Evening star., 1944-11-30
Two Rezoning
Petitions Denied
In Montgomery
Apartment Application
For BeredoII Troct
In Somerset Rejected

For BeredoII Troct
In Somerset Rejected
Recommendation on 10 zoninp
amendment petitions in Montgomery
County scheduled for hearing be-
fore the District Council next month
were adopted yesterday by the
Maryland-Na Capital Park
and Planning Commission. Denial
OF two applications, one of which
would permit apartment zoning on
the Bergdoll tract in Somerset, de-
1erment OF five others and approval
OF three was recommended.
In asking deferment on the five
petitions, the commission advised
the District Council that it expects
to complete its studies of master
land use shortly and suggested the
District Council delay action until
the master plans are formally ap-
proved.
Efforts to have the Bergdon tract
rezoned during the past year have
created considerable opposition
among residents in the Somerset
and Bethesda communities. A hear
Ing on the application requesting
reclasslfication from residential A
to residential c for portion of the
tract, containing about SO acres and
fronting on Wisconsin and Dorset
avenues and Warwick place ex-
tended, has been set for December
30 at the Bethesda County Building.
One-family Homes Favored.
Concurring in recommendation
of Fred W. Tuemmler, it's director
OF planning, and Irwin I. Kaplan,
chief engineer. the commission sug-
gested the tract could be quite ad-
vantageously developed as a single.
family community"
The commission staff pointed out
1t has not concluded its studies
relative to the amount and location
| OF the immediate and Iong-range
multiple dwelling area requirements
In the western suburban area of
the county and is not prepared to
establish residential c zone In
that area.
The second petition recommended
for denial by the commission is a
request of Marshall Lehman, owner,
for rezoning for commercial pur-
poses lot fronting on Brookeville-
| Tenleytown road south of the Lin
den industrial area. 1t points out
that small one-family dwellings,
some of which are newly con-
structed, are adjacent.
Montrose Petition Favored,
Approval of a petition by Jack
Kalyjian and Howard A. Rine,
owners, requesting reclassification to
commercial of approximately 40
feet along the Rockville pike at
Montrose was recommended.
The commission also recommended
approval Of request of L. Harold
Sothoron, vice president of Tech
CONSTRUCTION Co., that the northwest
corner of Ellsworth drive and Fen
ton street, Silver Spring be classified
as commercial D. Similar action
was suggested in the applica ton of
! Walter L. Funderburk requesting re-
classification from residential A to
residential c of three lots on the
/ south side of Thayer avenue in
Blair -Takoma, section 2.
Deferment was recommended,
however, in another request of Mr..
Sothoron for the Tech Construc-
ton Co. seeking commercial re-
classification for part of block 8
bounded by old Fenton street, Ellis
worth drive, new Fenton street and
Baltimore road.
Woodmoor Petition Deferred.
The commission also recommended
deferment of the petition of C. H.
Keller, treasurer for the G & c
Properties Corp, asking reclassifi-
cation of parcel at the southeast
corner of Colesville road and Pierce
| plane, Woodmoor The staff mem
bers had recommended denial.
| Mr.. Tuemmler and Mr.. Kaplan
recommended denial on the under
standing that a motion picture
theater is to be erected, if the prop
erty is rezoned. They suggest there
is sufficient land already zoned COM
mercial in that area to accommo-
date theater.
| The commission also differed with
its staff on the recommendation on
two petitions filed by James w. Gill,
attorney, to rezone from residential
A and residential C to commercial
D, property fronting on Roeder road
and Ellsworth drive and along new
Fenton street.
Studies Not Complete.
Recommending denial, the staff
states that although its studies are
not complete in the areas north and
east OF Fenton street, they have not
thus far indicated the desirabilitv
OF extending the commercial zone
east of Fenton street at this
location.
The commission recommended to
the council that action on the appli-
cations be deferred and that if thev
are to be denied, that they be de-
MED without prejudice" 1t points
out that because the land is in the
rear OF the business center of Silver
Spring, it is difficult to determine
the best line of demarcation. and
suggests delay until the master plan
is adopted.
Concurring with its staff, the com.
mission recommended deferment of
the petition of j. Ingraham Medley.
Maryland Real Estate Co., for re.
classication from residential A to
commercial D zone of a MARCEL at