Evening star., 1946-12-31
Fight on zoning
For Apartments
Seen in Fairfax
Appeal From Decision
On Falls Church Areo
May Go Before Board

An appeal to the Fairfax County
Board of Supervisors from decisions
of the County Board of Zoning APP
peals rezoning two tracts of land
near Falls Church to permit con-
struction of two large multiple
housing projects was indicated to-
day by countyeresidents.
The two applications approved at
a meeting of the appeals group yes
terday were those of Kings Kitchen,
Inc, and Milton r. Wescott and
John P. Kerns. The Kings Kitchen
application covers the Greer tract at
Seven Corners and the Wescott-
Kerns request involves tract at
Lee Boulevard and Annandale road.
Mr.. and Mrs Park Lee, who live
on the Leesburg pike adjoining the
Greer tract, said today they would
appeal to the County Board as soon
as possible after the expiration OF
the Today period set by law. The
Lees are among several scores Of
residents who opposed granting the
applications. In addition, the Falls
Church Town Council and the Falls
Church Planning Commission OBJ
jected.
Split on Greer Case.
Vote of the appeals board was
unanimous on the Wescott-Kerns
application, but the board split, 80,
on the Greer application. Board
Member John w. Brookfield, who
has announced his candidacy for the
Board of Supervisors in the fall elec-
tions, and Board Member Robert B.
Dye voted against the rezoning.
The board stipulated In its ap-
proval that the applicants deed to
the county seven acres in each tract
for school sites and file with the
county plans and specifications for
the projects.
State Senator Andrew w. Clarke
of Fairfax, counsel for Kings Kitch-
en-, said $10,000,000 would be in
volved in that project.
Waldron E. Leonard, director of
the District Veterans Information
Center and a member Of veterans
housing and assistance committees
in Fairfax, described the great need
for housing units for veterans in
the Metropolitan Area.
The hearing was the third one on
the two applications. The recon-
ings had been recommended by the
County Planning Commission.
Other Cases Decided.
In other decisions, the board:
Approved the application Of James
G. Estep for permission to erect q
home on q lot with less than the
required width on Blake lane in
Providence district.
Approved the application of Phil
lip c. De Long for permission for
the continuation of a dwelling with
less than the required setback in
the Fair Haven subdivision, Mount
Vernon district.
Approved, with certain restric-
tions, the application of Paul and
George Anders for permission to
erect a filling station with less than
the required setback on No. high
way. Mount Vernon district.
Disapproved the application OF
Lloyd Cushman for permission to
establish q kennel with less than
the required setback, in Springfield,
Mount Vernon district.
Filling Station Denied.
Disapproved the application OF
Samuel Boyles for permission to
erect gasoline filling station in the
Swart subdivision, near Centerville.
Deferred until the January %
meeting the application of Ryers'
Drugs, Inc, for permission to erect
two signs larger than allowed by
the zoning ordinance in Centerville
district.
Deferred until the January %
meeting, the application of Tauxe-
mont Development Corp. for per-
mission to erect dwelling with less
setback than required by the ord
nance in Tauxemont, Mount Ver-
non district.