Evening star., 1941-04-13
Deaconesses' Home
Project Is Approved
By zoning Board
Methodist Organization
Permitted to Use Property
As Abode for Nine

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Ruling that a group of nine per-
sons occupying premises as single
housekeeping unit might be con-
sidered as single family under
the meaning of District zoning reg
ulations, the Board of Zoning Ad-
tustment yesterday granted use of
14l0 Kennedy street NV. as
home for no more than nine Metho-
dist deaconesses.
The Women's Home Missionary
Society of the Methodist Episcopal
Church had appealed to the board
from decision by the inspector of
buildings of. the District that the
proposed occupancy would not be
proper under the single family"
clause.
Objections were voiced by group
of nearby residents at hearing by
the board on the society'S appeal.
The boards formal opinion said the
term family" is not defined in the
District zoning regulations; that any
limitation as to number must be
more or less arbitrary" but that
a dividing line must be drawn
somewhere" 1t held that a single
family, other than a family related
by blood or marriage or other sign
of kinship, should not exceed nine
persons to come within the scope
of the zoning regulations. 1t noted
that in the Kennedy street case the
society proposed to use the premises
as a single housekeeping unit and
not as a group occupying a board
ing house, lodging house or hotel.
Other Rulings by Board.
Other rulings announced yester-
day by the board approving appeals
considered at recent hearings in
clude:
BY Good Will Industries for per-
mission to expand philanthropic ac-
tivities at 1920 New Hampshire ave-
nue. NV. to include employment on
the first floor of IL blind and four
other handicapped persons in the
manufacture of sheets, pillowcases,
etc.
BY the Massachusetts Avenue
Park and Heights Syndicate, owner,
on behalf of the Sullivan Army and
Navy Preparatory School, contract
purchaser, for permission to estab-
lish an educational institution at
the southwest corner of Twenty
eighth and Calvert streets NV.
An appeal granted in part by
j. Wilson Turner for variances from
Use and side yard provisions to
permit erection of four semi-de-
tached four-family flats at the
southwest corner of Blair road
and Underwood street NV.
An appeal granted conditionally)
by Andrew D. Tore for permission
TO change an non-conforming use
from a barber ship to a furniture
store for property at 1924 I street
NV.
An appeal GRANTED conditionally)
by D. H. Dosik to permit a two
story rear apartment addition to
the non-conforming store at 1879
Montello avenue NE.
BY Mrs. C. Y. Cerceo to erect a
one-story rear addition to the dwell
ing at ITO E street NV.
Addition to Dwelling.
BY Edward Trivelli to erect a one
story rear addition to the dwelling
at 1913 North Capitol street.
BY Blanche M. Conradis to change
q non-conforming use from a carpet
workroom to plumbing shop for
the rear of 221 Rhode Island avenue
NV.
By Katherine Shands and others
for permission to use rear lots at
1926 Sixteenth street NV. for an
automobile repair shop.
An appeal granted conditionally)
by Harry T. Milter to erect a one
story front store addition to the
dwelling at 1922 Wisconsin avenue
NV.
An appeal granted conditionally)
by Jacob Minkoff to extend apart
ment house use for a distance of 25
feet into the adjacent restricted
zone on the west side of Georgia
avenue between Van Buren, and
Whittier streets NV.
BY Karl z. Herman to permit
structural alterations to the non
conforming store at 34O1 P street
NV.
The board denied an appeal by
Robert Nash, owner, on behalf of
the Washington Post No 90, Twenty
ninth Division Association, contract
purchaser, for permission to use the
old fire engine house on the east
side OF Twenty-second street be-
tween Evarts and Franklin streets
NE, as a veterans organization
clubhouse and headquarters.