Evening star., 1936-11-13
HEARING ORDERED
BY zON|NG BODY
Abattoir Fight Leads to
Quest for Data on OBJ
iectionabIe Uses.

As q direct outgrowth Of the pub
Lie stir over plans for re-establish-
ment of an abattoir In Northeast
Washington. the District Zoning
Commission today ordered q special
public hearing November "A on the
proposed adoption of drastic new re-
strictions on "noxious. offensive or
hazardous" business uses.
The commission proposed that the
zoning regulations be amended to
include Is types of business establish
nients which are barred outright from
second commercial districts.
The commission also proposed that
before 80 different types of business
operations may be permitted in in
dustrial areas. special approval must
be obtained first, in each individual
case, from the commission. This
plan must be approved in detail by
the commission.
IS Types Now Permitted.
As regulations now stand, IS types
OF business or industry are permitted
in second commercial districts, as
shown on the zoning maps. The Com
mission proposes that the following
be barred from second commercial
districts and relegated to industrial
zones:
Bag cleaning establishments. assay
ing, bottle factories, distilleries, fish
canning, curing. grinding or smok-
ing; flower grist or grain mills or
elevators; glass factories; grinding,
cooking, boiling, rendering or stor-
ing Of slaughter house refuse or animal
refuse or rancid fat or refuse of dead
animals: hair factories; iron, steel or
copper works or foundries; manvfac-
ture Of concrete and mortar; pulver-
izing charcoal for coal; starch, glucose
or dextrine manufacture: sugar re-
fineries. tetra-ethyl lead precipitate for
liquid manufacture.
To extend restrictions on the So
called noxious and hazardous uses
which are permitted in the industrial
districts. the commission proposes
adoption of this amendment:
In the industrial district all build
ings and all premises may be used for
any purpose whatsoever not in conflict
with law or municipal regulations, ex-
cept that hereafter no building shall
be erected or altered for use and no
building or premises shall be used for
any Of the following uses, unless the
application for the permit shall first
be presented to the Zoning Commits
sion and the approval of the commits
sion in each instance obtained.
Many Other Uses.
"Abattoir, ammonia, bleaching pow
der or chlorine manufacture, bag
cleaning establishments, blast fur
naces, boiler works, distillation Of
coal, wood, bones or tar; distiliation
of turpentine or varnish, emery cloth
manufacture, fertilizer manufacture,
fireworks or explosives manufacture
or storage, fish canning, curing,
grinding or smoking; garbage incin-
Grafton other than in municipal plants
or incidental to the operation OF
hotels, restaurants, apartment houses,
and dwellings; glue, size, gelatin or
gelatin manufacture; grinding, cook
ing, boiling, rendering or stirring Of
slaughter house refuse or animal ref
use or rancid fat or refuse Of dead
animals; iron, steel or copper works
or boundaries; lime. cement, gypsum
or plaster Of paris manufacture;
manufacture of concrete or mortar;
petroleum or asphalt refining or
manufacture: pyroxylin or celluloid
manufacture; pulverising Of charcoal
or coal: sewage disposal plants. snnelt-
ing Of iron, soap manufacture, stock
yards; sulphurie, nitric or hydro
chloric acid manufacture; tanning.
curing or storage Of raw hides for
skins; tetra-ethyi lead precipitate or
liquid manufacture, vinegar manu-.
facture, wool pulling and securing
and yeast plants"