Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
THIRTY REzON|NGa :"
APPEALS UP FOR
RULING TOMORROW
Two Blocks on Calvert Street
Figure in Executive SEES.
sion of Commission.
CHILDREN'S HOME
FIGHT ALSO ON LIST
No Action to Be Taken on Amend.
ment for Engine House in
Residence Sections.

Inc Dlstr1eT Zoning Commission will
meet IN executive session tomorrow t.
pass judgment upon applications in
Volving 80 cases of rezoning, heard last
week. Chief among these is the an
peal OF property owners to change the
two blocks of Calvert street between
Eighteenth and Twentieth streets from
RESIDENTIAL to commercial classification
ana tne nght pending upon the proposed
construction Of the Children's Cclntr:,
Home, on the 5000 block of Potomac
avenue
No action will be taken by the zon-
ing body at this time on the disputed
amendments affecting primarily the fu-
lure erection Of fire engine houses in
residential sections. Under the law the
commission must advertise for hearing
the counter amendment of the Fedora
tion OF Citizens Association, which pro-
Woes that municipal recreational uses.
pumping stations and fire engine houses
may be erected in any one district only
upon the unanimous vote of the Zonine
Commission after a public hearing"
Hearing Is Provided.
The original amendment, which pro-
voked this prodered substitute, provided.
in the case of fire engine houses To-
Gated In residential districts, a public
hearing shall be held by the Commits
sioners of the District of Columbia.
1t Is likely the issue will be brought
up again soon and stir a lively fight
as Henry I. Quinn, vice chairman of
the coming committee of the federation.
challenged the authority of the fedora
TONS representative in agreeing with
other members of a committee Of BUSH
ness and civic interests to the original
amendment.
The case of the Children's Country
Home has aroused the opposition of
the Conduit Road Citizens Association.
which protested to the commission last
week against the proposed change in
coming for the home site. On the other
hand, some individual property owners
have favored the location of the home
on Potomac road. The commission
Yesterday received another petition in
behalf OF the home from o. L. Helsley.
5I29 Potomac avenue, in which he
stated he believed 1t would be an i'm
provement to the neighborhood.
Calvert Street Protest.
Property owners on Calvert street
join in protesting to the Zoning Com
mission that the thoroughfare from
eighteenth street to the Calvert Street
Bridge has lost its charm as a home
site" Whereas decade ago that Sec
tlon OF calvert street was quiet resi-
Dental neighborhood. today they con-
tend it is a main artery OF trafic for
street cars, trucks and other types of
vehicles at the rate Of 5000 or more
daily.
Because Of the noise and inroads of
commercial activities, residents of the
two blocks are now anxious to move out
and give the section over entirely to
business.
But residents Of adjoining Biltmore
street and Cliffbourne place have differ
ent ideas and want Calvert street re-
tanned as a residential area. Hugh S.
Frampton, attorney, representing the
Biltmore street owners, said their prin-
! cipal objection was based on a belief
that the neighborhood of Eighteenth
and Columbia road is over-commercial-
lied and fear that their now quiet and
secluded street will next be invaded if
the bars are let down.