Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3F

North Cleveland Park ▪ Forest Hills ▪ Tenleytown

3F01 - Carl R. Kessler, Treasurer

3F02 - Karen L. Perry

3F03 - Robert V. Maudlin

3F04 – Frank Winstead

3F05 – Mital Gandhi

3F06 - Catherine J. Wiss, Chair

3F07 – Daniel Klibanoff, Vice Chair

PMB 244

4401- A Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20008-2322 Web site: www.anc3f.org

E-mail: ANC3F@juno.com

Phone: 202.362.6120

Fax: 202.686.7237

November 27, 2006

D.C. Zoning Commission

441 – 4^th Street N.W., 2^nd Floor

Washington, D.C. 20001

RE: Zoning Case No. 06-37

Dear Chairman Mitten and Members of the Zoning Commission:

ANC 3F requests status as an affected ANC in the above-referenced case. The land that is subject to this petition is less than 200 feet from ANC 3F. Residents of ANC 3F have long used this area for recreational purposes. ANC 3F and its residents believe that it is part of Fort Reno National Park, for which ANC 3E and ANC 3F share advisory jurisdiction.

As the D.C. Court of Appeals recognized in Neighbors United for a Safer Community v. DC Board of Zoning Adjustment, 647 A. 2d 793, 797-798 (DC 1994), “it would be manifestly unreasonable to conclude that the area represented by an ANC which is physically located directly across the street from the proposed [action] would not be affected by it,” Id. at 797, and held that “it would defy both logic and common sense to conclude that an ANC can be ‘affect[ed]’ but its written opinion not entitled to ‘great weight’.” Id. at 798.

ANC 3F will be submitting separately ANC 3F Resolution 06-28 opposing the petition. Resolution 06-28 was approved by a vote of 4-0-0 at a duly noticed public meeting on November 20, 2006, with a quorum present, a quorum being four.

Sincerely,

Cathy Wiss

Chair, ANC 3F