Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-19
SEEK REHEAR|NG
FOR GAS STATION
Arlington County Supervisors
Make Request of Zoning
Commission.
BY LESTER N. INSKEEP,
STAFF Correspondent OF The Star.

otdn Correspondent VI AHe Quar-
ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT
HOUSE, Va, August 19.-Following
series Of arguments and counter -argu-
ments that lasted during the entire
morning the Board Of County Super
visors today passed q resolution direct
ing that the opponents to the erection
Of filling station on the Lee Highway,
opposite the office of Lyon & Fitch, be
given an opportunity to ask for re-
hearing before the Zoning Commission.
The resolution, however. did not direct
that the rehearing be granted.
Foes Are Heard.
Appearing before the board Robert
NJ Anderson, president OF the Lyon
Village Citizens Association, asked for
a reversal by the board Of the decision
made on Friday night by the Zoning
Commission granting Mrs. Marie Clark
Bell permit for the erection of the
filling station. In his request Anderson
alleged that the citizens whose homes
are directly affected by the proposed
erection of the station were not given
sufficient notice that the matter was
to come before the Zoning Commission
because of the fact that the application
for the permit was not made until
Thursday prior to the meeting Of the
Zoning Commission on Friday.
Attorneys Charles T. Jesse and
Thomas Phillips, appearing for Mrs.
Bell, strenuously objected to any change
in the decision, claiming that the OPP
ponentS, despite the fact that they had
had more time. had not presented any
additional evidence to support their
opposition than was given to the Zoning
Commission on Friday night.
The entire meeting of the board was
given over to arguments advanced not
only by Anderson and the attorneys,
affected by the filling station. but who
were anxious, they claim. to prevent
any injustice to citizens of the county
by decisions of the Zoning Commission.
Among the latter were Capt. Crandal
Mackey, former commemorative attor-
ney, and Walter u. Varney, corporation
attorney for the town Of Potomac.
Fire Hazard Cited.
Varney claimed that filling stations
as a rule present fire hazards and that
he, as representative of the Volunteer
Firemen's Association, wished to pro-
test against their location at short in
tervals along one of the heaviest trav-
eled highways in the county.
Opponents of the filling station in
sist that its erection at that particular
!! point will cause financial depreciation
to their property and otherwise create
a public nuisance. while attorneys for
the applicant hold that the territory Is
| commercial and that other business
establishments are located near it on
either side.
While stating that he himself does
not believe the location logical one
for filling station, Supervisor E. M
Hedrick of Arlington district, said that
he believes the Board of Supervisors
should uphold the actions of the coming
commission wherever possible and that
he, therefore, would make motion that
the matter be referred back to the Zon-
ing commission with the instructions
that they might have a rehearing if
they believed that sufficient time had
not been given the opponents for the
preparation of their evidence. If they
fail to see the necessity for rehearing
or if they have a rehearing and uphold
their former decision, the permit Is to
automatically become effective.
All permits granted by the coming
commission are subject to the approval
of the Board of County Supervisors and
unless the provision was made that the
permit become effective, providing the
coming commission did not reverse its
former decision, the matter would have
to await the next meeting of the Board
Of County Supervisors, which takes place
on August 80.