Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-19
ZONE Commission
| OUTLINES CLASSES
Three Tentative "Use" Dis
tricts Are Decided by
Board.

| The commission created by Con-,
gress to zone the National Capital for
building purposes has tentatively de
cided that there shall be three general
classes of use" Observation-Disclosures
| commercial and industrial.
! The commission states that it later
may decide to subdivide the residen-
tial and commercial districts into two
| classes each.
, The tentative plan is to limit resi-
| dence districts to dwellings. tene-
ments, hotels. lodging or boarding
/, houses. churches. private clubs, hos
pitfalls o. sanatoriums. public or semi
| public educational institutions, rail-
! road passenger stations, the Offices of
1 physicians. dentists and other pro-
fessional practitioners. private or
community garages. farming, truck
I gardening and greenhouses.
First District Permits.
/ The first commercial district will
I permit any use allowed in the resi-
( dence districts aud III addition the
! following: Amusement places. auto
| mobile salcSroom. bake shop. bank.
| barber shop. bowling alley. business
or commercial colleges. schools. etc.
caterer, conservatory. dancing acad-
| envy. drcsSmaker. express Office. fire
house. locksmith. laundry. messenger
or telegraph service station. millinery
shop. Office or offices. oil filling station
| motion picture theatcr. painting and
decorating store, photograph gallery.
! plumbing shop. police station. pool
| and billiard hall. post Office. public
garage. recreation building and struc-
lures, restaurant. sales or show rooms,
sharpening or grinding. stationery
stores. shops for the conduct of re-
tail business. shoe repairing, studio
parlor. etc. tailoring, telephone ex-
change, tinsmith shop. tire repairing,
undertaken and upholsterer: Provided.
however, that no building shall have
more than 40 per cent of it's floor area
devoted to industrial or storage pur-
poses incidental to it's primary use,
and provided that not more than five
employees shall be engaged at any
time on the premises in any industry
which shall be Incidental or essential
to the primary use.
Second District Permits.
The second commercial districts will
allow any use permitted in the resi-
dence or first commercial district: also
light manufacturing and wholesale or
retail commercial uses Will be per-
mitted. But the following uses. be-
cause of odor. noise, dust, etc, will not
be allowed in either residence or first
and second commercial districts: Abb
attoirs. ammonia bleaching powder or
chlorine manufacture. asphalt manu-
facture or refining. blacksmith. blast
furnace, boiler works, brick, tile. terra
Gotta manufacture or storage. carpet
or bag cleaning, crematory, creosote
treatme nt or manufacture. distillatIon
of bones, coal or wood: fat rendering,
fertilizer manufacture. forge plant
gas Cheating or illuminating manu-
facture, glue, size or gelatin manufac-
ture, gunpowder manufacture or stor-
age, fireworks or explosives manufac-
ture or storage, incarceration or reduc-
ton of dead animals. offal or refuse;
steel hraSS works
foundry, junk yard, lampblack manu-
facture. lime. cement or plaster of
Paris manufacture or storage: lumber
yard, oilcloth or linoleum manufac-
ture. paint, oil. turpentine or varnish
manufacture. petroleum refining or
storage, pickles. sauerkraut. sau-
sage or vinegar manufacture:
pyroxiline plastic manufacture
or the manufacture of articles there
from, railroad yard or roundhouse,
manufacture or treatment, salt
works. sawmill or planning mill, scrap
iron. junk or rags. baling or storage.
shipyard, slaughtering Of animals smelt-
ing Of iron. silk manufacture, stockyards,
stone mill or quarry or stone yard,
manufacture, tallow, grease and lard
manufacture or refining, tanning,
curing or storage of leather. raw
hides or skins, tar roofing or tar wa
terproofnS manufacture. tar dfstii-
lation or manufacture. and all other
uses which have been declared null
sance in any court OF record.
Industrial District.
The Industrial districts will allow
any use permitted in the residence,
first or second commercial districts,
and such other uses as shall not have
been declared nuisance or other
wise prohibited within the District Of
Columbia.
The commissions next step will be
to announce the boundaries of the
various districts and to hold public
hearings on them before declaring
the zones in effect.
The commission, however, cannot
interfere with the location OF an es-
tablishment already in existence.