Evening star., 1941-12-14
Arlington Proposes
New Building Rules
To Obtain Hotel
Boord Is Willing to
Lower Height Limit
To Get U. S. Approval

of the $1,000 900 hotel proposed for
the Nevius site on Arlington Ridge
road and Lee boulevard If priorities
for building materials and its former
defense area rating would be re-
stored.
Board Chairman F. Freeland
Chew, with the support Of the other
board members. yesterday directed
that the offer be made to the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission, which previously had
objected to the county's height
limitation of ITO feet on the ground
it is 20 feet higher than the limit
in the District.
Mr.. Chew said that five or six
weeks ago the board had offered to
take up the question with the COM
mission but had not yet received a
reply. Meanwhile, building material
priorities have been revoked and
the site has been removed from the
defense area under the terms of the
Lanham Act, Mr.. Chew pointed out.
Disposal System Too Small.
The offer came at the end Of a
meeting at which members COM
planned vehemently against denial
Of funds under the Lanham Act for
various projects. including a pro-
posed hospital and additions to the
county sewerage system. Mr.. Chew
said the county sewage disposal
plant now is so overloaded that raw
sewage is being emptied into the
Potomac River because of the in
crease in housing in the county.
On the ground that the county's
water and sewer facilities already
are overtaxed, the board, without
dissent, denied the application of
William H. Carlin to rezone the
100 and 200 blocks of South Carlin
Spring road to permit construction
Of apartments and referred to a
committee the application of the
Arlington Plaza Corp. to connect q
proposed subdivision in Fairfax
County adjoining Falls Church with
the Arlington County sewer system.
Frank M. Ball, representing the
corporation, said the subdivision of
1855 acres would include 500 houses
complying with the defense program
limitation of $1,000 each and that
approval of all necessary author
tiles had been assured If sewer
connections could be arranged with
Falls Church, which is served by
the Arlington County system.
The proposal touched off several
"off the record" observations by
board members and Leo C. LLOYD
asked Mr.. Ball how the company
he represented could get priorities
and defense area rating for a Fair
fax County site when Airing ton
County apparently was not a de-
fense area, although it was imme-
diately adjoining Washington.
Ball and Lloyd Clash.
''The more Arlington County's
system is overloaded, the more of a
health problem will arise and the
greater the need will be to get funds
for additional sewers" Mr.. Ball
replied.
Arlington County built its sewer
system with tax funds and is not
going to create a health menace by
becoming the sewage department for
Fairfax County" Mr. Lloyd retorted
A committee consisting of County
Manager Frank c. Hanrahan, Com
monwealth Attorney Lawrence Doug
las and Richard Writ, county san
itation engineer, was named to con-
fer with the apartment corporation
and Government officials and report
at the next board meeting.
The board approved an applica-
ton by William A. Smoot to rezone
lot in the 1900 block of Wilson
boulevard from residential A to To-
cal business use and denied one by
Thomas j. Broyhill for a tract In
the 100 block of North Vermont
street from residential to apartment
house use. Three other applications
were postponed until January IS.
Mr.. Lloyd reported that commit
tee named to consider retirement
program for county employees, which
met last night, was in favor of such
program but would make no def
mite recommendation until study OF
costs can be made.
The committee declared county
policemen and paid firemen should
be the first to receive retirement
benefits and that the county repre-
sentatives in the 1912 session of thu
Virginia Legislature should seek leg.
islation merely to authorize q re-
tirement plan for firemen. Add
tionaI legislation is not needed fol
setting up . police retirement plan
Mr.. Lloyd said.