Case 21151

Case Overview
Application of:   Dinesh Tandon and Nidhi Tandon
Case Summary:   To permit a restaurant use in the first floor and cellar of an existing, detached, two-story with cellar, mixed use building in the RF-1 zone.
To permit a restaurant use in the first floor and cellar of an existing, detached, two-story with cellar, mixed use building in the RF-1 zone.
Address:   2324 North Capitol Street, NW (Square 3124, Lot 143)
ANC:   5E05
Relief:  
TypeReliefPursuant To
Special ExceptionUnder the nonconforming use requirements of Subtitle C § 204.9Subtitle X § 901.2
Area VarianceFrom the nonconforming use requirements of Subtitle C § 204.9(b)Subtitle X § 1002
Use VarianceFrom the nonconforming use requirements of Subtitle C § 204(b)Subtitle X § 1002
Case Type:   Special Exception,Variance
Case Status:   Active
Result:   Deny 3 - 0 - 2
Past Hearing Date(s):   05/14/2025, 04/23/2025, 12/11/2024, 10/09/2024, 07/24/2024
Past Meeting Date(s):   06/04/2025
Property Information:  
SquareLot(s)
31240143
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Exhibits
row_num#Exhibit #Exhibit DescriptionNumber of PagesExhibit DateAction
11Application Form - SUPERSEDED - SEE EXHIBIT #12414/12/2024View
22DC Surveyor's Plat14/12/2024View
33Statement of Existing and Intended Use14/12/2024View
44Zoning Self-Certification - SUPERSEDED - SEE EXHIBIT #12424/12/2024View
55Color Photographs154/12/2024View
66Architectural Plans and Elevations144/12/2024View
77List of Names and Mailing Addresses of Property Owners within 200 Ft.34/12/2024View
88Applicant's Statement - SUPERSEDED - SEE EXHIBIT #12874/12/2024View
99Letter of Authorization14/12/2024View
1010Certification of Proficiency14/12/2024View
1111Certificate of Service14/12/2024View
1212Statement of Community Outreach14/12/2024View
1313Certificates of Occupancy234/12/2024View
1414Receipt14/22/2024View
1515BZA Notice of Virtual Public Hearing 44/29/2024View
1616BZA Attestation/PHN List of Referrals 14/29/2024View
1717Returned PHN205/15/2024View
1818Letter in Support from Andreas Stargard305/23/2024View
1919Letter in Support from Robert Hardison205/23/2024View
2020Letter in Support from William Boyd205/23/2024View
2121Returned PHNs305/23/2024View
2222Letter in Opposition from Maya Kavaler206/13/2024View
2323Letter in Opposition from Sylvia Baffour & Alfonso Abente106/14/2024View
2424Letter in Opposition from Malini Tolat206/17/2024View
2525Letter in Opposition from Pam Mendelson306/17/2024View
2626Letter in Support from Tucker Jones106/18/2024View
2727Letter in Support from Scott Richard Anderson106/18/2024View
2828Letter in Opposition from Michael Mendelson206/18/2024View
2929Letter in Opposition from Janice Smith206/18/2024View
3030Letter in Opposition from Joe Levesque206/18/2024View
3131Letter in Support from Mark Joseph Stern106/18/2024View
3232Applicant's Motion to Postpone Hearing16/19/2024View
3332AApplicant's Request for Postponement26/19/2024View
3433Request for Party Status in Opposition from Pam Mendelson106/19/2024View
3533AAddendum to Request for Party Status - Pam Mendelson206/19/2024View
3633BCertificate of Service106/19/2024View
3733CRequest for Advanced Party Status on July 3, 2024 from Pam Mendelson106/18/2024View
3834Testimony in Opposition from Pam Mendelson406/19/2024View
3935Letter in Support from James Tyler Lopez106/19/2024View
4036Letter in Support from Nicole F. Nicholson106/19/2024View
4137BZA Memo - Public Meeting to Consider Advanced Party Status Request on July 3, 2024106/21/2024View
