Evening star., 1946-11-27
Fairfax Defers
iononzoninq
For Apartments
Lund Owners Asked
To Submit Petition
On Sentiment

On Sentiment
The Fairfax County Board of
zoning Appeals today awaited a
signed petition disclosing public SEN
timent on erection of two housing
projects in the Falls Church area
after opposition to the projects was
expressed yesterday by nearly every
land owner in the affected areas.
The board deferred action on ap-
plications for a variance in the zon-
ing ordinance until it received the
petition. The applications are for
erection of multiple housing projects
on the Greer tract, near Seven Cor
ners and Lee boulevard, and on the
Westcott tract, on Annandale road
at Lee boulevard.
Leading the opposition were Dom
aid Wilkins, president of the Fair
3 fax County Federation of Citizens
Associations, and John H. King,
former secretary OF the Falls
Church Planning Commission.
MIR. King presented letter from
the Falls Church Planning Com
mission which opposed the projects
rs undesirable from the standpoint
of the county" The letter said
the project would congest Lee
boulevard and destroy its effective
ness as a high-speed artery into
Washington, and would change the
entire character of the Falls Church
area.
Claims Unanimous Opposition.
Mr.. wilkins said all citizens in
the Falls Church area opposed the
project. He claimed the proposed
apartments would not pay their
way AZ far as schools and other
municipal services were concerned.
Both Mr.. King and Mr.. wilkins
asserted that if the projects are
built and If Arlington County fur
nishes utilities, it will be only a
short time before Arlington seeks
TO- annex the surrounding Falls
Church territory.
All citizens who opposed the
projects said they wanted orderly
development of the area with single
family homes on at least half-acre
plots.
Representatives of Kings Kitchen,
Inc, which seeks to develop the
Greer property, declared that if they
were not permitted to build garden
type apartments, the land could be
used for cheap GI homes" Appli-
cants for both the projects promised
to provide school sites.
Zoning Changes Approved.
The Board of Zoning Appeals
yesterday granted II changes in
zoning ordinances, rejected three
and deferred two.
Those approved include:
Providence Construction Corp, to
erect a dwelling in the Providence
Forest subdivision; M. j. Waple, to
erect dog kennel on the south side
of route 236, near the Quartermaster
Depot, Falls Church district; Ran
dali C. Bird, for continuation of
encroachment of a dwelling in the
Fair Haven subdivision, Mount Ver-
non district; Wash Fuller, to operate
a restaurant in his house in the
Walter Powell subdivision, Falls
Church district.
Also, Joseph H. Shugars, to COM
plete a dwelling in the Cecil D.
Hylton subdivision on road No. GAS,
Centerville district; r. S. Hall, to
complete a dwelling in the same
subdivision; Charles H. Whorton, for
the same reason; the Virginia Elec-
trio & Power Co., to erect trans
former station on the south side of
Shreve road, near Lee highway.
Also, Lloyd B. Hudson, ST., agent
for Albert G. McKenney, to erect an
addition to his house in Franklin
Park; Mrs. Florence Kincheloe, to
operate a convalescent and rest
home at "Dacmur Farm" on the
north side of Leesburg pike, at
Dranesville; the Fair Haven Citi-
zens' Association, Inc, to erect a
community clubhouse in the Fair
Haven subdivision, and William Ale,
to erect neon sign at Camp Com
fort, on Route 211, near Fairfax
Circle, Providence district.
. Applications denied include:
Howard S. Williams, to erect a
real estate Office on Lee boulevard,
Falls Church district; II. K. Hasle,
to erect a chicken house in Mount
Zephyr Park subdivision, Mount
Vernon district, and j. L. Shugard,
to erect gas station and restaurant
in the Dranesville district.
The two which were continued
were the applications of Ernest C..
Lunsford to erect gasoline pumps
and sign on the north side of
Route 211, one-quarter mile west
Of Camp Washington, Providence
district, and Frank M. Williams,
to erect an addition to his garage
in the Belle Haven subdivision,
Mount Vernon district