Judge: D.C. can’t revoke Northwest building permit

A D.C. administrative law judge ruled that a million-dollar home in Northwest Washington can stand despite a ruling by a federal commission that determined the building permit violated federal standards.

The yearlong dispute has stirred the residents of North Portal Estates, an old Washington neighborhood full of red-bricked Colonial homes that runs along Rock Creek Park. Neighbors have put up hundreds of blue campaign signs in opposition to the construction of the nearly completed new home.