Evening star., 1937-06-04
RESIDENTIAL ZONE
ASKED IN NBENN|NG
Commission Meets Monday
to Decide Petitions. One
Affecting Housing.

Members of the Zoning Commission
will meet in executive session Monday
to decide on Al petitions for changes
in property classifications, one of
which asks that industrial and COM
mercial uses be barred from a 65-acre
tract in Benning lying within 300
yards of the site where Adolf Gobel.
Inc. proposes to build slaughter
house
Owners of this tract. the National
Insured Homes Corp. of New York,
plan to erect there A 81 100000 low
cost housing development. They ask
that the area be restricted to resi-
dental use.
The Gobel Co has obtained permit
for the proposed slaughter house.
Therefore, the commission is not con-
sidering the Zoning of the slaughter
house site, but Congress is studying
proposed legislation which would re-
strict or control many types OF "nui-
sance" industries in the National Cap
ital. The petition of the owners of
the nearby housing development adds
weight to the arguments there will be
residential developments In Bennin9
if they are not adversely affected by
the projected slaughter house.
Acreage Bought Last May.
Plans for the sl,O0O,o00 housing de-
velopment were outlined by Myron
Davy, counsel to the housing corpora
ton, at the concluding session of the
hearings yesterday on zoning changes.
Davy said the corporation had bought
the acreage last May with its eyes
open" and was gambling on the ex-
pectations that the Gobel plant would
not be permitted to operate Empha-
sizing that the housing project had
Davy said the corporation. as prop
erty owners, would rather not see
the abattoir built nearby"
There was only one discordant note
struck during consideration of the
proposed change in the tract. which
is bounded on the north by Benning
road, on the east by the line of Ken
llworth avenue and on the south by
Anacostia Park. A. D. Calvert Of the
Lincoln Park Citizens Association
asked the commission to delay a de-
cision on this change until Congress
had disposed OF the slaughter house
question,
Calvert said he asked that as a
protection for prospective home buy
ers. In reply, Davy told the commits
sion the corporation did not pro-
pose to sell any of its property until
September and he voiced belief Con-
gress would settle the slaughter house
problem by that time.
Restriction Charge Asked.
The commission yesterday also list
ened to contest over a proposal 70
change from first commercial to resi-
Dental "A' restricted the classification
OF properties on both sides of Eight
eenth street northeast between Bunker
Hill road and Randolph street.
Kenneth P. Armstrong, of the Fed
Grafton of Citizens Associations, and
representatives Of the Michigan Park
Citizens Association opposed any
further commercial developments IN
the area, and Arthur HELEN, speak
ing for the Children's Country Home
urged the change to residential use
On the other hand, officials of Boss
d Phelps, realtors, who own most
OF the properties named In the Pc
tition, asked that the triangle between
Eighteenth, Bunker Hill road anc
Taylor street be retained for com.
mercial purposes, arguing that it was
unsuited for residences.
Because there are already nine gaso.
line stations in the vicinity of the
south side of Newton street, east OF
Rhode Island avenue northeast, sew.
eral property owners opposed a re.
quest to rezone a strip from Residential
to commercial. The site include,
several unimproved lots.