Evening star., 1937-05-22
Owners of 65-ACre Benninq
Tract Appeal to D. c.
Zoning Board.
RESTRICTION OF AREA
FOR RESIDENCES ASKED
Site of Housing Development Is
200 Yards From Location of
Proposed Slaughter House.

USl1AOtSCS anu OlllCl SO~IdAlCu
sance industries in the National Capt.
tai, the owners of tract of IS acres
in the Benning area, who are planning
large housing development, have ap-
pealed to the District Zoning Com
mission to rezone the area for resi-
dental purposes only.
The tract is about 200 yards from
the site of the proposed new slaughter
house planned by the Adolf Gobel Co.,
which would be one of the industries
to be affected by the King bill, pass
age of which has been urged by a
long list of civic leaders and public
officials
Part of the tract purchased for the
projected private low-cost housing de-
velopment is now zoned for industrial
use. The Zoning Commission is asked
by the developers, the National Insured
Homes Corp, to restrict the use to
row houses and group residences. The
corporation asks for coming classiflca.
tions which would bar out OF the area
apartments and flats, as we'll as busi-
ness and industry
Benning Road North Boundary.
The tract is bounded on the north
by Benning road, on the west by Ana
costa Park, on the east by the line
of the proposed Kenilworth avenue
and on the south by Anacostia Park
and the right of way OF the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad
The owners of this tract planned the
development of 200 low-cost houses
there last Summer, before the Gobel
co. plans for the building of a new
slaughterhouSe were made public.
Thereafter the housing developers de-
clared they did not intend to proceed
with their residential plans if the
slaughterhouse became an actuality.
The Gobel plant site is about quar-
ter mile from another tract, of about
SIS acres, which was purchased long
ago by the Public Works Administra
tlon as the location of a proposed
white loW-cost housing development.
In urging passage of the King bill,
public officials and others have de-
clared there was real opportunity
for residential developments in the
Benning region if nuisance indus
tries were restricted.
The application of the National
insured Homes Corp. is one of A
petitions for zoning changes to be
considered by the zoning commits
sion at public hearings at the Dis
trict Building. June and 8.
Construction of a large new hos
pltal, on the north side of street.
between Eighteenth and Nineteenth
streets, is proposed in a petition for
the raising of the height limit for the
site from 80 to ITO feet. The request
for the change in classification of
the property was filed with the COM
mission by Doctors Hospital, Inc.
Rock Creek Area Ban Proposed.
The commission itself has initiated
a proposal to ban commercial devel-
opments on land lying to the west
OF the Rock Creek and Potomac
parkway, between o and @ streets.
On this area formerly stood the street
car barns, which were razed follow
ing merger of the Capital Traction
Co. and the Washington Railway e.
Electric Co. Part of the area now is
zoned for commercial use The COM
proposes to change the clas-
slflcation to "B" and Unrestricted"
areas, which permits residential use
only.
A proposal by the commission for
the rezoning OF large area in Mich
lgan Park is expected to stir con-
troversy at the hearing The COM
will consider changes in zon-
ing to preclude the construction of
any additional apartments or flats in
the section bounded on the south by
Randolph street northeast, on the
west by Tenth street northeast, on
the north by line 100 feet north of
and parallel to the north building
line of Buchanan street and on the
east by the "A-restricted" district line,
located about 200 feet east of the east
building line of Fourteenth street
northeast.
The proposal is to change the zon-
Ing from residential "a" area and
unzoned parcels to residential "a
semi-restricted"
The Washington Boys Club has
petitioned for a change in the zoninp
OF property on the west side of Sew
enteenth street, between Massachu-
setts avenue and c street southeast.
which would permit enhancement of
its building there
Classification Change Asked.
A change in the classification of the
property on both sides of Fort drive.
in the area bounded by Thirteenth,
Fourteenth, Rittenhouse and Peabody
streets, also will be considered. The
commission proposes to change the
designation from residential "A.re-
stricted" to residential "a" area.
There are three petitions for
changes in the zoning of a number of
lots in the Takoma section. Property
at TAB Chestnut street would be
changed from "A-restricted" to "A"
area. Property on the west side of
Blair road, between Aspen and But
ternut streets, would be changed from
"A-restricted" to second commercial
60-foot area. Property on the west
side of the line OF Kansas avenue.
south of Eastern avenue northeast,
would be changed from "A-restricted"
to "A-semi-restricted."
Another petition proposes the
change Of the classification of the
Idaho Apartments, on the east side of
Idaho avenue, between Massachusetts
and Cathedral avenues, from residen-
tial "a" area to first commercial use,
which would permit stores to be oper-
ated IN the building.
The commission also will consider
change from residential to first COM
mercial for property at 1909 T street,
near New Hampshire avenue.
Because of the length of the list
scheduled for the hearings, the COM