4238Request from ANC 5E for Postponement106/25/2024View
4339Letter in Support from Eli Keene106/25/2024View
4440BZA Memo - Granting Postponement to October 9, 2024106/25/2024View
4541Letter in Support from Tristan Zoerb106/27/2024View
4642Request for Party Status in Opposition from Evelyn A. Brown2406/26/2024View
4742ACorrected Request for Party Status in Opposition from Evelyn A. Brown107/08/2024View
4842BEmail from Evelyn Brown w/Corrected Form 140 and Shaun Manning Address207/08/2024View
4943Letter in Support from Georgia Rochon107/01/2024View
5044Letter in Support from Tia Subramanian107/03/2024View
5145Request for Party Status in Opposition from Malini Tolat107/05/2024View
5245AAddendum to Party Status Request from Malini Tolat207/05/2024View
5345BCertificate of Service107/05/2024View
5446Request for Party Status in Opposition from Richard Smith107/05/2024View
5546AAddendum to Party Status Request from Richard Smith607/05/2024View
5646BCertificate of Service107/05/2024View
5747BZA Memo - Denying Party Status Request of Pam Mendelson107/08/2024View
5848BZA Memo - Public Meeting 7-17-2024 to Consider Party Status Request of E. Brown107/08/2024View
5949Letter in Opposition from Curtis & Stanya Minter107/08/2024View
6050Request for Party Status in Opposition from Maya Kavaler107/09/2024View
6150AAddendum to Party Status Request from Maya Kavaler407/09/2024View
6250BCertificate of Service107/09/2024View
6351Written Testimony in Opposition from Maya Kavaler307/09/2024View
6452BZA Memo - Board to Consider Requests for Party Status on July 24, 2024107/09/2024View
6553Letter in Opposition from Owen Agho107/10/2024View
6654Letter in Opposition from Delena Perkins107/12/2024View
6755BZA Memo - Granting Party Status in Opposition to Evelyn Brown107/17/2024View
6856List of Witnesses-July 17, 2024107/17/2024View
6957Letter in Support from Charles Wilkinson107/22/2024View
7058List of Witnesses-July 24, 2024107/24/2024View
7159BZA Memo - Granting Party Status in Opposition to Smith, Tolat, and Kavaler107/26/2024View
7260Letter in Support from Kuan Ling Liu108/12/2024View
7361Letter in Support from Troy Byrne208/12/2024View
7462Letter in Support from Laura Schwartz-Henderson18/12/2024View
7563Letter in Support from Claire Perkins108/13/2024View
7664Letter in Support from Laura Gutierrez108/14/2024View
7765Letter in Support from Bill Palombi208/16/2024View
7866Letter in Support from Daniel Kandy18/22/2024View
7967Letter in Support from Sarah Mimms McLeod28/22/2024View
8068Letter in Support from Aiden Byrne18/22/2024View
8169Letter in Support from Megan Poole18/22/2024View
8270Letter in Support from Lola Peres18/22/2024View
8371Letter in Support from Louis Preonas18/22/2024View
8472Letter in Support from David Neuman108/22/2024View
8573Letter in Opposition from Doris J. Newton18/23/2024View
8674Letter in Support from Andrew Koch108/27/2024View
8775Letter in Support from Cassia Denton108/27/2024View
8876Letter in Support from Andrew Waks109/09/2024View
8977Letter in Support from Sejal Singh109/10/2024View
9078Letter in Support from Greg Fuller109/10/2024View
9179Letter in Support from Commissioner Huma Imtiaz, ANC 5E04309/11/2024View
9280Comments in Support from Christina Cauterucci109/12/2024View
9381Letter in Support from Debra Greenspan109/13/2024View
9482Letter from Sullivan & Barros LLP Withdrawing Representation209/13/2024View
9583Letter in Support from Jovita Sequeira109/16/2024View
9684Letter in Support from Lola Peres109/16/2024View
