Evening star., 1946-06-09
County Board Awards
3 Paving Contracts
For Arlington Area

Two contracts for construction of
sidewalks, curbs and cutters,
amounting to s90,845 Is, were award
ed by the Arlington County Board
yesterday.
The Newton Asphalt Co., with a
low bid of s33,ll449, received au-
thorization for the project on Wilson
boulevard from North Glebe road to
North Lexington street.
The other contract went to the
Arlington Asphalt Co., with a low
bid of s57 1906 This project, all in
North Arlington, calls for the con-
struction of sidewalk, curb and gut
ter on Danville street, from Elev-
enth street to Fairfax drive; Daniel
street from Tenth street to Eleventh
street; Edgewood street, from Tenth
street to Fairfax drive; Eleventh
street, from Danville to Fillmore
street, and Sixteenth street, from
Glebe road to Buchanan street.
Both projects will be financed
from appropriations from the 1916
l947 budget, with the exception of
$l2,425 on the second program to be
charged to property owners affected
by the Improvements.
The board also appropriated
ST 200 to be added to $1,000 prev
iously approved for paving an alley
adjacent to the Glebe Theater and
Glebewood Village. North Glebe
road and Lee highway, providing
more adequate accessibility to park
ing areas.
Zoning Plan Delayed.
A proposed amendment to the
zoning ordinance, designed to pro-
hibit permanent residential con-
struction on land subject to food
conditions, was continued four
weeks following criticism by Board
Member Basil M. DeLashmutt and
citizens representatives.
The measure provides that land
owner may fill, drain or improve
land to eliminate danger of food
or erosion.
Board members F. Freeland Chew,
Elizabeth Magruder and Leo C..
Lloyd all favored the amendment.
but the matter was continued to
permit Chairman Edmund D. Camp
bell to vote. Mr.. Campbell was alb
sent from yesterdays meeting.
However, two other ordinance
actions were taken, with one amend
| ing the plumbing code to provide
more room ventilation in new con-
struction and the second, a new
ordinance regulating the parking
of trucks and commercial vehicles in
residential areas.
Zoning Applications Approved.
Three rezoning applications were
approved, including the following
F. E. Westenberger. owner, from
one-family residential to local COM
mercial zone of property in the
HOO block Of North Ohio street,
excepting 100-foot strip at the
rear of the site: Leonard c. DIESEL
horst, owner, from one-family, re-
stricted two-family residential to
local commercial of property at
28l8 North Washington boulevard,
and James E. McMurrer, owner,
from one-family residential to local
commercial of property in the 370O
block of Columbia pike.
The board also voted to advertise
a hearing on proposed zoning
change from one-family residential
to residential apartment of the $500
block of North Tenth street.
The board set II am. July 6 as
the date of public hearing on a
proposal to amend the licensing
regulations of county child care
agencies to include private institu-
tions and boarding homes for aged
convalescent or feeble minded per-
sons.
Other actions of the board in
cluded reducing annual licensing
fees on cigar and cigarette vending
machines from s5.75 to s375, in COM
pliance with recommendations OF
Mr.. Douglas and Harry K. Green
commissioner of revenue.