Remand	View

Transcripts

Transcript Date	Meeting Type	Action
07/24/2024	Public Meeting	View
07/03/2024	Public Hearing	View
11/03/2021	Public Meeting	View
10/27/2021	Public Hearing	View
05/19/2021	Public Meeting	View
05/19/2021	Public Hearing	View

Videos

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Board of Zoning Adjustment Public Hearing on 07/03/2024	View
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Public Hearing Public Hearing on 07/03/2024	View

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