Evening star., 1945-11-29

Planning Unit Urges
DisopprovoI Of Five
Other Petitions
Acting on nine applications for
rezoning in Montgomery County, on
which hearings will be held next
month before the county commits
sioners, acting as a district council,
the Maryland-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission today an
nounced it had recommended ap-
proval of four and denial of five of
the petitions.
Among applications recommended
for denial was a request for apart
ment house zoning for a 4-acre
tract on the Ashton-Sandy Spring
road, east of Sherwood School.
According to the applicants, the
rezoning would permit the erection
of "a multifamily building designed
to accommodate the teachers of
Sherwood School,"
The letter calls attention to the
teacher shortage in the rural schools,
citing the lack of suitable housing
and adequate transportation as the
principal causes. Erection of multi
family dwellings will solve the
teacher shortage problem by making
living accommodations readily avail
able, the petition states.
School Has Staff of "a.
Director of Planning Fred w.
Tuemmler and Chief Engineer Irwin
/. Kaplan reported that an investi-
cation of the teacher shortage at
the school had shown there is staff
|of IA, IL of whom are married
Three Of the group either own their
own homes or live with their fam
lilies. Mr.. Tuemmler and Mr.. Kaplan
said that single or two-family dwell
ings and perhaps an inn in the
central portion of Sandy Spring
would serve wider purpose than
the multi-family dwellings.
Supporting its staff's recommen-
dation, the commission stated that
such development should be placed
adjacent to the community shop
ping center of Sandy Spring or at
the shopping center in Ashton. The
40-acre tract, it said, would enable
construction of apartments to con-
tain as many as 220 separate family
units.
Although the technical staff of
the commission recommended denial
Of an application that would permit
the erection of two-family homes
oposite the Washington Sanitarium
and Hospital in Takoma Park, the
commission recommended the petit
ton for approval. The property,
which Is composed of 10 lots bounded
by Maple avenue, Sligo parkway and
Geneva avenue, is now zoned for
single family-dwellings. II is also
near the Washington Missionary
College and the development is de-
signed to alleviate the housing
problem of students and employees
of both institutions.
The commission also recommend
ed approval of request for recon-
ing to commercial of the rear por-
ton Of triangular parcel of land
fronting on Blair Mill and Newell
roads. Silver Spring, on the SOUTH
west side of the East-Wes highway;
a petition seeking rezoning for
apartment house use of two lots on
Flower avenue, Takoma Park, and
a petition for Redistribution of a
lot on Albemarle street, Takoma
Park, permitting erection of a two
family dwelling.
Rezoning to Commercial Opposed,
Disapproval was recommended for
request of j. Ingram Medley seek
ing reclassiflcation of a 3.754-acre
tract on the north side of Thayer
avenue, Silver Spring, which would
permit the construction of apart
ment houses.
The commission recommended de-
nial OF a rezoning to commercial of a
2-acre parcel at the southeast cor
ner of Columbia and Beltsville
roads, about l mile south of Fair
land in the Colesville district. It
stated that none of its land-use
studies indicated the need for ad-
dltional commercial zoning at this
point.
Denial also was recommended for
request that two lots at the inter-
section of Boston avenue and Piney
Branch road, Takoma Park, be
zoned commercial The commission
pointed out that both Piney Branch
road and the East-West highway
which is just south of the property
carry large volumes of traffic and
the zoning would create an addi-
tional hazard.
A request for Redistribution from
residential A to commercial of a 2.
acre tract at Goldsboro road ano
Massachusetts, avenue near Wood
acre subdivision also was recon-
mended for denial.