{"id":2899,"date":"2021-11-08T10:18:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T10:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/?p=2899"},"modified":"2021-11-08T10:22:49","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T10:22:49","slug":"zoning-administrator-to-answer-is-a-roof-a-roof-bza-hearing-on-masonic-temple-nov-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/dc\/2899","title":{"rendered":"Zoning Administrator to Answer, \u2018Is a Roof a Roof?\u2019 BZA Hearing on Masonic Temple, Nov. 10"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Release: Monday, Nov. 8, 2021<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Contact:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>Nick DelleDonne ,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

delledonne.n@comcast.net<\/a><\/a><\/span>, 703 929 6656<\/span><\/p>\n

Zoning Administrator to Answer, \u2018Is a Roof a Roof?\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

BZA Hearing on Masonic Temple, Nov. 10<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The<\/span><\/i>\u00a0major hearing to determine the fate of the proposed oversized, inappropriate Masonic Temple development at 15th\u00a0& S\u00a0Sts., NW, is set for\u00a0Wednesday, November 10 at 9:30\u00a0at the DC Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA). The central witness will be\u00a0Matthew\u00a0LeGrant, the DC Zoning Administrator, too ill to testify at the first hearing in July, who will be cross-examined on why he approved the subdivision of the Masons\u2019 lot to allow development by calling the 332-ton roof an 'ornament' in a decision written for him by the Temple's developer, Perseus. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Board of Zoning Adjustment Public Meeting and Hearing\u00a0Case <\/span><\/b>20453<\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 9:30 am:<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

WebEx Meeting Online:\u00a0Click here<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0Password (Online): DCOZ
Call into the WebEx Meeting: +1 (202) 860-2110
Access Code (Phone): 2303 854 7577
Watch on YouTube Live:\u00a0Click here<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dupont East Civic Action Association (DECAA) is appealing LeGrant's decision. The DECAA team includes attorneys Michael Hays and Ed Hanlon, and, as witness experts, award-winning architect Ravi Ricker and Professor James C. McCrery at Catholic University, a Presidential appointee to the US Commission of Fine Arts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Masons seek to divide their property \u2013 to put the majestic Historic Landmark Temple on a postage-sized lot. On the remainder, the Masons propose to build a 5-story apartment building, which will tower over the existing row houses in an Historic District, with two levels of underground garage, a penthouse roof deck and two levels of subterranean cellar apartments, outlawed in New York City and unknown in DC.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Masons contorted language to try to meet the\u00a0District's\u00a0zoning regulations, contends the roof is an 'ornament,' and S Street is the \u201cfront.\u201d even though it will not actually be the front.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The project is already an environmental danger. DECCA obtained the\u00a0Environmental Assessment Report (EAR) commissioned by the Masons' developer.\u00a0 It describes how the site was home to an\u00a0auto repair shop that left\u00a0underground\u00a0oil and gasoline\u00a0tanks and a PEPCO transformer vault with PCBs, a known carcinogen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Under a DCRA permit, Perseus is drilling\u00a015 wells to a depth of 70 feet to lower the water table.\u00a0 This will risk damage to nearby homes and buildings with the runoff flowing to the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers. And, as far as DECCA can determine, the\u00a0soil and groundwater have not been tested, in direct contradiction of the\u00a0developer\u2019s EAR recommendations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stop the Masonic Temple Development<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Join DECAA Today<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

www.KeepDupontGreen.org<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

703 929 6656<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Release: Monday, Nov. 8, 2021 Contact:\u00a0Nick DelleDonne ,\u00a0\u00a0 delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 Zoning Administrator to Answer, \u2018Is a Roof a Roof?\u2019\u00a0 BZA Hearing on Masonic Temple, Nov. 10 \u00a0 The\u00a0major hearing to determine the fate of the proposed oversized, inappropriate Masonic Temple development at 15th\u00a0& S\u00a0Sts., NW, is set for\u00a0Wednesday, November 10 at 9:30\u00a0at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2899\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}