Evening star., 1942-05-17
Arlington Board
Adopts Master
zoning Plan
Highly Restricted
Residential Areas
Are Main Feature

After three years Of discussion,
public hearings and board confer
ences, the Arlington County Board
yesterday approved a revised zon-
ing ordinance and master zoning
plan.
Main feature of the plan is that
it creates new and highly restricted
residential districts" according to
Board Chairman Edmund D. Camp
bell
The plan will stabilize property
value throughout the county" Mr..
Campbell said. land give assurance
to home owners that the value Of
their property will not be impaired"
In place of the residential A zone.
the new plan sets up five zones for
private dwellings. for which mini
mum land required per family
ranges from 5000 to 10000 square
feet. Replacing the old residential
B zone are four zone classifcations
in which apartments may be built.
Height Limit Is 80 Feet.
Other zones provided for by the
master plan are local and general
commercial, light and heavy manu-
featuring.
The height limit on buildings was
set at 80 feet or nine stories.
The plan was submitted to the
board by Frank l. Dieter, county
planning engineer, and Donald
Locke, zoning administrator.
Changes in the master plan as
originally proposed which were
brought about by the public hear
ings on the plan include: Restora-
ton of portions of Park Lane, Balls
ton and Lyon Park areas from
apartment to residential zoning,
restoration of commercial zoning in
some cases where businessmen pro-
tested against residential classifl-
cation and elimination of RD-6
(duplex) classification in favor Of
the RS residential zoning.
Both Mr.. Dieter and Mr.. Locke
were cited for foresight, vision and
engineering ability" in drawing the
plan by Board Member F. Freeland
Chew.
Every citizens comments which
were voiced at the public hearings
held on the plan were carefully con-
sidered by the board and County
Manager Frank c. Hanrahan," Mr..
Campbell said. On his motion, the
board unanimously adopted the
plan.
Rezoning Protested.
Mrs. Julian Greathouse appeared
before the board to protest a re-
zoning of her property between Lee
highway and the Potomac River.
The property, formerly Zoned in
duStrial, was to be made residential,
she told the board, according to the
master plan. She protested the resi-
Dental coming on the ground that
it would jeopardize the sale value Of
the property.
Mrs. Greathouse was told by Mr..
Campbell that she would have to
file petition for re-zoning follow
ing adoption of the plan and the
prescribed advertisement of the new
zoning ordinance.
In any plan, injustices will oc-
cur" Mr.. Campbell said. IF they
are brought to the attention of the
board, every effort will be made to
rectify them"
In adopting the entire plan, cer-
tain exceptions to details were made
by individual members which they
| oSko6 m he rac0r6pd
Exceptions to Details of Plan.
Mrs. Elizabeth Magruder, Mr..
Campbell and Mr.. Chew favored an
RS-6 zoning for block of the Ken
more subdivision; Basil De Lash
mutt and Leo Lloyd opposed the
Zoning.
Mr.. Lloyd did not vote on the 40
recommendation of the board that
the district line as shown on the
zoning plan for properties on North
Fillmore street south of the Lyon
Village line be approved.
Mrs. Magruder, Mr.. Campbell and
Mr.. Chew favored an Rs zoning for
lots 2, 3, 4 and of the Keane SUBJ
division on Army-Navy drive; Mr..
Lloyd and Mr.. De Lashmutt op-
posed it.
An RA-7-l6 zoning for property
near Fort Myer between Veitch
street and Rosslyn was opposed by
Mr.. Chew and Mr.. De LaShmutt:
Mrs. Magruder, Mr.. Campbell and
Mr.. Lloyd approved it.
Mr.. Lloyd opposed zoning lot %,
block 4, Aurora Hills as RS.