Evening star., 1936-09-27
NEW z0N|NC RULES
TO GET FIRST TEST
AT OCT. I HEARINGS
Five of 80 Proposed Prop.
erty Class Changes Wait
Commission Action.
SEVERAL OF PETITIONS
WERE DENIED BEFORE
One for Columbia Road Site Has
Been Rejected 10 Times Pre-.
viously by Board.

New Zoning Commission rules. re-
placing old requirements that prop
erty owners consent to a variety of
uses Of property, will be subject TO
their first test October 7, when the
commission will hold public hearings
on 80 proposed changes in classifica-
tions of properties.
In five of these cases, owners have
requested usages which now must be
approved by the commission, but
which formerly would have been
| granted automatically if consents had
been obtained from owners of a ma
jority of the properties within the i'm
mediate vicinity.
Such consent features of the old
regulations recently were eliminated
by the commission as the primary
| guide to zoning use cases The five
cases in the classification, all affecting
alley properties, will be considered
october after hearings are held on
80 other proposed changes.
Several Repeat Petitions.
Several of the 80 regular" zoning
change petitions have been rejected
heretofore. Among these Is the Pc
! tition of Marie Won Unschuld for
/ change from residential to first COM
mercial for property at 1916 to 1854
Columbia road. which has been re-
jected 10 times.
The commission also will hear again
| petition for the change from residen-
tial "B' restricted to residential Co.
foot &C" area-which would permit the
/ construction of an apartment house
for property at 2122 Massachusetts, ave-
nue., known as the Patten property
Similar petitions have been rejected
several times, officials said.
Conversion of the old Episcopal Trim
ity Church property. Third and c
streets. into a parking lot is proposed
in another petition to be heard by the
commission.
A neighborhood debate is said to be
back of a petition for changing from
residential "A" restricted to residen-
tial 60-foot Co area-which would
permit construction of apartment;
houses-for property on Underwood
street and Tewkesbury place, between
Georgia avenue and Thirteenth street
and on Thirteenth street between Van
Buren and Tuckerman streets.
Other Changes to Be Heard.
Other regular coming changes to be
heard by the commission include the
following:
From residential to first commercial,
property at 500 Twentieth street; from
residential B" restricted area to first
commercial, property at 130l-5 Thirty
fifth street: from residential "A" re-
stricted and unZoned property to "B
restricted area, property on w stree
between Thirty-ninth and Fortiesi.
streets; from residential "a" to resi-
dental "B" restricted, property on eas
side of Thirty-ninth street near Cal
vert street.
From residential "A" restricted to
residential "A" semi-restricted, prop
erty at 1901 Macomb street; from
residential B" to first commercial
area. property at southeast corner
OF Western avenue and Forty-fourth
street; from residential to first
commercial, property at rear of
2548 Seventeenth street; from resi-
dental "a restricted to B" area,
property on east side of Adams
Mills road, between Harvard street
and Summit place; from residential
"A" to residential &C" area, prop
erty bounded by Sixteenth. Seven
teenth and Shepherd streets and
Rock Greek Park
! From residential "a restricted to
residential "A" area. property on west
side of Colorado avenue, between
! Longfellow and Madison streets; to
extend first commercial use to prop
erty on west side of Georgia avenue,
north of Geranium street; from resi-
dental "A" restricted to residential
"A area. property bounded by Juni-
per street, Eastern avenue and Kalmia
street.
Carroll Street Property.
From residential to first commercial,
property on north side of Carroll
street, between Maple and Cedar
streets; from residential "A" semi-re-
stricted to residential "A" area, prop
erty fronting on Aspen. Whittier and
Third streets; from residential to first
commercial, property at 308 Concord
avenue
From second commercial to residen-
tial "B' restricted, property on south
side of Taylor street. from Eighth to
Tenth streets. and west side of Tenth
street from Taylor to Randolph streets
northeast: from residential "A" re-
stricted to first commercial, property
near Taylor and Eighteenth streets
and Bunker Hill road northeast.
From residential "B" to residential
&C" area. property improved by CAL
vary Episcopal Church at southeast
corner of Eleventh and G streets
northeast; from second commercial to
industrial area. property bounded by
Twelfth, Thirteenth and L streets and
Virginia avenue southeast, and from
residential to first commercial area,
property at northeast corner of Tenth
street and Maryland avenue southwest.