Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-06
Columbia Medical Building
Height Increase Plea De-
Iayed One Day.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
GRANTS IL PETITIONS
100-Acre Dwellings Property One
of Largest Subject to Re-
cent Hearings

Petitions for the rezoning Of two
tracts of land lying west of Connecticut
avenue, constituting approximately 100
acres OF property, to permit the con-
struction of apartment houses, has been
denied by the Zoning Commission, fol-
lowing its all-day hearing Wednesday,
1t was announced today.
This Is one OF the cases on which
the commission acted in executive
session, during which IL proposed zon-
ing classifications of property were
granted, Is others denied and decision
on three cases over which there was
issue at the hearing was deferred to
another executive meeting tomorrow
afternoon. Seven of the IS petitions
we're withdrawn from consideration by
petitioners.
Rezoning of the large tracts Just to
the west Of Connecticut avenue was
sought by the Chevy Chase Land Co.
and the Thomas j. Fisher Co. The area
covered in these proposals is one Of
the largest subject to hearing in recent
years. Virtually all of the property
now is Zoned for detached dwellings
only.
Tract at AlbemarIe Street.
The area in one of the two tracts
is bounded by Albemarle, Van Ness and
Thirty-sixth streets and Connecticut
avenue. The other is bounded by
Chesapeake and Albemarle streets,
Connecticut avenue and Reno road.
The commission deferred until tomor-
row decision in the cases of the pro-
posed rezoning of the corner property
at Twenty-second street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue, to permit the construction
of a history apartment with stores,
planned by Baer & Scholz; the proposed
increased height limit of the property
h. NN11.
teenth and streets, to permit the con-
struction of two additional stories, and
the proposed change from A-restricted
to B-restricted classification the prop
erty on the west side of Massachusetts
avenue in the $500 block.
The commission approved two amend
ments to the District coming code, one
to permit the manufacture of ice cream
in first commercial areas and the other
to permit sausage manufacture in sec
ond commercial areas.
Changes Approved.
The commission approved the follow
ing changes:
Change from residential to second
commercial use, property at rear of 2513
M street; change from residential TO
second commercial. alley property
bounded by M, N, Twenty-fourth and
ond commercial to industrial, property
bounded by First, Second and Francis
streets southeast and unnamed street
to the south.
Change from residential to first COM
mercial, G area, property at 802-81O B
street northeast; change from residen-
tial to first commercial, 60-C area, rear
property at 3508-3510 Georgia avenue;
change from first commercial to resi-
Dental A-restricted, rear lot at south
east corner of Rittenhouse street and
Georgia avenue; change from residen-
tial A-reStricted to first commercial
SOC area, rear property at southwest
corner Of Yuma street and Connecticut
avenue.
Change from residential B area to
residential A area, northeast corner of
New Hampshire avenue and Buchanan
street; change from residential 40-B
area to residential COB area, rear part
of square bounded by Second, Third
and Adams streets and Rhode Island
avenue northeast.
Change from residential to first COM
mercial 40-C area, property on north
side of Central avenue east of Forty
ninth street northeast; change from
first commercial area to residential
40-A area, property on both sides Of
Pennsylvania avenue between Alabama
and Texas avenues southeast, and
change from residential COB area to
first commercial 90-C area, northwest
corner of Fourteenth street and Otis
place.