Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-12
GARAGE
ZONE RULE PUT OFF
Permit to Store Automobiles
in Apartment Houses
Is Given Support.

Final action on the proposed amend
ment to the District coming code to
permit storage garages in apartment
houses without the existing require
ment that consent be obtained from a
majority of adjoining property owners
has been postponed by the zoning Com
mission, pending a second hearing to
be held next month. A change in the
wording, but not the purpose of the
amendment, held essential by the cor
poration counsel, caused the postpone
ment.
Overwhelming support developed at
the hearing yesterday for the amend
ment, which would encourage construc-
ton of storage garages in apartments,
but would provide that all such garages
must have the approval of the District
Commissioners. in addition to meeting
requirements of the building code.
The amendment, urged as means of
reducing traffic hazards by providing
housing for cars now parked all night
in the streets, was supported by the
Operative Builders Association, the
of Architects, the Real Estate Board,
the Board of Trade and others.
Adopts Amendments.
The commission at its executive
meeting late yesterday adopted second
amendment to the code, permitting
storage garages in structures in first
commercial areas without neighboring
owner consents, but with approval OF
the District Commissioners; adopted
third amendment giving power to the
District Commissioners to pass upon
uses in second commercial districts
which may prove obnoxious, but which
now are not specifically excluded from
such areas in the regulations; approved
three changes in the classification OF
properties, rejected six other petitions
and deferred action on two more.
The amendment pertaining to ga
RACES in first commercial areas, which
was adopted, reads:
"a public garage where no repair or
servicing facilities are maintained may
be established erected or enlarged with
out consents in any building permitted
in the first commercial district; pro-
vided, that the floor area Of such garage
does not exceed one-fourth of the total
floor area designed for or used by ten
ants in such buildings; and provided,
by the Commissioners of the District Of
Columbia"
The other amendment adopted, which
refers to uses not permitted in second
commercial areas, reads:
"And such uses as, in the opinion Of
! the Commissioners of the District CT
Columbia, are industrial, or may be-
come so noxious or offensive as to JUS
tify exclusion from the second CONNER
cial district"
Changes Approved.
The commission approved the follow
ing changes:
From residential 40-foot A area to
| first commercial 40-foot G area for the
property at 600-602 Alabama avenue
| southeast, where a mon conforming
store now is located, with the proviso
| that the entrance to the store be
changed to the Congress road side of
the building.
From residential 40-foot A restricted
area to residential 40-foot C area for
! the property at 2635 Twelfth street
/ northeast, whereas the petitioner had
sought a 60-foot height.
| From residential 90-foot G area 10
residential 40-foot B restricted area for
the property on the east side OF Thirty
| seventh street between N mad o streets.
The commissioners deferred without
prejudice a petition for changing from
| residential to first commercial claSsifi-
cation of a site selected near the Dis
trict line between the projected Forty
first and Forty-second streets southeast
| for a commercial wireless station tower
The commission also deferred action
on a proposed change from residential
4O-foot G area to residential 40-foot B
area for the rear 40 feet of lots located
east of Connecticut avenue from the
south line of Ordway street and $50
| feet south thereof, to await the final
dedication of land for an alley adjoin-
| ing these lots.
Reject Store Permit.
A proposal to permit stores in pro-
posed apartment house on the corner
| of Connecticut avenue and Northampton
street, nearby Chevy Chase Circle, was
! defeated.
An apartment house now is permit
| ted there under existing regulations,
| but a change from residential to first
| commercial classification was sought by
| Preston E. Wire, who has contracted
to purchase the site, in order to per-
| nit stores. Protest against the store
| feature came from Edwin S. Hege.
| speaking for the Chevy Chase Citizens
Association and several individuals.
The commission also refused to APP
prove the petition by Fulton r. Gordon
| for lowering the A restricted classical
! tion of rear lots of site on Connecti-
| Gu avenue and Legation street, in order
to permit construction of a larger
building than now possible.
All other petitions for changes were
refused.