Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-10
Planning Commission
Denies 4, Grants 7.
Rezoning Petitions

Denial OF TOUR Zonlng amendment
petitions, approval of two and de-
ferment of action in two other Pc
titions is recommended by the
Maryland-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission in reports
adopted yesterday at the commits
sions meeting in Silver Spring.
Public hearings on these applica-
tons requesting changes in zoning
in the Metropolitan Area of Mont
gomery County will be held later
this month before the District
Council.
Among applications for rezoning
recommended for denial is a request
of John and Anna Longo, asking
that a strip of land adjoining the
site of the Naval Ordnance Labora-
tory be zoned from residential A
to residential c. The property is
on the east side of New Hampshire
avenue.
Boulevard Route Involved.
In recommending denial of this
petition, the commission suggests
that no changes in coming be ap-
proved for this general section of the
county until it can complete its plan
ming study. 1t points out that the
property not only is located near
the new Naval Ordnance Laboratory
but also in the section through
which is planned the proposed i'm
provement of the Columbia boule-
ward route to Baltimore. Tentative
land use studies made by the staff in
connection with this and other petit
tions in the immediate area indicate
this land should remain in the resi-
dental A zone, the report asserts.
The commission also supported the
opinion of its technical staff in rec
ommending denial of a petition of r.
L. Faige requesting rezoning from
residential C to industrial E zone of
two small lots and part of third
extending from Hampden lane to
Elm street and adjoining the present
industrial area in Edgemoor. Denial
also is recommended for a petition
of DR.. and Mrs j. A. LIE Clerc, own
ers, requesting residential c classifi-
cation for several lots on Cedar ave-
nue., in Takoma Park, now zoned
residential A.
The fourth petition on which
denial is recommended seeks COM
mercial classification for the ole
Forest Glen station on the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad. The staff
asserted a portion of the parcel
will be required for highway i'm
provement and the balance should
be improved for automobile park
ing space.
Two Petitions Approved.
Approval was recommended for a
petition of Mrs. Mary Lee Haddox
seeking commercial classification for
land on Georgia avenue adjoining
the c. & P. Telephone Co. Exchange
Building. An application asking
residential c classification for a
parcel of land located on the north
east side of the B. & o. Railroad,
opposite Jesup Blair Park, also was
recommended for approval.
The commission suggested defer
ment in acting on a petition seek
ing commercial classification for
land at 8710 Georgia avenue. Tehta-
tive studies for locating public auto
mobile parking areas to serve the
Silver Spring business district, the
report states, indicates it may be
necessary to require all of the sub
ject property for a part of the
automobile parking area.
Deferment also was recommended
on a petition of the Bethesda Co.,
requesting classification from COM
mercial D zone to industrial E of
approximately 7 acres of land be-
tween the B. & o. Railroad and
the Rockville pike, north of Hal
pine road.