Res 01-15

ANC3F RESOLUTION REQUESTING DENIAL OF
RAZE PERMIT FOR THE OWL'S NEST, 3031 GATES ROAD, N.W.

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3F
North Cleveland Park & Forest Hills
P.O. Box 39290
Washington, D.C. 20016-9290

WHEREAS, the Jewish Primary Day School of the Nations Capital (JPDS-NC) filed an application with DCRA, on or about March 1, 2001, for a permit to raze the Owl's Nest, and

WHEREAS, without any notice to ANC3F the DCRA issued, the first of a two-step permit, Building Permit, Type Raze, Permit No. B435333 to JPDS-NC, which first came to ANC3F's attention at its monthly meeting on March 19, 2001, and

WHEREAS, by Res 01-06, adopted April 16, 2001, ANC3F recommended that DCRA rescind or declare null and void Permit No. B435333, which ANC3F promptly faxed to DCRA on April 17, 2001, and

WHEREAS, on April 26, 2001 the Historic Preservation Review Board designated the Owl's Nest a historic landmark, and

WHEREAS, on May 31, 2001 the Office of the Corporation Counsel in a letter to ANC3F concluded that Permit No. B435333 is not null and void, but that the over-the-counter permit did not "vest" and that the ANC may make recommendations which are to be given great weight by DCRA before the final decision is made by DCRA on the raze operations permit, and

WHEREAS, the raze operations permit for Permit No. B43533 has not been issued, and

WHEREAS, JPDS-NC has not applied to the Historic Preservation Office for permission to demolish the Owl's Nest in whole or in part.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT ANC3F requests and urges DCRA not to issue a raze operations permit for the Owl's Nest which is designated a historic landmark.
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Approved by a vote of 5-0-1 at a duly noticed meeting on June 18, 2001 with a quorum present.

/s/ David J. Bardin____________                                   /s/ Robert V. Maudlin__________
David J. Bardin, Chair                                                      Robert V. Maudlin, Secretary