Evening star., 1946-11-26
Planning Board Backs
IS Montgomery Pleas
For zoning Changes

Approval of five applications for
Irezoning of property in the metro
politan area of Montgomery County,
idenial OF three petitions and de-
ferment of action on five appIica-
tions were recommended yesterday
|by the Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
Rezoning applications on which
|deferment was asked we're for prop
erty in Kensington located within
the suggested plan for the business
district of that town On which a
public hearing will be held at 8 pm.
December 16 at the Kensington
Elementary School. In several cases
the commission said 1t would ap-
prove the petitions should the gem
eral plan be adopted.
Applications on which the COM
missions recommendation was with
held until after the public hearing,
but on which it indicated approval
would be recommended, include the
petition of Russell Mizell seeking
reclassification from residential to
commercial of a parcel OF land
fronting on the south side of Howard
avenue, between Summit avenue
County road and Detrick avenue.
Fawcett Street Site.
In this classification also is an
application of Kenneth w. Simpson
asking reclassif1cation from res
idential A to apartment house zon-
ing of a lot on the west side of
Fawcett street, and application of
James w. Gill, attorney, for rezoning
from residential to commercial of
| land on the south side of Howard
avenue about 240 feet east Of the
Lincoln avenue railroad overpass In
Kensington.
A fourth application on which the
commission asks deferment of action
by the District Council until the
public hearing on the zoning plan
for the Kensington business district
is that of Charles H. Purcell, agent,
requesting reclassification from resi-
Dental to commercial Of three lots
and part of fourth at the north
east corner of Vaughan street and
Bladensburg road. Unlike the three
above petitions, however, this appli-
cation does not bear the approval
of the staff of the planning COM
mission which recommends denial,
stating that additional commercial
coming is not needed in the area.
Hearings on the fourth application
and that of Kenneth Simpson will
be held December Is at the Liquor
Control Building In Silver Spring.
The other two applications will be
heard at the same place Deem
ber 10.
Approval Recommended.
The commission recommended ap-
proyal of rezoning to commercial
all of lots 7, 8, 8 and 10 on the north
/ side of Sligo avenue to the west of
Fenton street, Silver Spring, with
the exception on the rear 110 feet
of each lot. It suggested the re-
mainder be left in the residential
A zone pending the determination of
the public parking lot boundary.
The hearing on this will be held at
3:15 pm. December 20 at the Dis
pensary Building, Silver Spring.
Also recommended for approval Is
the petition of Frederick B. Zim-
norman asking for reclassification
from residential to commercial of
the rear portions of four lots along
the northwest side of Auburn ave-
nue., Woodmont, Bethesda. The
hearing on this application will be
held at pm. December l8 at the
Bethesda County Building.
Scheduled for hearing on the same
day at pm. at Bethesda Is the ap-
plication of Ella H. Montgomery for
reclassification from residential to
commercial of two lots at the SOUTH
west corner of Montgomery avenue
and Waverly street, Bethesda. The
commission recommended approval
of the petition.
Two other applications on which
the commission has placed its stamp
of approval and which will be heard
December 18 at Bethesda are those
of James r. Miller, attorney, re-
questing apartment house zoning
for two lots fronting on the west
side of Strathmore street between
Leland street and Wellington drive
and two on the north side of We'll
lington drive, and of one lot along
the south side of Chevy Chase drive
in Bradley Hills Subdivision.
na,,;oI R1&ammandnd
Recommended for denial by the
commission was the application OF
Henry j. Connor, agent, proposing
reclassification from residential to