Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-12-26
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION

The petition of the Jay Robert
Building and Construction Corpora
ton in this cause is for the pur-
pose of abandoning parts of Lots
Ten (10), Fifteen Q5), Sixteen
Q6), Seventeen (1O, Eighteen
(18), Nineteen Q9), and Twenty
(20) and all Of Lots Eleven (1),
Twelve (12), Thirteen (13), and
Fourteen (14) in the subdivision
of Homework; all of Blueford
Avenue, that portion of Sunset
Avenue (renamed Meredith Ave
nue) north of its intersection with
Oberon Street and that portion of
Forest Avenue not abandoned in
Equity cause No. 1920 in the Cir
cult Court for Montgomery Coun-
ty; and the petition also alleges
that the petitioner is the owner of
all of the property sought to be
abandoned, having obtained the
same in a deed from Emily M.
Handbook dated the 9Th day of
August, 1916, filed in the cause as
petitioners Exhibit Az; that State
and County taxes are paid on the
property to June 80, 1947, that the
purpose of the abandonment is a
resubdivision of the Land of the
petitioner to conform with the pro-
posed plan of resubdivision ap-
proved by the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission on May %, 1916, and the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission on May 20, 1916, as
shown by petitioners Exhibit B"
superimposed on the outline of the
subdivision sought to be abandoned,
and which resubdivision is alleged
to conform to the resubdivision
permitted bv the proceedings in
Equity No. 1920 aforesaid.
The petitioner alleges that the
reason for the abandonment as
sought are that the subdivision as
originally plated in October of
1920 was laid out in large acreage
lots in accordance with the then
existing type of development in
this area, but since that time the
general plan of development in this
immediate vicinity has been
changed to one of smaller homes
on smaller building sites, thus
making the existing subdivision of
Homewood incompatible with the
surrounding development. The
Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission has re-
vised all the then existing plans
for the development of this area
and a proposed new subdivision has
been prepared in an effort to con-
form to the plans of such Com
mission; and it is further alleged
that the subdivision of Homewood
as now existing does not permit
the development of this property
on sound economic basis.
The petition also alleges that all
lands not owned by the petitioner,
which would be served by the roads
sought to be abandoned, will be
served by roads, streets or avenues
proposed to be created by the
aforesaid resubdivision as shown
by reference to petitioners Ex-
hibit b.; and that Forest Road,
Sunset Avenue, and Bluford Road
as sought to be abandoned have
not been opened to nor graded for
use by the public, and the only
indication Of the existence of these
roads is that provided by the re-
corded plat.
1T is, THEREFORE, this 18th
day of December, 1916, ordered by
the Circuit Court for Montgomery
County, Maryland, in Equity, that
all persons having any interest in,
or effected by, the abandonment of
the said subdivision Of said lots,
streets and avenues, as set forth in
the said petition, appear herein and
show cause, if any they have, why
an order should not be passed as
prayed on, or before the oath day
of January, A. d. 1947, providing
a copy of this Order be inserted in
some newspaper published in Mont
gomery County, Maryland, for
three successive weeks before the
18th day of January, 1947.
STEDMAN PRESCOTT.
True Copy-Test: Judge.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,