Evening star., 1946-02-21
Action Backing
Doctor Offices
In Homes Due
Planners Expected
To Support Proposed
Zoning Relief Today

temporary relaxation of zoning
regulations to permit more doctors
living in multifamily residential dis
tricts to use their living quarters
for Offices is expected to be approved
by the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission today.
The commission, limiting its
February meeting to one day be-
cause of Washington's Birthday
Anniversary, was expected to sup
port a proposal of the Zoning Com
mission to leave each individual
case up to the Board of zoning
Adjustment. Regulations now re-
quire doctors offices in apartment
buildings to be on the ground floor.
Announcements of decisions in
this and other matters are expected
late today.
In addition to considering land
purchases, highway plan changes,
street and alley closings and land
transfers, the commission today was
to resume consideration of the con-
troversial proposal to build a new
tourist camp in East Potomac Park.
Studied by Committee.
At its last meeting the commits
sion referred the question of the
camps location to it's Recreation Co.
ordinating Committee. This COM
mittee's action so far has been un-
announced, but it is reliably under
stood to have voted to locate the
new camp elsewhere.
An appropriation of 100000 to
start the new camp is in the Interior
Department appropriation bill, now
before the House Appropriations
Committee. National Park Service
witnesses have testified at executive
hearings in favor of putting the
camp in the park. Members of the
District Recreation Board are to
testify against the item.
The commissions recommends
ton, if forthcoming today. will not
necessarily be binding on the Ma
tional Park Service, since East Po-
tomac Parks land recovered at Fed
eral expense from the Potomac
marshes, not land purchased by the
planners with District taxpayers
money.
Park service witnesses, it is under
stood, made out a strong case be-
fore the House Committee for 10
eating the camp in the park.
Other matters which the commits
sion was to consider today are:
l. Location of new hangers and
other buildings at National Airport.
Revisions made in the past month in
plans for the new structures will be
presented by w. E. Reynolds, public
buildings commissioner. He placed
the plan before the commission last
month, but has made several minor
changes since.
2. Whether the height of the Re-
construction Finance Building,
which Jerry Miatico proposes to
build at Connecticut avenue and H
street NV, would be too great to
conform to other buildings sur
rounding Lafayette Square.
To Consider Highways.
! 8. A new study by the District
Highway Department to streamline
the intersection of Pennsylvania and
Minnesota avenues Sc. The project
would not include any grade separa-
ton of the two streets.
4. Proposals made by the District
Chapter of the Institute of Traffic
Engineers for streamlining Wash
ington's highway system. The in
stitute recommended about month
ago that Washington be treated for
highway purposes as one metropoli-
tan area, rather than as two cities
and four counties. 1t also recon-
mended a high-specd highway loop
around the central business area
with superstreets leading from it
like the spokes of a wheel and fringe
parking lots and public transporta-
ton facilities linked to it.
S. Location of the proposed Pan
American Building annex. This an
mex originally was supposed to be
built where the Two Jima Statue now
stands, just south of the Interior
Department Building. Former Sec
retary Ickes succeeded in having its
construction postponed while a
search for another site was made
A tunnel already is in existence to
connect the present and the pro-
posed buildings. Mr.. Ickes' resigna-
ton presumably has given Pan
American officials chance to bring