Evening star., 1933-12-13
ssWritten Consent" Edicts
Discussion of Liquor Control in Residential Areas
Emphasizes Degree of Local Option already
Existing in Zoning and Police Regulations.

Discussion of "local option" in resi-
Dental areas of the District to deter
mine whether or not liquor, under some
control plan, can be sold in those areas
emphasizes the degree Of local option
! already existing under the zoning and
police regulations-such option being ex-
pressed in the form of the written con-
sent of majority of the property own
erS..
In the case of the Zoning and police
regulations the consent or refusal OF
consent by property owners is binding
on the Commissioners.
A paraphrase of some of the written
consent requirements under the zoning
and police regulations follows:
Zoning Regulations.
Under the zoning regulations adopted
by the Zoning Commissioner under
powers conferred in the zoning law,
written consents are required as follows:
l. Private clubs and fraternity houses
may be established in certain residential
areas when there are on file with the
District Commissioners the written coE-
sents of the owners of rs per cent OF the
property within 200 feet Of the proposed
establishment. This may be done m
the "A, - "A restricted" "B" and "B re-
stricted" area districts. They are barred
from "A restricted areas"
2. Hospitals and sanitariums for hu-
man beings may be established in resi-
dental areas Except AR" and "ASRO
rrit ton
the owners of rs per cent of the prop
erty within 200 feet.
3. A public garage, where no repair
facilities are maintained, may be estab-
lished in certain residential areas when
there are written consents of the own
ers of rs per cent of the property
within the square where the garage
is to be established, and of all other
property within 200 feet of the proposed
establishment.
f. In a square in residential or first
commercial district where a lot or lots
face or abut an alley, but at no point
face or abut street. the Zoning Com
mission may permit such lots to be used
for a specific first commercial or a
specific second commercial use il To-
Gated in a residential district, and for
specific second commercial use if To-
Gated in a first commercial district,
when there are filed with the District
Commissioners written consents of the
owners of rs per cent of the property
within the square and all other property
within 200 feet of the lot or lots.
5. An automobile repair shop. a
bakery, laundry employing more
than five persons. bowling alley. a
fuel yard, a gasoline or oil filling sta
ton, a milk distributing establishment
or funeral parlor, a public service ga
rage. a service station adjoining an
establishment for the sale of new au-
tomobiles and operated in connection
Herewith may be established or erected
in the first commercial district if writ
ten consents are obtained from owners
of rs per cent Of the property within
200 feet of the proposed establishment,
provided: That if such establishment
fronts on public alley and no part
of it is located in building any por-
ton of which lies less than so feet
b~-k of any building line, consents Of
the owners of two-thirds Of the prop
erty within go feet of the proposed
establishment shall be required.
Police Regulations.
Where it is proposed to use vacant
lot, temporary building or a lot ap-
purtenant to building inside the fire
limits for any kind of amusement, ETC.,
written consents must be obtained from
three-fourths of the resident house