The Wisconsin Avenue Baptist Church on
Alton Place NW is seeking ANC
and BZA approval to build a four-floor addition to its current annex,
and to put an additional floor atop that existing annex. The parking
lot would be realigned with a curb cut to let cars out onto Yuma
Street.
This is a significant change from the Church's initial September
request, which only sought BZA approval for certificates of occupancy
for three tenant groups. Those groups have been operating at the WABC
without certificates of occupancy for up to several years.
Neighbors near the church are greatly worried that the new project is
too large for the site. The proposed development raises serious
safety, traffic, parking, environmental and economic concerns. The
project appears to some to be woefully unplanned. As far as neighbors
can determine, no traffic, environmental, construction or other
impact studies have been performed and no alternate designs
considered.
The Tenleytown/North Cleveland Park/Forest Hills ANC 3F will consider
the proposed development on Monday evening (Feb. 25) at the Capital
Memorial Church, 3150 Chesapeake St., NW. The meeting starts at
7:30pm; this item is not likely to come up until roughly 8:30pm. The
BZA is scheduled to discuss it on March 11.
Send questions, ideas or statements of support to this post, or reach
out to Pamela Roberts at
robjia@verizon.net
or (202) 744-2164.
THANKS.