Evening star., 1947-09-18
Fairfax Rezones
Area for Town
0fSpriingfieId
New Community
To Be Four Miles
South of AnnundoIe


South Of AnnondoIe
The Fairfax County Board today
had paved the way for erection Of a
new town planned for the Spring
field area Of that county.
The action taken at yesterdays
meeting rezoned 113, acres of the
2, 2,30o-acre site for the proposed town
from agricultural to suburban resi-
Dental.
The new community which is to
adopt the name of Springfield Is
the project Of Carr, Inc, of Wash
ingtor,. Edward r. Carr, president
OF the corporation, told the board
he believed this was the first time in
this part OF the country a comp plete
city was planned for construction.
Plans Are Outlined.
Edward Holland, an engineer for
the project, told the board it was
anticipated the city eventually
would accommodate $4,000 people.
He said the community was planned
50 that no one would have to walk
more than half mile to reach a
shopping center. The city will con-
tain all classes of residences. he
said, with ample space provided for
apartments, low-cost housing and
suburban dwellings in highly zoned
areas.
Mr.. Holland assured the board
that problems OF sewage disposal
and water supply were to be worked
out completely before work is
started.
The board was told the new town
will be 4 miles south of Annandale
just of the Shirley highway, now
under construction.
Rezoning Recommended.
T. ]. Stockton, county director of
planning, recommended the recon-
ing.
Mr.. Carr developed Yates Gardens
IN Alexandria, and several other
large housing projects in this area.
Efforts by a group of land owners
in the county to block erection of
high-voltage transmission line by
the Virginia Electric & Power Co.,
were made yesterday when the
supervisors were requested to file an
injunction suit against the power
company.
The request was by Hardee
Chambliss, attorney for the land
owners, who asserted the power
firm In filing condemnation pro-
ceedings for right-of-way and was
threatening to violate the zoning
ordinance. A permit to erect the
line had been rescinded by action
Of the County Board of Zoning APP
peals. he said.
Action Is Urged. -,
C.. p. McKenna of the Annandals
Citizens Association, and Mason
Hirst, one of the landowners af.
fected, also urged action in the mat
ter. sFSs
On q motion of Supervisor Her.
bert Blunt, Commonwealths At
torney Hugh Marsh was requested
to make an investigation OF the
case.
John G. Webb of the Annandale
Businessmen's Association present.
ed two resolutions, one request
ing the board to rescind its action
in canceling its legal advertising
with the Providence Journal and
the other asking that it adopt a
building code. Both resolutions
were taken under advisement.
The board granted three other
rezoning applications, denied three
others and deferred action on an
other.
Granted were those of Rufus M
Pobst, Fairfax Circle; rural residen-
tlal to rural business, for shopping
cenCer; George A. Ford & Co., Hunt
ington, suburban residential to in
dustrial, for water supply facili-
ties, and r. w. Robinson, Kings
Highway, suburban residential to
agricultural, to- operate a gravel
pit. =
Applications Denied.
Those denied were the Veterans
Housing Corp, Dogue Creek, rural
residential to general business, for
shopping center, which was op-
posed by c. C. Wall, superintendent
of the Mount Vernon estate; Her
bert Bryant, L. H. Skinner and
others, on the grounds that it would
detract from the southern entrance
to Mount Vernon.
Also denied were applications of
Andrew w. Clarke, representing a
group of developers at Little River
pike and Burke road, rural resi-
Dental to rural business, for shop
ping center, and Presley E. Love,
Lee highway, suburban residential
to rural business, for a trailer park