Evening star., 1925-12-17
CHANGES IN zON|NC'
URGED BY CITIZENS.
One Proposal Would Permit
Row Houses in Conduit
Road Area.

The Capital Garage Co. today with.
drew its petition to the Zoning Com
mission for the reZoning of the prop
erty at 1920 New York avenue from
irSI TO second commercial. The com
Dany has planned to erect a public
garage on the property on which now
stands the historic Hall of the An
clients, and notified the commission
that II has procured the written con
sent of 10 per cent of adjoining prop
erty owners and that rezoning is not
now necessary under the law.
Rezoning Is Argued.
With Maj. L. S. Grant. 3D. sitting
In place of Lieut.. Col. Clarence 0.
Sheriff., who resigned as director of
public buildings and public parks TO
become city manager of Cincinnati,
fhe Zoning Commission, at its public
hearing, also heard arguments pro
and con on proposal to rezone both
sides of Conduit road from Foxau
road to the distributing reservoirs
The proposed change was indorsed
ny Charles A. Baker, a member of the
citizens Advisory Council: K. l..
ADAMS, president of the Conduit Road
titlZenS' Association. and n number of
other residents of the community af-
fected.
The change would permit the cree
ton of row houses or community
dwellings,. Real estate development
company representatives argued that
the intention of the commission in
originally Zoning the area as b was
70 permit the construction of brick
houses OF the community type.
Want Zoning Change
Residents of the section abutting
both sides of Wisconsin avenue be
fWeen Porter street and the line Of
calvert street appealed to the com
mission 10 change the area from &C"
80 A restricted on the ground that
motion picture theaters, gasoline filling
stations and stores may be erected,
.nuCh to the detriment of the present
e>thetic beauty and value of the prop
erty. Among those who supported the
change were Hugh NJ. Frampton of
she Cathedral Heights Citizens AsSo-
citation, CT. II. Powell George r.
Wales, L. ID. Durand. John j. Boobar,
William II. Church of the Cathedral
School for Boys. George w. Offutt, E.
=. Adams, Charles l.. Willard Harry
Middleton, William L. Wagner and
Brig. Gen. 5. .. Rockenbach. The
chief opposition to the change came
from George X. Perkins, representing
the owner of the property on the
northwest corner Of Wisconsin avenue
und Noodley road.
Other Changes Asked.
Proposed change of the west side of
Tenth street northeast between Rhode
Island avenue and Hamlin street
from residential b and industria y 70
residential +, and the east side of
Tenth street northeast, between
Franklin and Hamlin streets from
A to A residential was favored by
many residents Of the neighborhood
1t was opposed by Bates Warren. rep
reSenting property owners.
Rezoning of square 775, bounded by
Third, Fourth, l and K streets north
east. from commercial D to residen-
tial B area was indorsed by residents
of that neighborhood chiefly to pre-
vent the erection OF a proposed junk
shop near Third and I streets
After its luncheon recess the COM
mission will consider the petition for
changing property on the south side
Of l. street between Eleventh and
Thirteenth streets from residential to
first commercial. This change will be
protested vigorously by the Board of
Education, which voted at its meeting
Yesterday afternoon to advise the COM
mission that if the change is made the
lives Of pupils attending the Thorn
son School, at Twelfth and L streets,
would be endangered.