The chairman of the DC Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) postponed the hearing on a proposed gas station at 4975 South Dakota Avenue NE to October 9, 2024 (BZA case no. 17963A). Instructions on how to participate in the virtual hearing are in the hearing notice.
This is the proposal to put a gas station in front of the DC SuperMart/Z-Burger, which is next to a Sunoco gas station and across the street from the McDonald’s. The property is located in ANC 5A08.
This is the fourth time the hearing has been postponed.
I noted as an aside in the recap for ANC 5A’s February 2024 meeting that a representative for the applicant attended the North Michigan Park Civic Association’s February 2024 meeting. At the North Michigan Park meeting, the rep stated that the applicant does not have any current plans to install an electric vehicle charging station instead of a gas station. He said he knows residents are strongly opposed to a gas station at this location, but that there was no evidence that an EV charging station would be economically viable (my paraphrasing of lots of words that were said). When asked if the applicant would withdraw the application for the gas station, the rep stated that he would not do so at that time and that the application would be “dormant” (which I guess meant that the applicant would just keep requesting that the hearing be postponed).
In any case, it sounds like the applicant still has a lot of work to do with DDOT and the Office of Planning if he is in fact serious about proceeding with this matter, so that is why the Board scheduled the next hearing date pretty far out.






