Lee v. District of Columbia Board of Appeals & Review, 423 A.2d 210 (1980)
- Citation
- Lee v. District of Columbia Board of Appeals & Review, 423 A.2d 210 (1980)
- Parent Document
- Lee v. District of Columbia Board of Appeals & Review, 423 A.2d 210 (1980)
- Jurisdiction
- DC (municipal)
- Effective Date
- 1980-11-06
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1,741 charsAt the hearing before the Board, DHCD’s witness Butler testified as to the feasibility of restoring gas and water in a makeshift fashion to petitioners’ apartments. He also indicated DHCD’s readiness to provide these services, pursuant to § 5-313, should the owner fail or refuse to do so. In their Joint Reply Brief, petitioners state that “the City did and continues to provide these services, despite the finding of the Board that it was impossible to restore services.” It is apparent, then, that petitioners currently are being furnished cooking gas and water, albeit at the instance of the government rather than the landlord. It is true that § 5 -313 is framed in discretionary language, so that the District is under no mandatory obligation to continue providing such services on a permanent basis. Compare Masszonia v. Washington, 315 F.Supp. 529, 532 (D.D.C.1970) (although the city’s authority under § 5 313 may be labelled “discretionary,” its mere existence implies a duty to act when an emergency situation exists), with Masszonia v. Washington, 321 *218F.Supp. 965, 971 (D.D.C.1971) (court could not hold as a matter of law that it is an abuse of the city’s discretion under § 5-313 to fail to provide utilities on a permanent, continuing basis). Nevertheless, the mere possibility that petitioners may have their interim utility services discontinued at some point in the future is an insufficient basis to confer standing upon them for purposes of this case. Rather than being immediate and concrete, petitioners’ injuries are at most speculative. See Public Citizen v. Lockheed Aircraft Corp., supra, at 141-45, 565 F.2d at 716-17; M & M Transportation Co. v. U. S. Industries, Inc., 416 F.Supp. 865, 868-69 (S.D.N.Y.1976).