or granting or withholding a certificate of occupancy, or any other administrative decision based in whole or part upon any zoning Fees. regulation or map adopted under this Act. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia may require and fix the fee to be charged for an appeal, which fee shall be paid, as directed by said Com- Exemption citizens' missioners, with the filing of the appeal: Provided, That no citizens' associations, etc. association, or association created for civic purposes and not for Publichearings. profit shall be required to pay said fee. There shall be a public hearing on appeal. powers of Board Upon appeals the Board of Adjustment shall have the following powers: Alleged errors. (1) To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged by the appellant that there is error in any order, requirement, decision, determination, or refusal made by the inspector of buildings or the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or any other administrative officer or body in the carrying out or enforcement of any regulation adopted pursuant to this Act. exceptions, map ial (2) To hear and decide, in accordance with the provisions of the terpretation, etc. regulations adopted by the Zoning Commission, requests for special exceptions or map interpretations or for decisions upon other special questions upon which such Board is required or authorized by the regulations to pass. variations from ap- (3) Where, by reason of exceptional narrowness, shallowness or plication of regula-e tions. shape of a specific piece of property at the time of the original adoption of the regulations or by reason of exceptional topographical condi- tions or other extraordinary or exceptional situation or condition of a specific piece of property, the strict application of any regulation adopted under this Act would result in peculiar and exceptional practical difficulties to or exceptional and undue hardship upon the owner of such property, to authorize, upon an appeal relating to such property, a variance from such strict application so as to relieve such difficulties or hardship, provided such relief can be granted without substantial detriment to the public good and without substantially impairing the intent, purpose, and integrity of the zone plan as embodied in the zoning regulations and map. Authorityconferred. (4) In exercising the above-mentioned powers the Board of Adjust- ment may, in conformity with the provisions of this Act, reverse or affirm, wholly or l)artly, or may modify the order, requirement, decision, determination, or refusal appealed from or may make such order as may be necessary to carry out its decision or authorization, and to that end shall have all the powers of the officer or body from whom the appeal is taken. deison, eetc.sa fr The concurring vote of not less than a full majority of the members of the Board shall be necessary for any decision or order. to Zoning Commois- Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the Zoning Commission si on . from providing by regulation for appeals to it from any action of the Board of Zoning Adjustment. Maps and relda by SEC. 9. A copy of any map established by said Zoning Commission tions established by Zoning Commission, and of its zoning regulations shall be filed in the office of the Engineer Publication. Commissioner of the District of Columbia. A copy of any regulation or any amendment adopted after the passage of this Act shall be pub- lished once in one or more daily newspapers printed in the District of Columbia for the information of all concerned. Building permits. SEC. 10. It shall be unlawful to erect, construct, reconstruct, convert, or alter any building or structure or part thereof within the District of Columbia without obtaining a building permit from the inspector fornm toregulatoions of buildings, and said inspector shall not issue any permit for the erection, construction, reconstruction. conversion, or alteration of any building or structure, or any part thereof, unless the plans of and for the proposed erection, construction, reconstruction, conversion, or 800 PUBLIC LAWS--H. 534-JUNE 20, 1938 [52 STAT.
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