9785Letter in Support from Miren Aparicio & Carl Schonander109/16/2024View
9886Letter in Support from Megan Poole19/16/2024View
9987Letter in Support from Scott Nguyen & Jessie Niewold109/16/2024View
10088Multiple Letters in Support1309/16/2024View
10189Letter in Support from Harsha Kodali109/16/2024View
10290Letter in Support from Louis Preonas109/17/2024View
10391Letter in Support from Sarah Feinmann109/17/2024View
10492Letter in Support from Claire Perkins109/17/2024View
10593Letter in Support from Sarah Mimms McLeod29/17/2024View
10694Letter in Support from Shane Young309/18/2024View
10795Letter in Support from Meghan Robins109/18/2024View
10896Letter in Support from Pietro & Sachiko Galassetti109/18/2024View
10997Applicant's Request for Postponement309/19/2024View
11098Letter in Support from Eckington Civic Association109/20/2024View
11199Letter in Support from Joya Banerjee109/25/2024View
112100Letter in Support from Ben Stephenson109/26/2024View
113101DDOT Report29/27/2024View
114102Letter in Support from Chris Curry210/01/2024View
115103BZA Memo - Postponed to Hearing on December 11, 2024110/04/2024View
116104Letter in Support from Leslie Reynolds110/09/2024View
117105Letter of Authorization (Tandon)111/13/2024View
118106Applicant's Request to Postpone Hearing211/18/2024View
119106ACertificate of Service111/19/2024View
120107BZA Memo-Granting Postponement to Hearing on March 19, 2025111/25/2024View
121108Letter in Support from Chris Curry202/05/2025View
122109Letter in Support from Connor Henne202/07/2025View
123110Letter in Support from Erin Murphy102/10/2025View
124111Letter in Support from Kyle Hill102/12/2025View
125112Letter in Support from Hannah Putman102/13/2025View
126113Letter in Support from Moira Mclaughlin102/13/2025View
127114Letter in Support from Sam Brummitt102/13/2025View
128115Letter in Support from Shireen Shakouri102/14/2025View
129116Letter in Support from Caroline Hill102/14/2025View
130117Letter in Support from Amelia Dana102/14/2025View
131118Letter in Opposition from Joe Levesque, Bloomingdale Civic Association102/14/2025View
132119Letter in Support from Rachael Brown & Bryan Hayes102/14/2025View
133120Letter in Support from Mathew Friedman102/14/2025View
134121Letter in Support from Shawn Fremstad102/18/2025View
135122Letter in Support from Elizabeth Pomper102/18/2025View
136123Notice of Appearance42/24/2025View
137124Letter from Applicant w/Attached Revised Application and Self-Certification803/05/2025View
138125BZA Notice of Virtual Public Hearing 403/06/2025View
139126BZA Attestation/PHN List of Referrals103/06/2025View
140127Applicant's Request for Waiver to File Applicant's Statement44/4/2025View
141128Applicant's Statement of Dinesh Tandon and Nidhi Tandon1604/04/2025View
142128AProperty Photographs1604/04/2025View
143128BRestaurant Plans1504/04/2025View
144128C1Property History Report Prepared by Traceries INC. (Part 1)1504/04/2025View
145128C2Property History Report Prepared by Traceries INC. (Part 2)1304/04/2025View
146128DABCB Order No. 2 Re: Crime and Drug Dealing1204/04/2025View
147128EABCB Order No. 1 Re: Additional Convenient Store904/04/2025View
148128FColor Photographs of Capitol Market404/04/2025View
149128GUpside Report on Convenience Store Industry704/04/2025View
150128HGoogle Map304/04/2025View
151129Applicant's Request for Waiver of Filing Requirements34/9/2025View
152130OP Report14/11/2025View
153131Affidavit of Posting54/16/2025View
154132Letter in Support from Harsha Kodali204/17/2025View
