Evening star., 1941-09-14
Arlington May
Require Bicycle
License, Lights
Ordinance Proposed
AS Move to Curb
Accidents

On ordinance requiring all blcy.
cles owned by residents of Airing
ton County, Va, to be equipped
with lights and licenses was pre-
sented to members Of the County
Board of Supervisors at their meet
ing at the courthouse yesterday.
The ordinance was presented BY
F. Freeland Chew, board chair
man, who said it is so vorded that
any child violating its provisions
would have his or her bicycle i'm
pounded by police and kept until
the provisions of the law are COM
piled with.
Traffic Peril DepIOred.
Thousands of bicycles, without
lights are being constantly ridden
about the county at night by chill
dren and it is not fair to the chill
dren or to the driving public TO
allow such a practise to- continue"
Mr.. Chew declared
1T is frequently impossible. when
two autmobiles are passing. for the
driver to see children who are rid
ing bicycle not equipped with
lights; and constantly 10 subject
motorists to the frightful possible
ity of killing a child who cannot
be seen riding along the road is in
excusable. Again there is the ele-
ment of danger connected with the
bicycle striking a pedestrian who
< a
night and who is compelled to do
so because Of lack of adequate side
walks"
Mr.. Chew said ne old not pro-
pose that child should be- SUBJ
jected to fine or arrest for violation
of the law, but felt that impound-
ing bicycles would prove sufficient.
25c Fee Likely.
Under the terms of the ordinance
the bicycle would be required to
have light with a visibility of 300
feet under normal weather condi-
tions.
Police Chief Harry woodward said
the proposed licensing would be of
great benefit in running down stolen
bicycles. The license fee would
consist Of the cost of the license
plate itself. probably about Is cents.
The registration of BICYCLES is TO
be completed by January !.
During the boards meeting It
denied the zoning petition of Rich
/ ard H. Rufner, executor of the
| George T. Khpstein estate. for re-
zoning a tract of land in the 290O
block Of South Glebe road from
residential "A to residential "B."
Earlier the county's Board of Zoning
| Appeals had recommended that the
property be rezoned to the 'B-3"
classification
Harrison Mann and L. r. Conlev,
| appearing in behalf of the Airing.
| ton Ridge Civic Association. op-
| posed the re-zoning and described
/ 1t as spot zoning of the worst Or
/ der It is understood that the 81
| acre tract was to be used as the
site of an apartment. It was also
! contended that the area consists
mainly OF single family dwellings
occupied by people in the lower in
come brackets.
Other ZOning Cases Handled.
w. S. Hoge. Cherrydale real es-
tate man who appeared in behalf
! of the re-zoning, declared that per
sons in the area were not opposed
/ tn the re-ZOninp
Other zonlng petitions and their
dispositions were those of Lee Gar
dens. Inc. a tract in the 2400 block
Of Pershing drive from residential
/ "a to local business. continued
until September 29 Robert Nc
Intosh. tract at 1900 Columbia pike
from residential "A" to residential
b" continued until October 80.
and that of w. w. McClaine. a
| tract at 1907 North Barton street
from residential "A" to residential
b withdrawn at the request Of
the applicant.
The board also approved county
expenditures of the past two weeks
amounting to S88.S7588 including
a pay roll of S28 .O86.2O.
The board changed the date of
its meeting of October IA to the
following day because members
plan to attend the meeting of the
League of Virginia Municipalities,