tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post2190895243783096157..comments2024-03-25T18:50:15.135-04:00Comments on DCmud - The Urban Real Estate Digest of Washington DC: Full Raze Petition Rebuked by HPO for New Jersey Ave HousesKenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-8538363154136767382011-11-15T10:25:49.928-05:002011-11-15T10:25:49.928-05:00Thank you, Kelly, for keeping on this story.
Its t...Thank you, Kelly, for keeping on this story.<br />Its the sense of entitlement which allows the church to define all situations in terms of their own self-interest which is astounding. <br />After permission was granted to allow demolition of the rear portions the church came back again seeking total demolition. <br />They willfully ignore the clear regulations against accessory parking in the R4 district.<br />When asked at the ANC 6C ZPE committee in June 2011 why the church never rented out the houses, a man answered that they couldn't because it was a "bad neighborhood".<br />The church has never paid the penalty property tax rates on vacant or blighted property, as confirmed by an unnamed person @ the vacant properties office who stated that the properties are "on their way" to being registered as blighted, but not there yet. The tax bill is still being calculated at the class one rate, and even once the status is corrected, the blighted rate will not be applied in arrears. So the pastor's definition of having been "paying through the nose" is disingenuous, because they have clearly beaten the taxes on this. If they can demo before the new status and rate are applied, they will have beaten it altogether.<br />But then again, also disingenuous is her definition of hardship as failure to receive grants that were sought to renovate the properties.<br />This sense of entitlement is universal among those who practice demolition by neglect and landbanking.Bobbi Krengelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-80700557559968183822011-11-14T09:46:11.036-05:002011-11-14T09:46:11.036-05:00Update: A new Mayor's Agent has been appointed...Update: A new Mayor's Agent has been appointed for this fiscal year - Peter Byrne, a law professor at Georgetown University.<br /><br />HPO notified me and is updating its website (being Veterans Day Friday, that is where I pulled info).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-85112041560160904932011-11-14T08:40:21.796-05:002011-11-14T08:40:21.796-05:00Will Mayor Gray allow his adminstration to be asso...Will Mayor Gray allow his adminstration to be associated with tearing down historic properties to build... a Paring lot?<br /><br />I hope not. He won't gain any friends (at least Dc voting ones) by this action. Let's see if he get's campaign contributions from the church after this happens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-844108806416834742011-11-12T10:57:01.154-05:002011-11-12T10:57:01.154-05:00Wait - you think large swaths of nontaxable land a...Wait - you think large swaths of nontaxable land are not in DC's best interest? Gosh, that just seems too logical for the DC government to understand. At least the church isn't building a huge section 8 complex for all the "unfortunate congregants" (i.e. thugs and gang bangers) to use as home base to terrorize the whole neighborhood from.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-20499515553974427462011-11-12T09:03:04.484-05:002011-11-12T09:03:04.484-05:00Churches have engaged in demolition by neglect for...Churches have engaged in demolition by neglect for too long. The parking lot will be used one day a week for a few hours. This does NOT help the neighborhood at all. It is all tax free property. This does not help the neighborhood at all. I suggest the church sell all their property in DC and move out to where their congregants live. I am tired of having to deal with churches in the neighborhoods that do not serve the neigborhood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-31050559462779261582011-11-12T08:30:00.050-05:002011-11-12T08:30:00.050-05:00Richard: Yipes! Nevermind, then.<b>Richard</b>: Yipes! Nevermind, then.IMGophhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10389077782536090328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-48243424166798659392011-11-12T07:22:45.945-05:002011-11-12T07:22:45.945-05:00Mayor's Agent proceedings are "legal"...Mayor's Agent proceedings are "legal" ones. Therefore, communicating to HT outside of the official is considered ex parte communication and is "illegal."<br /><br />http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/ex+parteRichard Laymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02765521217875752850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-45556241042549718402011-11-11T22:35:44.938-05:002011-11-11T22:35:44.938-05:00Where can we petition to raze the church instead?Where can we petition to raze the church instead?Acenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-23156860629258226652011-11-11T16:21:20.127-05:002011-11-11T16:21:20.127-05:00I can't even imagine that a civic-minded churc...I can't even imagine that a civic-minded church would propose demolishing an historic property for parking. What is wrong with these people?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-3641058144041931532011-11-11T16:05:55.135-05:002011-11-11T16:05:55.135-05:00Kelly: Great, thanks. Now I know who needs to be p...<b>Kelly</b>: Great, thanks. Now I know who needs to be petitioned...IMGophhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10389077782536090328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-1829166253493421692011-11-11T16:04:19.557-05:002011-11-11T16:04:19.557-05:00Yes, Harriet Tregoning.Yes, Harriet Tregoning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-3170753229197689822011-11-11T15:33:40.581-05:002011-11-11T15:33:40.581-05:00This proposal would destroy three buildings to cre...This proposal would destroy three buildings to create about 5 parking spots. There is also no guarantee they could even use these lots as parking, because it is expressly forbidden in the R-4 zone.<br /><br />Instead, they can sell these lots for around $1M, which could pay for a gold-plated shuttle to the Metro or a nearby parking lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-52937825748090747492011-11-11T15:30:08.831-05:002011-11-11T15:30:08.831-05:00so who serves as "mayor's agent" on ...so who serves as "mayor's agent" on this? will it be harriet tregoning?IMGophhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10389077782536090328noreply@blogger.com