Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-14
BASEMENT GARAGE
PROPOSAL STUDIED
Zoning Commission Delays
Action on Rule for
Apartments.


&ier study to the suggestion for new
regulation to permit garages in the
Easements Of apartment houses before
submitting the proposition to public
hearing.
After announcing decisions early yes
terday on IL specific applications for
changes in coming the commission con-
tinued in executive session during the
afternoon 10 go over certain broad
soning problems. including the question
Of garages in apartment houses.
Mai Donald A. Dawson. executive
officer of the commission. was in
structed to draft a tentative amend
rent on the subject OF garages IN
apartment houses. to be given fun ther
elaboration at future executive meet
Ing before II is decided to have a pub
lie hearing.
The commission decided also yester-
day afternoon not to consider at this
time making any change in the present
rule which specifies the number Of
stories permitted in each height area.
For example, in the 90-foot height area
the limit allowed is eight stories. and
the suggestion before the commission
was that the number of stories be elimi-
mated. leaving the height limited in
terms of feet only.
Setback Rule Interpreted.
The commission worked out an inter
probation OF the existing rule permit
ting set-bscks on high buildings. The
text Of the rlllt was not changed. the
commissions only purpose being TO de-
fine more clearly the conditions under
which buildings may be erected with
set-backS.
The application to change the prop
erty west Of Thirty-fifth street between
S and T streets from residential to
FIRST commercial. which was opposed
by school authorities on the ground it
would bring business development too
close to several school buildings. was
turned down by the commission.
The commission granted an increase
from 40 to 10 feet in the height limit
Of q part of Emergency Hospital on
New York avenue between Seventeenth
and Eighteenth streets to permit con-
struction of sun parlor or top of the
building. Other decisions were reached
by the commission as follows:
Proposed change from first CONNER
cial, 90-foot area. to sSst commercial.
l1o-foot height limit. of 1921 to 1929
Application to increase from 90 to
li0-foot height limit property from
1922 to 1925 l. street. granted.
Application to change from residen-
tial to first commercial ll1s Thirteenth
street. granted.
Height Increase Denied.
Application to raise height limit from
30 to ITO feet on property from 1921
10 1927 and 1920 to 1925 K street,
denied
Application TO increase from 90 to
ITO feet the height limit. 726 Fifteenth
street. granted.
Application to change from residen-
tial to first commercial property from
101l to 1913 c street southwest, denied.
Application to change from residen-
tisl to first commercial 234 C street
northeast, denied
Application to change from residen-
tisl to first commercial 1905 Irving
street. denied.
Applics ton to raise the height limit
from 40 to so feet and to change from
A restricted to G area residential prop
erty on the east side Of Georgia ave-
nue.. between Aspen and Butternut
streets. granted.
Application to change from A area to
B restricted property between w and
Calvert streets and Thirty-ninth and
Fortieth streets, denied.
Application to change from A re-
stricted to c area and to raise the
height limit from 40 to go feet on the
residential property east of Connecticut
avenue. between Chesapeake and DAY.
export streets was granted
Application to change from re-
stricted to A semi-restricted the resi-
Dental property on the south side of
Everett street. between Reno road and
Thirty-sixth street was denied
Application to change from residen-
tial TO, first commercial property east
Of Alaska avenue near Twelfth street
was denied.
Application to change from C to D
area and to raise the height from so
TO 90 feet on the residential property
ct the northeast corner of North Cap
itol street and Rhode Island avenue
denied.
Application to change from B re-
stricted to A restricted residential prop
erty in the vicinity OF New York ave-
nue. and Bladensburg road northeast.
granted.
Application to change from residen-
tial to first commercial the northwest
corner Of Eighteenth and NJ streets
northeast was granted.