Evening star., 1947-09-18
Prince Georges Heads
Approve Petitions
For Six Rezonines

Six petitions for rezoning, five for
commercial classification and one
for two-family dwelling use, today
had the approval of the Prince
Georges County Commissioners.
The commissioners, sitting as a
district coming council In their
monthly hearings yesterday in the
County Service Building. Hyatts-
vile, also denied two other requests
for commercial zoning and one for
apartment use.
Zoning permission also was given
to operate gasoline filling station
and day nursery, while action on
two other rezoning petitions, both
held over from last month, and on
an application to operate a tourist
camp at Berwyn, was postponed
until october Is.
New commercial D zoning all re-
classified from residential A, is as
follows:
Oliver E and Susie R. Owens, two
lots on East-West highway. near
New Hampshire avenue, Gilbert's
subdivision, Takoma Park; Hillary
L. Willis, six lots in rear of present
commercial property on Rhode Is
land avenue, between Crittenden
street and Forty first place, Mel
rose Park, Hyattsville; Mary A. and
Thomas H. Taylor, four lots near
Tuxedo road and Mohler avenue,
Tuxedo; T. R. Brogan. part of the
Fleishman tract on Branch avenue,
opposite Naylor road, Silver Hill,
and Alva E. Porter, property at
48l5 Frolich lane, Hyattsville.
A change from residential A to
residential B for tWo-family dwell
ing use was approved for Mrs Rob-
ert H. Kerr for one lot in the $500
block of Forty-third avenue, Hyatts-
Vile.
Requests for commercial zoning
by Virginia and Michael A. De Mar =
co, for block % of the Columbia
Park subdivision, near Landover,
ard by Joseph L. and Anna Dill
lard, for block E, Eastern avenue
and Hill Terrace, Deanwood Park,
we're turned down by the commits
Sioners. Also rejected was an ap-
plication for residential C zoning for
apartment use by Elmer L. Walter
and Joseph l.. Etter, for one lot on
Queensbury road, near the Ralti-
more & Ohio Railroad, Riverdale
Park.
The three applications were denied
on the recommendation OF the
Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission on
grounds the rezoning would not
conform with the proposed master
zoning plan of the planning COM
mission. The areas in the vicinity
of the properties are slated to re-
main in residential A zoning for
individual home use only, the park
and planning commission contended.
Permission was granted Mabel c.
Turnage to operate a gasoline sta
ton near the northeast corner of
Rhode Island avenue and Thirty
eighth street, Brentwood, and Mrs.
Agnes J. Beadle to operate day
nursery at 7109 Allison street, Land
over Hills.
Held over for another month
were the hearings on two petitions
by the r. E. Latimer Land Co. of
Washington, originally scheduled to
be heard August 20. The company
is seeking residential C zoning for
apartment use for "A acres fronting
1924 feet along the east side of
Powder Mill road and 1,940 feet
along the south side of a county
road leading from Powder Mill road
to Selman road, near Beitsville. A
second application requests CONNER
cial D coming for 1893 acres at the
intersection of Powder Mill and
Cherry Hill roads.
Decision on an application by
Lawson Abrams, for permission to
operate tourist court on the
Washington Baltimore boulevard, at
Autoville, Berwyn, also was post
poned until the October IS hearing
to permit the commissioners to
inspect the area in question. A
number of residents of the surround
Ing area appeared yesterday in
protest against additional tourist
camps near their homes.