Evening star., 1909-08-20
RESIDENTS CONSENT REQUIRED
PROPOSED AMENDMENT T(
GARAGE REGULATIONS.
Complaint of Citizen About Noise
Basis of Recommendation by
Acting Engineer Kelly

AS protection to residents against
noisy disturbances incidental TO autome-
bile garages near their homes an amend
ment to the building regulations prohibit
ing the establishment of public automo-
bile garage without the consent of the
owners of 75 per cent of the property
within 200 feet, II on a residence street,
or without the consent of the owners of
two-thirds of the property within ninety
feet, If on business street adjoining at
the rear residential property or a public
alley, has been recommended to the Com
mtssioners for adoption by Acting Engi-
neer Commissioner Kelly.
The proposed regulation provides:
No automobile or locomohile livery sta
BILE or building wherein automobiles or
locomobiles are to be stored, put or kept
for hire or otherwise shall be erected,
located, established or maintained upon
any residence street or avenue in the Dis
trtct OF Columbia without the written con-
sent of the owners of Is per cent of the
property within 200 feet of the proposed
establishment excepting property used
tor purposes requiring consent Of property
ownersJ; strictly private establishments
of this character located not less than
nifty feet back from the front building line
OF the lot will be exempted from TINS reg
ulatlop. No public automobile or locomo'
bile livery stable or building wherein all
tonobileS or locomobiles are to be stored,
put UP or kept for hire or otherwise Tex
cepting strictly private establishnents)
shall be erected, located, established or
maintained upon property fronting upon
public alley or upon a business street or
avenue where the rear Of the property on
which any such stable is to be erected,
located established or maintained opens
upon street or alley or upon property
used wholly or partly for residentiai pur'
poses. without the written consent of the
owner or owners of two-thirds OF the
property not occupied wholly or In part
for business purposes within ninety feet
OF the outline Of the building or part OF
building erected or used therefor. The
ninety feet herein mentioned shall not oe
construed as extending beyond the limits
of the square In which said automobile or
locomobile livery stable is proposed to be
located"
The need for such regulation as pro-
lection to residents was suggested to the
730 18th street.
I'VE beg to call your attention to the
fact that under the present regulations
garage fronting on business street and
upon property occupied for residential
purposes" said Mr.. Tyler, does not re-
auire the APPROVAL of property owner
nearby to secure a license, and as re-
suit properties to the rear of or abutting
such garage, as well as the tenants, are
seriously injured.
"In this connection we wish to call
your attention to the fact that the repair
ing and testing of automobiles, incident
to which a great deal of noise and smoke
is made especially in garages located on
business streets, is not done in that por-
tion of the garage which fronts upon a
business street, but in the rear, so that II
there are residents nearby they are seri-
ously disturbed