The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-22
COUNTRY CLUB,
CITIZENS IN
PROTEST

ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT
HOUSE, Va, Jan. 22-Bitter op-
position from the Army and Navy
Country Club, several citizens as.
SociationS and hundreds of in
dignant citizens will be thrown
behind a move in Arlington county
to prohibit the erection Of four
million dollar apartment house
designed to house more than TOO
families in one of the most exclu-
Sive residential sections Of the
county.
Tentative plans for the apart
ment, being promoted by a Wash
ington builder, are said to call for
a series of apartment units suffi-
Gent to accommodate 100 fam
lilies in apartments ranging from
one to four rooms.
Estimated to cost more than
four million dollars, the com.
pleted project would range from
two to Sax stories high. 1t would
be situated on a tract Of land
containing approximately rs acres.
The tract is virtually surrounded
by some of the best homes in the
county.
Public Hearings Called
A public hearing on the issue
will be heard by the Airing 1
County Board of Zoning Appeals
on January 20. The recommends
lions of this group will be con
sidered by the County Board OF
Commissioners at another public
hearing scheduled for February
IA. The first meeting is scheduled
for 2::3O D. M, while the second
will be at 9 a. m. Both meetings
will be held in the court house
Registering a formal protest to
such a project, the board of COVER
nors of the Army and Navy Coun'
try Club, which is situated near
the proposed site. said in letter
to the county officials:
ect and the class Of dwellings
proposed, we consider this hOus-
ing development decidedly det-
rimental to the interests of the
Army and Navy Country Club.
LARGEST TAX PAYER
"YOur attention is invited to
the fact that this club, with a
total membership of over 1900
and resident membership
averaging about 900, is one of
the largest single taxpayes in
Arlington county.
"a Sizable proportion of our
memberships are residents and
individual taxpayers in Airing
ton county. Their residence in
the county is to a large extent
due to the Army and Navy Club.
eve, therefore. strongly petit
ton against the approval of the
housing project afOremen-
toned"
The letter was written by Capt.
John B. Reybold as secretary of
the board of governors.
While the public has been in.
vited to the hearings to consider
a proposed change in the zoning
ordinance which would prohibit
the erection of such a building, it
was pointed out by county officials
that nothing would prevent the is.
suance of such building permit
under the present laws of the
county. should the promoter applv
for one.
Seeking Zone Change
Residents of the Aurora Hills
section, where the apartment
would be erected, are seeking a
change in the coming ordinance
which would prohibit any apart
ment building in section zoned
residential GA"
Site of the proposed project is
located in an undeveloped area
bounded by Glebe Road, South
Fox Street, OakcreSt Road and
Twenty-siXth Street.
Resolutions bitterly opposing
the project have been signed by
nearly 500 residents of this sec.
GlOI1, dIlu COp4CS nave DGPu
warded to Senators Carter Glass
and Harry Byrd and Representa-
tive Howard w. Smith, as we'll as
the county officials.
Objections Voiced
Among the objections voiced by
these citizens are that such
PROJECT would:
Decrease in value other prop
critics; increase traffic hazards;
bring dirt, smoke, noise and
other annoying things; jeOpar-
die health and increase fire
hazards; jeOpardize guaranteed
loans ny the Federal Housing
Administration (the petition
stated that the promoter was
seeking the approval of the Low
Cost Housing Division of the
FILA for a Federal guarantee of
80 per cent of the cost of the
prOjecD; increase school cost
per home; bring much criti-
cized open lot day and night
parking space and add no new
commensurate taxes to the
county, but increased taxes for
all other homes"
Pane COUNTY Banks