Evening star., 1926-11-24
RUBBER FIRM FILES
REz0N|NG PLEA
Fmestone Company Would
Construct $3.50, 900 Build
ing on Maine Avenue.

Plans of the Firestone Tire and
Rubber Co. to erect an attractive
combination office building and ware
house on large site at Third street
and Maine avenue were revealed to-
day when Harold Keats. representing
the company. appeared before the
Zoning Commission at a public hear
ing and urged that the site be re-
zoned to permit the erection of a 75-
foot tower on the proposed building.
The property involved in the applca-
ton for the change in zoning includes
reservation c, bounded on the north
by Maine avenue, on the east by
Third street, on the south by Mary
land avenue and on the west by Four
and-a half street.
Mr.. Keats explained that the build
ing would be Of an old Spanish mis-
sion design and would cost, approx
mately. $150000 A portion Of 1t. he
said. would he used a s a private office
of Harvey s. Firestone, president of
the company, and the other portion
would serve as a storehouse for the
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ritory.
Ice Company Petition.
The commission also considered
Jointly with the Firestone petition an
application Of the American Ice Co.
for rezoning from residential G to
first commercial G, 90-foot height area
all lots in the northwest quadrel of
reserva ton d, bounded on the.*north
by Maine avenue, on the west by
Sixth street, on the south by public
alley running east from Sixth street
and on the east by the public alley
running south from Maine avenue to
intersection of the ca st and west alley.
The company has planned to erect
in this territory a building for the
storage and distribution of ice. The
change was opposed by the Animal
Rescue League and William II. Giles
who claimed that ice wagons coming
to the warehouse would disturb the
residents OF the neighborhood.
A proposal to change from residen
tial C to first commercial G. 30 foot
height. the property abutting the west
side of Seventeenth street between the
public alley south of r street and the
alley north of @ was opposed by Rear
Admirals William l.. Rodgers and w.
w. kimball and other property owners
including Mrs. Mary X. Porter.
Other Side Is Argued.
The rezoning was advocated. how
ever. by a group Of residents on Sew
enteenth street who pointed out that
one side Of the street already Is zoned
commercial and that the other side,
with a residential zoning. Is suffering
because 1t is not possible to get de-
sirable tenants. The chief proponents
of the change We're William E. Land.
Mrs. r. w. Henderson and Mrs. E. M.
Dickinson.
The Mid-City Citizens Association,
through it's representative, A. j. Dr1s-
coll, urged the commission to rezone
from residential to first commercial c
property abutting the east side OF
Vermont avenue between Iowa Circle
and @ street and the south side OF Q
street between Vermont avenue and
Twelfth street and the west side Of
Twelfth street from @ to the north
line Of lot 36. The change was op-
posed hy the Federation Of Citizens
Associations and colored residents OF
the neighhorhood affected.
Four other proposed cha anges In zon-
ing are being considered at an after
noon session of the commission.