Evening star., 1946-10-09
zoniing Plans
For Bethesda
Draw Protest
Edqemoor Resident
Proposes Chevy Chase
Club for Apartments

The Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
today was weighing objections to
It's land-use plan for the Bethesda
business district.
More than 800 persons attending
. hearing on the plan last night in
Bethesda Chevy Chase High School
heard proposal that the Chevy
Chase Club golf course be rezoned
to permit apartment house con-
struction.
The suggestion, which was greeted
with laughter, was made by r. K.
Windham, Edgemoor, who protested
Q proposal to expand apartment
house zoning in his community.
Declaring that a need should be
shown for additional apartment
zoning In built-up residential areas,
Mr.. Windham asked:
'By what right can private homes
be taken fer apartments and not
the vacant ground now occupied by
the Chevy Chase Country Club?"
Two Maps Show Plans.
Designed to provide a guide for
the future growth of this business
district, the coming plan was shown
on two maps. One, which was rec
commended for immediate adoption,
suggested the commercialization of
the Woodmont Triangle between
Georgetown road and Wisconsin
avenue north to Auburn avenue;
rezc1ing for apartments of four
blocks on East-West highway and
Montgomery avenue, a large tract on
Bradley boulevard south to the. rec
reation center sand small tract in
Elgemoor north Of North lane. It
also proposed new street system
for the Woodmont area.
The other map showed the same
proposed commercialization in
Woodmont, but provided much
larger apartment house zoning, in
cluding a big tract north and south
of Battery lane and the present
residential part Of Edgemoor west
Of Arlington road.
The Bethesda Chamber of Com
merce and the Montgomery County
Real Estate Board asked for the
adoption of the second map with
revisions to provide for even deeper
commercial zoning along Wisconsin
avenue and Georgetown road. Busi-
ness cannot expand properly under
the present zoning setup or the two
plans submitted, these groups con-
tended.
Street Plan Draws Protest.
A majority of those present, how
ever, felt that the second plan made
too much commercial and apart
naent house property available and
that its adoption would result in
the deterioration of the entire sec
ton.
Mrs. Norris Justice, q business
property owner in Woodmont, pro-
tested the proposed street plan, de-
claring that its execution would
take more than half of her present
business property.
The Northwest Park Citizens AS
sociation, led by Lauriston Taylor,
strongly protested the rezoning of
any part Of its incorporated area to
other than residential A property.
He said that of the 80 residents on
Battery lane, rs opposed the adop-
ton of the second plan, three were
Indifferent, six were for the recon-
ing and five reserved judgment.
Earl E. Kuntzleman appeared in be-
half of the six who favored the re-
zoning.
Eugene Adams and John Sadler,
representing Edgemoor, and Will
liam N. Morell, representing Mont
gomery lane, protested further COM
n1ercialization or apartment recon-
ing Of those two sections at this
time.
William L. Lebling and William
Hodges represented the Bethesda
Chamber of Commerce and Ingram
Medley, the Montgomery County
Real Estate Board. e. Brooke Lee,
park commissioner, presided.