Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-11
c. OF c. UNANIMOUS
IN ADOPTING ZONE
COMMITTEE REPORT
Enlargement of Industrial
and Second Commercial
Areas Among Plans.

|
the city, outlined by the coming
/ commission. in order to take care of
the expected growth of Washington
along industrial lines, the report of
| the coming committee of the Washing
ton Chamber of Commerce was unan-
imously adopted last night by the
chamber at a special meeting held in
| the Willard Hotel.
The report also asked that the main
| arteries of traffic in and out of the
city be Zoned commercial. taking the
stand that these thoroughfares were
rapidly becoming business districts
| The committee announced that it did
not agree with those who would have
! these streets Zoned residential and
changed later to meet a changed as
pect
Would Not Change Height.
| The committee also recommended
| that the height of the buildings be
| Kept the same as at present, except
| those on the north side of PennSyl-
vania avenue northwest. which should
| be restricted to 1870 feet, instead of
| 100 feet, as is now ALLOWED between
| LIST and 18th streets. The committee
( pointed out the loss liable to be
sustained by the owner if he con-
templated adding additional stories
B,
/ it by the lowering of the height reg
| ulations.
The committee, which is composed
| of A. ]. May, chairman; Henry B.
Davis, E. w. Davis, NJ. Hester, A. F.
Jorss, Lewis Holmes Allan f. Walker
| and Harry Wardman, were instructed
| by President Harper to attend the
meeting of the coming commission
Friday afternoon and lay before it
! the recommendation.
Committees Report.
The report of the committee on the
| pre- posed coming plans follows:
ITO the coming commission, Wash
ington, d. c.:
THE Washington Chamber of Com
merce, through a special committee
appointed for that purpose, has made
a careful examination and investiga-
ton of the plans proposed by the
zoning commission. both by an ex-
haustive study~of the maps and pro-
posed regulations. and also by per-
sonal visits to those localities with
which the committee was not already
familiar. The chamber has a vital in
tereSt in this matter. It's membership
comprises the business and profess
sional men and women of Washing
ton, every one of whom has a per-
sonal interest in securing the best
possible results from the coming law.
I'VE recognize at the outset that
under the provisions of the coming law
a great future can be mapped out for
our city. 1t would be a calamity to
put this law into effect simply to care
for present conditions and present
necessities. While the manufacturer,
the business man, the resident of to-
day, must be safeguarded, yet our
plans and purposes must cover the
Washington of coming years.
Commission Congratulated.
1--WE are satisfied that the zoning
commission created by this law has
approached this subject with the sin
gle desire and purpose to plan for the
greatest possible development of the
city along business lines, while at the
same time protecting it's residential
districts and assuring the permanency
of it's claim as the most beautiful city
in the world. The commission is to
be congratulated that it has been able
to complete SO great a volume of work
in very limited time and to present
for consideration so well defined a
plan for the proper coming of the city.
After careful study of the pro-
posed regulations and the tentative
maps we have come to the conclusion
that in many respects they are prop
erly prepared and should receive the
support and encouragement of our
citizens. We believe, however, that
our citizens are unanimously agreed
that Washington is destined to be-
come one of the really great cities of
the world, and with that thought in
mind we are of the opinion that the
program should be broad, liberal and
constructive. We believe, with the
commission, that the principal value
| of coming to any community lies in it's
control over future development. Elk
| listing uses of property cannot be in
terfered with. nor can existing ease
ments, covenants, or other deed re-
Sfrio no, Oh tor
For the purposes of the act the
coming commission has divided the
District of Columbia into four types
of districts, known respectively as
residential. first commercial, second
commercial and industrial. AS the
Chamber of Commerce is possibly
| more particularly interested in the
business and industrial districts, it
has decided to make very little ref
erence to the purely residential dis
to confine it's suggestions and recon-
mendations very largely to the first
and second commercial and industrial
districts.
I'm presenting this report the
chamber finds it is able to present it's
up the various matters to be con-
sidered in the following order:
"A-Industrial districts.
"B-Second commercial districts.
First cOI1llneTCldl ulSIrlcIS.
"D-General.
"E-Height, light and ventilation.
A-Industrial.
after a careful consideration of the
portion of the tentative map covering
the territory along the Anacostia river
and Washington channel and also after
a personal visit to this locality we de-
sire to submit the following recommen-
dations:
81. That the triangular plot bounded
by the Washington channel, the tracks
of the p, 3. & w. r. r and 7th street
southwest. be placed in the Industrial
district. except that the property abut-
ting on 18th street shall remain in the
first commercial district as now desig-
mated.
''2. That the plot bounded by the
Washington channel. NJ street, Az street
| and p street southwest, be placed in the
| industrial district, except that the prop
| erty abutting on Az street shall remain
| in the first commercial district as now
| designated.
"3. That all the property included be-
tween the Anacostia river, the James
Creek canal, and M street, be placed in
| the industrial district.
"a. That the three squares bounded
on the west by 18th street southeast,
on the north by l. street southeast, on
| on the south by NJ street southeast be
placed in the industrial district
! ''5. That the territory bounded by the
Anacosna river, Benning road, kenil-
worth avenue and East Capitol street be
placed in the industrial district, except
that the property facing on Benning
road be continued in the first COM
mercial district as now indicated
"6. We recommend that the territory
between the east bank of the Anacostia
river and the steam railroad from Mas
sachusetts avenue southeast to the In
sane Asylum, be placed in the indus
| trial district