Evening star., 1945-12-29
Montgomery Refuses
Woodward & Lothrop
Rezoning for Parking

The Montgomery County commits
sioners yesterday refused to grant a
request of Woodward & Lothrop
Department Store to rezone for
off street parking a flve-acre tract
adjacent to its proposed store at
Wisconsin and Western avenues,
Bethesda.
1t was held that approval by the
board this week of an amendment
to the county zoning law eliminated
the necessity for owners of COM
mercial or industrial property to
apply to the Board of zoning Ap-
pealS for permission to use adjacent
residential land for off-street park
ing.
The department store representa-
tives, however, assert that a restric-
tion under this amendment would
prevent the use of the lot for park
Ing its own trucks. ReZoning of the
tract to commercial would eliminate
this disadvantage, they say.
Those opposed to the rezoning say
there would be nothing to prevent
the land being used for purposes
other than store customer parking
once the tract is zoned commercial
The request to rezone the Corby
tract at Garrett Park. on the Rock
vile pike, to residential C also was
turned down by the Commissioners,
A S20000,000 hotel, the Diplomat, is
proposed for the site, but the Mary
land National Capital Park and
Planning Commission held that the
residential C classification would not
permit such project. The planning
commission will file another petition
asking that the tract be rezoned to
commercial D.
Petitions granted were:
James l. Robson, owner reclassihca-
Sn zo9e Of o9 as BLOCK So e G
6erts u.s. SUBDIVISION; ID Taikoma Park.
east. side of MassachHsetts avenue ''' and tr
Petition initiated by the park and
MeCormiGk -Goodhart tract, known, as
Montgomery- Prince Georges lines, from
residential &C. to residential -. The
use at the instance of the Federal Gov
ernment but was not used.
F. H. Robbins, owner reclassilcation
permit apartment house use Of lots / S and
-; block A, section >, Flower Avenue Park
John W Green, owner-agent for re.
p" Of iI6 feet fronting on Rockville pike
town line on the east side of the road and
for, reclaSsifcation from residential "a to
industrial e" of 116 by 225 feet in the
50-foot building line.
Frank Proctor attorney for Marshall
to commercis 7S D* Of f0'i The 5eTtaSaa pfooert5
known as Glen Ross, LytonSville, Silver
Beryl R. ENGLISH owner. agent. from
10 E9sdeTs TEAS addition g9ss to SILVER snrinE ~
from residential "a to residential C. o
4-ao-e tract on the south side of the Ash
wood sehoo in sandy spT6e
.sS[iai MaFyana Real Estate c., 9wner resi-
rear 70 BY 100 feet eiioe'tf Of the W. Ntpl td'
property adjoining lot J. E. c. Powell!
o James 'S " oilcfi GiI Spstbs attorney for owner
residential "A" to commercial ID of ar
unnumbered lot on. Fenton street facins
Golesville road and Roeder road, Silver
n1 pan Holland. trustee agent; residential
portion Of land on Blair Mill I'd. and
Newell I'd. across from the Silver sprina
on J5mes EnsswsSt e. efhTas aill attorney for owner
from residential "a" to commercial ''D
Of lots 70 10, inclusive, block E Triangle
Marcus Cohen, contract purchaser, from
residential "A" to commercial D. of par
avenue between Chesapeake and Rids
avenues, Silver Spring
Addition " to silver Silver Spring colesviie am
Roeder roads, Silver Spring. from resi-
Dental "a to % eomme5cial p"
The board voted to defer action on tn
following:
vsP ROeT Proass s. Bsns fnc Pom Residential dG TIA
the Brookville and WASHINGTON pike.
owner eTAesqs and agent, @ from commerciaI /
Industrial. property on the north side isle
Dental "a to industrial lots 6 and ]
and part of Is in the Edeemoor tract
as R. and Mildred H. Lawrence, owners
rom residential a. nd t9 1e industria t. Jan
Dad at Randolph Station.
;, Clarence p. Edwards, owner from res res
in the colesville district
w. C. and A. N. Miller Developmen
Garrity tract on sangamore road, ada
cent to the. Army Map Service Building
approximately 10000 square feet.
Petitions Denied.
The following petitions were denied:
Avon Shockey and David Lorenz, owners
from residential "A" to commercial, tn
Kirkland tract on Rockville pike.
B. R. g. R. C. Ackers, owners, from res
idential "a" to industrial the Frsndshi sH1sd,
W. c. & A.. N. Miller DEVELOPMENT Co
from residential "A" to residential &C,
part of the Garrity tract in tn sevent
o. L. Murdock, owner, from residentia
GA" to commercial. lots ! and 2. 700
square feet at st. Paul street, Kensingto
and Forest Glen q reads % vst,or crortor5
James NJ. Fisher and Bertice Volz; owner'
from residential "a to commercial, lots l.
and II. block IS. B. F. Gilbert's subdivi
sion, Takoma Park.
German B. Edwards, owner agent. fror
residential "a to commercial Sopers Sea