4902300 Mayor's Agent on Historic Preservation - Continued hearing - Case Numbers - H.P.A. 14-221 and 14-222

MAYOR’S AGENT

FOR THE HISTORIC LANDMARK AND HISTORIC DISTRICT PROTECTION ACT

 

REVISED NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

Public notice is hereby given that the Mayor’s Agent will continue the public hearing, commenced on May 12, 2014, on an application affecting property subject to the Historic Landmark and Historic District Protection Act of 1978.  Interested parties may appear and testify on behalf of, or in opposition to, the application.  The hearing will be held at  1100 4th Street SW, Room 4302 (fourth floor).

 

            Hearing Date:        Monday, May 30, 2014 at 9:30 a.m.

Case Numbers:      H.P.A. 14-221 and 14-222

Address:                2234 and 2238 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue (and 1328 W Street) SE

Squares/Lots:        Square 5802, Lots 811 and 978 (and Square 5781, Lot 847)

Applicants:            Chapman Development and the District of Columbia Department of

                              Housing and Community Development

Type of Work:       Raze/move – Relocation of two contributing buildings to another lot in

                              order to construct a new building on their sites

 

Affected Historic Property:  Anacostia Historic District

Affected ANC:     8A

 

The Applicant’s claim is that the “issuance of the permit to relocate the buildings is ‘necessary in the public interest because it is necessary to construct a project of special merit’ and ‘[t]hat the issuance of the permit or admission of the subdivision to record is necessary in the public interest because it is consistent with the purposes of the Act as set forth in D.C. Official Code § 6-1101(b).’”

 

The hearing will be conducted in accordance with the Rules of Procedure pursuant to the Historic Landmark and Historic District Protection Act (Title 10C DCMR Chapters 4 and 30), which are on file with the D.C. Historic Preservation Office and posted on the Office website under “Regulations.”

 

Interested persons or parties are invited to participate in and offer testimony at this hearing.  Any person wishing to testify in support of or opposition to the application may appear at the hearing and give evidence without filing in advance.  However, any affected person who wishes to be recognized as a party to the case is required to file a request with the Mayor’s Agent at least ten working days prior to the hearing.  This request shall include the following information:  1) his or her name and address; 2) whether he or she will appear as a proponent or opponent of the application; 3) if he or she will appear through legal counsel, and if so, the name and address of legal counsel; and 4) a written statement setting forth the manner in which he or she may be affected or aggrieved by action upon the application and the grounds upon which he or she supports or opposes the application.  Any requests for party status should be sent to the Mayor’s Agent at 1100 4th Street SW, Suite E650, Washington, D.C. 20024.  For further information, contact the Historic Preservation Office, at [phone].