Evening star., 1947-04-03
Permanent Board
0fAssessmenfC Creafed
For Fairfax County

A county ordinance creatlng per-
manent board of real estate as
SCISSORS was adopted yesterday by the
Fairfax County Board Of Super
visors.
Under a law effective July 1, the
judge of the County Circuit Court
is to name a three-man board, one
member to serve on full-tinne sal
ary, the other two on a per diem
basis.
The salary Of the full-time men,
Der was set at $500 year. and the
other two members, who will serve
in advisory capacity, will receive $12
per day for not more than 125 days
year. The board will be in charge
of real estate assessments. No one
appeared at the public hearing in
opposition to the measure.
New Zoning Ordinance.
The board also authorized the
County Planning Commission to
prepare new zoning ordinance and
change the use regulations to con-
form with a recent decision of Judge
Leon Brazile, who ruled that the use
regulations of the present ordinance
were invalid and unconstitutional.
The new measure is being drafted
SO that an ordinance will be ready
for adoption in the event the Vir-
ginia State Court of Appeals upholds
the decision Of Judge Brazile, Com
monwealth's Attorney Hugh B.
Marsh is to file an appeal on behalf
of the county.
The motion to instruct the COM
mission to prepare the new ordi-
nance was offered by Supervisor
Herbert Blunt, and seconded by
Supervisor Burns N. Gibson, after
State Senator Andrew w. Clarke
expressed the opinion that no local
court would uphold the present ordi-
nance in the light of Judge Brazile's
ruling. Supervisor Maurice w. Fox
cast the lone dissenting vote against
the proposal.
A resolution paying bounties on
predatory birds and animals as
game conservation measure was
adopted by 5-to-1 vote, Mr.. Blunt
dissenting, when the board refused
to strike groundhogs from the list
of animals included. Supervisor
Blunt contended that animal does
not destroy wild life.
Pay Scalp Bounty.
Under terms of the resolution the
county will pay so cents for each
scalp of sharp Skinned hawks,
Coopers' hawks, great horned owls,
skunks and groundhogs. Fifteen
cents will be paid for crows killed
from April to September, inclusive.
Payments will be made out of the
county dog tax fund. While persons
may present hteir claims on any day
the clerks Office is open, the board
requested that they be presented
only on the second and fourth Mon
days of each month in order to
expedite the payments.
For the second time within the
past two months, the board affirmed
the decision of the Board OF Zoning
Appeals in granting to Kings
Kitchen, Inc, a permit for multiple
housing project on the Greer tract
near Falls Church, after it refused
to rule on certain constitutional
questions pertaining to the zoning
ordinance raised by John s. Bar
bour, counsel for those opposing the
project.
Another appeal. that of Z. H.
Stilling for a permit to operate a
duplex family dwelling in an exist
ing dwelling on Old Dominion drive,
was deferred until the next meeting
in order to give the opposition a
chance to be heard. MIR. Stilling's
request had been denied by the
Appeal Board.
The application of Frank Seidel
and Paul r. Herman to have a
tract of seven acres on the Lee
rezoned from agricultural
to general business, was granted b7
a Al vote. The case had been con-
tinued to give the board an oppor-|
tunity to view the site after the firsti
votA reslIlfAd In n tie.