Evening star., 1946-12-12
Hearing Is Set
On Silver Spring
Master Plan
Park Commission
Will Study Merits
At Session jan. ID

AT SeSSlon jan. I4
The Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission an
nounced today it will hold a public
hearing at 8 pm. January IA in
the Silver Spring Armory on the
proposed master plan for the Silver
Spring business district.
Two changes were recommended
in the plan, made public last Febru-
larry. One proposes that the rear or
east line of the proposed commercial
- area located on the master plan
map between Colesville road and
Ellsworth drive and between Boni-
FAINT street and the alley north O..
Sligo avenue be continued across the
three intervening blocks so that the
proposed eastern line of the COM
mercial zone east of Fenton street
may be continuous from Colesville
road south to the alley north of
Sligo avenue. It was stipulated,
however, that at no point should
this line be at a greater distance
than 220 feet east of the east side
Of Fenton street.
The three parcels affected by this
proposal include the commission
owned land between Pershing drive
and Wayne avenue on which pro-
posed rezoning to commercial is
being fought by st. Michael's School
and number OF civic groups, in
Guiding the Montgomery County
Civic Federation and the Allied
Civic Groups of Silver Spring. A
hearing on the proposed rezoning
Of the land, previously designed as
a recreation area. has been set for
3 pm. December 10 III the Silver
Spring Dispensary Building.
Widening Of Cameron Street.
} Another parcel is between Ellis
worth drive and Persfing drive and
the third is described as south of
Wayne avenue across what is now
known as the Baptist Church prop
erty."
The second proposed change
recommends the widening of Cam
eron street from Georgia avenue
east to Fenton street to minimum
width Of so feet. The proposed
widening is to take place to the
north of the present right of way.
1t also was recommended that
property facing the west side of
Georgia avenue opposite Cameron
street be designated as appropriate
for commercial use to within "a feet
Of the north side of the street pro-
jected at right angles across Georgia
avenue.
The commission also announced
its action on 20 additional coming Pc
titions on which hearings are being
held this month before the Mont
gomery County commissioners. It
recommended approval Of lime ap-
plicationss denial of six. deferment
Of two and withheld its opinion on
three others.
Among applications recommended
for denial was the petition of James
F. Hardy, contract purchaser, for
rezoning to industrial Of approx
mately seven and one-half acres
between the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad and Warren street In North
Woodside. The proposed rezoning
is being fought by citizens Of the
area and the North Woodside-
Montgomery Hills Citizens Associa-
ton.
Cabin John Area Involved.
Approval was recommended on
the application of c. E., J. e. and
H. E. Benson, owners. requesting re-
zoning from residential to CONNER
cial of parcel Of land at the south
east corner of Macarthur boulevard
and South Fifth street, Cabin John
Park.
The commission also recommend
ed approval of two applications on
which hearings have been set for
tomorrow at the Dispensary Build
ing, Silver Spring. The first petit
ton, scheduled for hearing at 2 pm,
requests reclassification from resi-
Dental to industrial of four lots in
Linden at the corner of Pennsyl-
vania and Kansas avenues. The
second application, in which John
R. and Marie M. Pendleton seek
commercial zoring for land at the
southeast corner of Old Bladensburg
road and Georgia avenue, Wheaton,
has been set for 2:30 pm.
Recommendations of approval
were voted for three petitions on
which hearings will be held Decem-
Der 10 at the Dispensary Building,
Silver Spring. These include the
application of Wilton T. O'Cal-
laghan for rezoning to commercial
of so feet of a lot on Fidler lane;
an application of Preston I. White
asking commercial zoning for par
Gel of land on the south side of
Thayer avenue, Silver Spring, about
$50 feet west of Fenton street, and
the petition of A. S. Kay requesting
reclassifcation from residential to
commercial of nearly six acres OF
land on the west side of Georgia
avenue, north of the Kensington-
Wheaton road. Mr. Kay, it was said,
proposes to erect a shopping center
to serve a potential residential COM
munity of about 1000 homes being
developed in the area by Wheaton
Hills, Inc, of which he is president.
Hearings December 10.
Petitions recommended for de-
nial, on which hearings will be held
December 10, include a request OF
Gladys L. Goad for rezoning from,
residential to commercial property
along the north side of Sligo avenue
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