155133Letter in Opposition from Ken Kriese304/18/2025View
156134Testimony of Commissioner Kirby Vining - ANC 5E06 SMD 54/20/2025View
157134ATestimony: Tab A (Graphics Supplement 1)34/20/2025View
158134BTestimony: Tab B (Graphics Supplement 2)34/20/2025View
159134CTestimony: Tab C (Graphics Supplement 3)14/20/2025View
160134DTestimony: Tab D (Graphics Supplement 4)14/20/2025View
161135Testimony in Support from David Neuman104/21/2025View
162136PowerPoint Presentation from Commissioner Alice Thomson, ANC 5E051504/21/2025View
163137Copy of Certificate of Occupancy (2009) Submitted by Mary McDaniel34/21/2025View
164138Affidavit of Maintenance24/21/2025View
165139Letter in Opposition from James Myers104/21/2025View
166140Letter in Opposition from Shaun Manning 24/21/2025View
167141Letter in Opposition from Doretha M. Davidson24/21/2025View
168142Testimony in Opposition from Evelyn Brown 34/21/2025View
169143Letter in Support from Matthew Dickens & Sara Goldband14/21/2025View
170144Testimony in Opposition from Maya Kavaler34/21/2025View
171145ANC 5E Letter - No Position Taken34/21/2025View
172146Testimony in Opposition from Betsy McDaniel 34/22/2025View
173147PowerPoint Presentation from Maya Kavaler3104/22/2025View
174148Letter in Opposition from Tammy Lamb104/22/2025View
175149Color Photographs Submitted by Richard Smith704/22/2025View
176150Comments from Richard Smith204/22/2025View
177151Testimony in Opposition from Richard Smith404/22/2025View
178152OP Report74/22/2025View
179153Video Testimony of Maya Kavaler - Patio Noise on March 29, 2025104/22/2025View
180154Applicant's Request for Postponement54/22/2025View
181154ACertificate of Service204/23/2025View
182155Letter in Support from Beverly Chang204/22/2025View
183156Letter in Support from Lola Peres104/22/2025View
184157Video in Opposition from Richard Smith104/22/2025View
185158BZA Memo-Postponement Granted to Hearing on May 14, 2025104/23/2025View
186159List of Witnesses-April 23, 2025204/25/2025View
187160Applicant's Supplemental Statement75/8/2025View
188160ASupplemental Statement: Tab A (Sanborn Map of Alleys, Garages, & Parking Spaces)35/8/2025View
189160BSupplemental Statement: Tab B (Color Photographs of Houses on Bryant Street)65/8/2025View
190160CSupplemental Statement: Tab C (Color Photographs of Condition)15/8/2025View
191160DSupplemental Statement: Tab D (ABCB #2 Order)85/8/2025View
192161Letter in Opposition from Ann Moore15/12/2025View
193162Affidavit of Maintenance205/12/2025View
194163Corner Stores in RF-1 Bloomingdale submitted by Betsy McDaniel15/13/2025View
195164Letter in Opposition from Danielle Berti205/13/2025View
196165Letter in Opposition from Abdullah Ali105/13/2025View
197166Updated PowerPoint Presentation from Maya Kavaler3105/13/2025View
198167Letter in Opposition from Chris Mahony105/13/2025View
199168Letter in Opposition from Janice E. Young105/13/2025View
200169Additional Comments in Opposition from Betsy McDaniel405/13/2025View
201170Video Testimony of Malini Tolat in Opposition105/13/2025View
202171Video Testimony of Pam Mendelson105/13/2025View
2031721942 1st Street, Bloomingdale Corner Store25/14/2025View
204173Applicant's PowerPoint Presentation1105/13/2025View
205174Testimony in Support from Joya Banerjee105/14/2025View
206175List of Witnesses-May 15, 2025305/15/2025View
207176BZA Memo-Public Meeting June 4, 2025; Record Closed105/16/2025View
Orders
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Transcripts
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