Evening star., 1926-06-19
REzON|NG ORDERED
OVER LARGE AREA
Property Along Massachu-
setts Ave-, Beyond 47th
Street. "A Residential"

Plans of the Loughborough Devel-
opment Corporation for the develop
ment of a large territory lying he-
tween American University and the
District line were approved today by
the Zoning Commission. despite the
vigorous protest made against the
scheme by Hugh NJ. Frampton presi-
dent Of the Cathedral Heights Citi-
zens' Asaocia ton, at public hea ring
OF the commission Thursday.
The commissions action involves
two important changes in the ZOniBg
of the area i63 acres Of which is
owned by the development corpora
tion. All property "abutting both sides
of Massachusetts avenue between
Forty-seventh street and the District
line. except the frontage on Massa-
chusetts avenue between Warren and
Forty-ninth streets, was fezoned from
first commercial e. to residential A
area. Provision for a business island
in the center of this territory was
made by changing the zoning of the
property bounded by Warren street,
Forty.eighth street. Forty ninth street
and Yuma street from residential A
restricted To first commercial c area
Mr.. Frampton in his protest against
the plans urged the commission to
changes in coming to give the resi-
dents in the section affected an op-
portunity to map out comprehen-
sive, systematic and sensible" scheme
for developing the entire section.
Other Changes in Zoning.
The commission also approved an
application TO rezone from residential
to first commercial property abutting
both sides of y street between Four
teenth and Fifteenth streets, and
premises at 1910 and 1912 Florida
avenue. A protest against changing
the zoning of the n street property
was made at the hearing by a group
of residents led by Dora Palkin, 144s
y street.
Other changes in zoning approved
by the commission follow:
Change from 30 to 110 foot height
area property abutting both sides Of
G street Z between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth streets, except the prop
erty abutting Seventeenth street.
Change from residential to first
commercial premises 1894 and 1865
to 1872 Irving street.
Change from G. to n area property
| on the north side of Fourt eenth
| street between Florida avenue and
the line OF Chaplin street.
Change to II Restricted.
Change from A restricted and e
areas to r restricted area property
abuttinE both sides of Twenty second
street between r street and Decatur
streets; also the property abutting the
south side of r street from premises
2132 to 2224, inclusive, and also the
property abutting the north side of
r street from premises 212I to 2141,
inclusive.
Change from first commercial to
residential. property abutting the east
side of Eighteenth street northeast
between Newton and Otis streets.
Change from so to 80 foot height
! area property abutting the north side
Of Massachusetts avenue northeast
between Second and Third streets.
The commission rejected the appli-
cation for re-zoning from first COM
mercial c to second commercial ID
area, property on the west side of
South Capitol street between c and d
streets, and postponed action on the
proposal to change from A restricted
to restricted area property bounded
by Fourteenth street. Georgia avenue.
and the lines OF Aspen and Peabody
streets, except the property abutting
these boundary streets.