Evening star., 1933-03-19
WOULD BAN SA[ES|
IN UNPLATTED SITES!
Maryland Planning Body Bill
to Be Presented In Legis-
Iature Tomorrow.
BY JACK ALLEN.

STAR Correspondsnt Of The Star.
sNv1R SPRING, Nd. March H.
Sale of homes and home sites In uri.
recorded subdivisions. would. b OUT
lswed In the metropolitan districts Of
Montgomery and Prince Georges Coun-
ties under . bin to be introduced in
the State Legislature Monday night
for the NArylAnd-NationAl Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
An amendment to the park and
planning act which would empower the
commission to grant public concessions
In the parks OF the two counties for
commercial enterprises Of = nature in
keeping with the general park at
mosphere Is also contained IN the same
MEASURE. .,.- E.. I.
Ths ball would outlaw the sale of
property in unrecorded subdivisions by
making 1t . misdemeauor for any per-
son or drm to attempt TO transfer lots
without frst recording . plat Of the
land With tho clerk Of court. A
penalty Of 800, payable to the county
oommissionerS. u provided for vio-
lations.
Purpose b Twolold.
Members Of the Park and Planning
Commission declared that the purpose
Of the measure Is twofoh.
First, they explained, It would pro-
toct purchasers whose rights to public
improvepents are forfeited at present
By real estate operators who develop
and dispose Of land without recording
the subdivision In order to evade the
requ1rements OF the planning body,
while it also would insure construction
Of AL streets In the two counties along
way plan.
taking advantage Of the loophole
IN the present law, which provides only
With the clerk Of court until the plan
ming commission has approved It, real
estate operators In . number Of cases
have built and sold homes and lots
along private lanes Of their own con-
gtruction without recording the sub
division.
FAN TO Meet ReQuirsmantS.
In this manner the operators dispose
OF the land without making the proper
street dedications to the counties in
which the land 1s located or meeting
the minimum street width and lot size
requirements made by the park and
planning body when 1t condders plots
Of Subdivisions submitted for the ap-
proval needed before they can be prop
erly recorded.
People who purchase lots or homes
In sections developed in this manner
find 1t impossible to obtain the public
available In recorded
subdivisions With dedicated streets. It
was explained.
The Warrington Suburban Sanitary
Commission cannot install water or
sewer lines, nor can streets be built
or repaired by the counties, because
the improvements in such unrecorded
areas would have to be made through
or upon privately-owned thoroughfares.
Patterned After National Act.
The section Of the bill which would
give the commission authority to grant
public concessions in the parks was
modelled BY J. Bond Smith, counsel for
the Park and Planning Commission,
after the national act which vests
similar powers In the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission at
Warrington.
Concessions could Be granted and
land and building leases made for riding
clubs, golf courses, tea houses and other
such enterprises In keeping with the
atmosphere Of the park The leases
would be for . period not exceeding 10
years. but could be renewed by the
commission from time to time.
The concessions will be strictly regu-
lated, however, and unsightly soft drink
and food stands will not be permitted,
members Of the commission said. The
park and planning body has no au-
thor1ty to grant concessions under the
present oct.