Evening star., 1948-12-13
More Opposition Seen
AS Prince Georges
Gets Rezoning Pleas

Inc QueStlOn OF Whether to permit
more apartment construction while
schools remain overcrowded will
crop up once more before the
Prince Georges County commits
sioners at their monthly zoning
hearings Wednesday at Hyattsville.
Four applications for apartment
zoning, including two which are ex-
pected to draw opposition because
of the school situation, are among
10 zoning requests on this month S
agenda. The hearings, in the Coun-
ty Service Building, will start at
no am.
One of these is a petition by At
torney T. Hammond Welsh, jr. The
application is for apartment zon-
ing for more. than 10 acres on
Chillum road, near Sargent road,
Michigan Park Hills, and for COM
mercial coming at the corner of
these two roads, adjoining the pro-
posed apartment site. It was con-
tinued from last month. II ap-
proved, 394-unit apartment de-
velopment, costing about S5,e0o,-
900, will be built. 's1ssss
Petition by Ghureh.
Another application, also postponed
from last month, is the request of
Leander MoCormick-Joshua Evans,
trustees, for apartment zoning of 63
acres and commercial coming Of 10
acres at the northeast corner of
New Hampshire avenue and Uni
versity lane. near Takoma Park. II
approved, 1900 to 1,400 unit apart
ment project will be started.
Also expected to draw some oppo-
sition is new petition by the Hy-
attsville Presbyterian Church for re-
classification Of IL lots to permit
apartment construction at the SOUTH
west corner of Forty-second avenue
and Oglethorpe streets.
Rezoning for apartment use OF q
1a-acre tract on the north side of
Silver Hill road, west of Porter
street in the Crosier Gardens sub
division, Suitland, is sought by At
torney Marion E. West.
Other requests for commercial
zoning have been submitted by
Paul Kidwell for 1879 square feet
on the west side of Kenilworth
avenue, south of Quincy street, near
Bladensburg; Giuseppe Gugliotta,
for one lot on the south side of De-
fense highway, near the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad crossing, Bladens-
burg, and three separate petitions
by William E. Hawkins. Albert and
Pearl Simmons and Charles E. Karr
for total of 10 lots in the vicinity
of Fiftieth avenue and N street, Hill
side.
Industrial Requests.
Industrial zoning is requested by
Edward L. Haley for five lots in the
same Hillside area, and by Leo K.
Donovan, for nearly 27 acres 'front.'
ing on Kenilworth avenue, opposite
Tuxedo road, near Tuxedo. All of
the Hillside requests and the one
at Tuxedo have been postponed
from previous hearings but are slat-
ed to be disposed of this month.
Residential B zoning to permit
two-family dwelling use is sought
by E. F. Ude, for one lot at 1912
Fortieth place, Brentwood, and
Raymond A. Outlaw for one lot on
the west side of Edmonston road,
north Of Quintana street, Riverdale.
Ordinances to permit operation of
gasoline service stations are asked
by Jack Coopersmith for property
on the west side of Queens Chapel
road, near Chillum road, Mount
Rainier, and Walter L. Green for
property at Washington Baltimore
boulevard and Tecumseh street,
College Park.
Seabron Broadus is seeking per-
mission to operate tourist cabins On
|26 lots in the North Englewood sub
division, near Cheverly. Hayden G.
Melvin is asking permission to op-
crate used-car lot in the 1900
block Of Defense highway, Bladens-
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