Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-22
Prince Georges
Zones I Tracts
For Apartments
$11,5o0, 900 Involved
In Projects Approved
By Commission

In Projects Approved
By Commission
Construction Of two proposed
apartment communications on
New Hampshire avenue near Ia
koma Park and the other in Belts
ville-today had the coming s-oval
Of the Prince Georges County Com
missioners. The projects would cost
an estimated 81, SOC, 900.
Properties on which the two prof.
ects will be built were among IL
tracts in the county rezoned for new
uses by the commissioners at their
monthly coming hearings in the
County Service Building, Hyatts-
vile.
Other Redistribution include six
for commercial use, three for indus
trial and one for tWo-family dwell
ing use. Two applications for COM
mercial coming were postponed until
the February 10 hearings, while a
third application for the same use
was withdrawn because of a legal
technicality. 's...
500-Unit Apartment.
The largest apartment coming was
that Of w. w. Rapley for nearly II
acres on the west side of New Hamp-
shire avenue, north of Piney Branch
road. which was rezoned from Resi-
Dental A to Residential C.
Attorney T. Howard Duckett, who
represented the applicant, said a
1,500-unit garden-type apartment
community, estimated to cost about
$40 SOC, 000 would be erected on the
site, which also includes 90 acres in
Montgomery County. The latter
portion of the property was rezoned
by the Montgomery County commits
sioners about three months ago.
Construction is expected to get
underway in the near future, Mr..
Duckett said.
Similar rezoning for apartments
use was approved for Ralph w.
Powers, attorney for the owner of
property in the Chestnut Hills sub
division, Beltsville. Construction of
104 apartments instead of 600 as
originally announced, Is planned for
the property, which is located near
the west side OF the Washington
Baltimore boulevard, north of the
| Agriculture Department Research
Laboratories, Mr.. Powers reported.
Planners Reverse Objection.
The Beltsville application was
approved, after the Maryland-Na-
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission reversed its objection
of last month. The rezoning was
granted, subject to conditions which
included conformity with the archi-
tectural design of the nearby brick
Government buildings of the Agri-
culture Department.
Mr.. Powers said construction of
the new apartments, which are to
be built to meet housing demands
Of the Research Laboratories, prob
ably will be delayed for year or so
until sufficient sewer and water
main facilities can be provided for
the area. The estimated cost will
run about 100000, the attorney
said.
Action taken on other applications
include:
| z''' APPROVED.
| Ernest T. and virginia NJ Ziegler. re-
Dental B tor two family dwelling use, Of
three lots on Mayor road, near Branch
avenue. Good Hope Hills:
from Residential 4 to Commercial B, Of
one lot on the Observation-Disclosures bou-
reclassihcation from Residential c (apart-
t. ao asat IL, D. Of
q New Hampshire avenue ' and UnSers aty
Henry M and Helen E. Witt. reclassif,
., of about. 1852 square feet fronting on
Of RIGGS road, near Hyattsvilie.
Charles H Lancaster: Reconsideration
from Residential to Commercial D, OF
one lot at Eastern Eastern avenue and Sheriff road
Robert s. Carr. recla ssification from Resi-.
dental e D. Of nearly f four
George E. Hill, reclassihcation from
RESIDENTIAL A 10 commercial u, OF one
| lot in the 1000 block of Central avenue,
Sunnyside subdivision near Seat Pleasant.
| Alva T.. Porter, Redistribution from
! Commercial D to Industrial E, of property
| at 4sl5 Froelich lane, Hyattsville.
Henry B. Mohler, Redistribution from
Residential A to Industrial E, of four
| lots at 2314 Mohler road, Tuxedo.
John M. Fasanko, Redistribution from
Residential A to Industrial e, Of 10 lots
on Calvert road, Kropp's Addition to
coiiese fafk' CONTINUED
Lincoln L. and Johnnie C. Anderson,
Redistribution from Residential to Com
mercial D, of one. lot at 1115 Fifty
seventh avenue, Chapel Oaks.
Alfred L. Thomas, reclassifcat ion from.
Residential to Commercial D, of "a
acres on Southern avenue at Wheeler road.
Oxon Hill.
Walter L. Green, Redistribution from
residential to Commercial D, Of one
lot on the WASHINGTON Baltimore boule-
| ward, south of oueensbury road, River
dale.