Evening star., 1947-07-04
zoners Re-authorize
Telephone Building
On N Street Property

The Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co. stood winner today in
it's battle for permission to build
a $5,OO0,0o0 Office building at Ver-
mont avenue and M streets NV.
The Zoning Commission yesterday
refused to reverse its decision last
March rezoning the lots involved
from residential to first commercial
Pressure from the zoning Advisory
Council and the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
had forced a rehearing May % al
which counsel for the telephone
company limited reversal of the
earlier approval might force the
company to build its eight-story
Office in an adjacent State.
Permits Greater Space.
The council and the Planning
Commission suggested more re.
strictive zoning which would have
cut by 1912 per cent the amount Of
building space authorized on the
lots, Under the zoning as it nov
stands, 80 per cent of the lot space
can be built on.
In executive session yesterday the
commission turned thumbs down or
a proposal that it accept appeal.
from the Board of Zoning Adjust.
ment. Members felt they were 6
sort, of legislative body. it. was said
and should not hear appeals from
a quasi-administrative board, -
f., Decision, was deferred on con.
troversial cast involving modify
ing the commercial zoning in the
far northeast in the vicinity o.
Twenty-fourth and Franklin streets
Other Zoning Actions.
Other action by the commission
included:
area to first commercial &C" area, parce
Of wisconsin avenue NV; Approved: :,
nrst commercial C. area. lots at thu
Barnaby street Sc. Approved; :.
first comerciai &C. area, part of lots To-
Gated on the south side of Congress stree
and CONGRESS- street extended to deplt
ty.third street and a proposed Twenty sy,
With tas M z9nins commissiqn qa ,S Approysd >,
Ghsnnf fda f5SasesA sFe lot F. aTsn
335 W street NE Denied.
Change from residential "A" area (
Iecated on the south Side Of savannah
street between Thirteenth and Congres:
streets Sc. as shown on plat on fle witt
area Hs to residential "c,' area, ali q tn.
"a restricted srea part of lot s23 a,
h nd ssnhsss S
Change from residential c. area t,
second commercial D. area. lot \, 500 M
premises 1.ea-"s Twenty-hfth street NJ"
chanse n from rssidentsl B. restrie,s' St tbs
sast q and pafallsl to The sasts,s 5y build ,ldd
erty located on the south side of Upshu
Tes street
ns5 ahsess fe 5ssd:nts .ss es: Sc! Isa
4o IA and 145 square saGe Gen,sd
Extend the, first commercial C ares
district on the north side of Pennsyl
vania avenue between Branch avenue ant
!.
feet into parcel 206IsO to a line 200 fee
north of and parallel to the north lin'
of Pennsylvania avenue Sc. approved II
Change from residential &C, area t,
first commercial &C" area, all propert!
zoned residential in square s73 beini
frontage on the south side Of stree
between Sixth and Seventh streets Sc,
Extend the residential a. semire
stricted area lying east of Third stree
and south Of oglethorpe street Me-. ives
to line 125 feet east Of and parallel t.
the east property line abutting Thirc
Change from residential B" area TO mrs
residential in square 5556. being the NORTH
portion Of L'Enfant square with frontag,
also abuttins on Minnesota and Fsirlawr
first commercial &C. area, lots 81, 32, "a
80, 36 and 81. premises lsO0-l0 Con
necticut avenue, 203l-33 Florida avenue
and 21O1 street NV, deferred.
Change from residential "A" area u
second commercial ID" area, lots "a
S42, and the residential part of lots 81;
the square bounded by Peabody and Ninth
streets, Missouri and Georgia avenues
NV, approved in part.
Change from first commercial &C" ares
to residential "A" area, all propert.
zoned first commercial in squares 527l
and 5272 and all property zoned FIRST com
mercial lying south of the east-west alley
adjacent to lots abuttine the south side o
Dix street in squares 1886 and 5267, salt
Sixty-first street between Blaine and DE
streets n E. aDpYOyeG