Evening star., 1945-04-27
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY
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FRIDAY, APRIL q, 1945.
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Planning Body
.ApprovesFi Five
|zoniIlg Petitions
Addition to Wheoton
Commercial Area
Is Recommended

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Action on seven re7oning peti.
lions, three Of which have already
had public hearings, has been taken,
by the Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
Favorable action was taken on
five Of the petitions, q recommends
0on was made that one application
be denied and action on the seventh
deferred. Approval was voiced on
all three petitions on which hear
ings were held last November and
December, On which the commission
had asked action be deferred to
study requests for commercial zon.
Ing. Final action will be taken by
the county commissioners sitting a.
q district council.
In recommending approval Of
the first petition, which asks addi-
tional comnefcial D zoning at
Wheaton, the commission states that
1t Is convinced that the site should
be included in the commercial area
when the master zoning plan for
the community shopping center at
Wheaton is completed. The petit
ton seeks to enlarge the zoning east
ward along the north side Of old
Bladensburg road for an additional
frontage of 130 feet and northward
along the east side Of Georgia ave-
nue. along Hickerson drive.
Hearing Next Month.
The second petition requests ad-
ditional commercial coming at Four
Corners on the southeast corner Of
the intersection Of the Colesville
pike and old Bladensburg road.
The final petition on which .
hearing has been held seeks addi-
tional commercial coming on the
east side of Fenton street between
the Colesville pike and Ellsworth
drive. Requested by James w. Gill,
attorney for the owner, it asks re-
zoning for the parcel located on the
east side of Fenton street, with a
50-foot frontage on the Colesville
pike and on Roeder road, and for
lots 8 and 9, Roeder's addition to
Silver Spring. ......
Denial of an application request
ing reclassification from residential
A to commercial D zone of a tract
Of land near Montrose along the
east side Of the Rockville pike was
recommended. A public hearing will
be held on the petition next month.
The commission states there is no
evidence Of community need for such
commercial area at the present time.
Would Check Requirements.
The commission recommended ap-
Iproval Of rezoning to industrial E Of
two parcels Of land in Silver Spring,
now zoned commercial, on which
hearings q are also scheduled for
next month.
One, Of the tracts fronts 200 feet
on jackson street and adjoins the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The
other would permit an addition to
the plant of the American Instru-
ment Co, west of Georgia avenue.
Pending completion of q study
of future neighborhood require
ments for the area the commission
| suggests deferment Of action on q
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ton from residential A to CONNER
cial D zone Of parcel of land that
fronts 500 feet on the north side
Of the ,East-West highway and $50
feet on the east side of Grubb road.
The commission points out that
there is now pending before the
District Council a petition seeking
reclassification to commercial of q
parcel of land which faces this piece
along the East-West highway. Final
action on the earlier petition has
been withheld, it states, until plans
showing proposed shopping center
for it have been submitted.
In its opinion, the commission
adds, there is no immediate need
for additional commercial land on
the north side on East-West high
way. A hearing on this petition is
scheduled at 2:30 pm. May 81, at
the Dispensary Building in Silver
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