Evening star., 1948-04-07
bacas Denied Petition
For Apartment zoning
OF Chevy Chase Tract

The Montgomery County commits
sioners yesterday denied the con-
troversial petition by John H. Bacas
for apartment house zoning of ap-
proximately five acres at the inter-
section of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad and Jones Mill road, just
north of the Pennington subdivision
in Chevy Chase. :sas
+ The petition was one of 10 re-
jected by the board, including two
which contemplated erection Of
nearly 1,500 apartment units at an
estimated cost of about $21 900, 900.
Five other petitions were approved
and action on one was deferred.
Action on the Bacas request was
taken after strong opposition had
been voiced by nearby residents, in
cluding former Republican Senator
Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota.
The tract adjoins property of the
Chevy Chase Land Co., which was
rezoned to an apartment house
classification in January.
Planned 154 Apartments.
At hearing on the application
last month, Mr.. Bacas said he
planned to build approximately 154
garden-type apartments at a cost
of 100000. Denial of the petition
was recommended by the Maryland
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission, on the ground it would
damage single-family developments
in the vicinity. The commission
also charged that the petition was
a purely speculative venture"
Other petitions denied were:
Colonial Village, Inc, residential
A to G Of approximately 81 acres
at Goldsboro and River roads, Be-
thesda, on which construction of
970 apartment units at cost of
about $4,000, 900 was proposed
Forest Glen Homes, Inc, residen-
tial A to c of about 40 acres on the
east side Of Georgia avenue near
Forest Glen road, Silver Spring, on
which was planned approximately 500
apartment units at a cost of nearly
$s,o00,000.
Campbell Petition Denied.
Frank L. Hewitt. jr., and Law
renee v. Lutes, residential A to C
of nearly two acres at Hawley road
and Ellsworth drive, Silver Spring.
Floyd C. Campbell, residential A
to commercial D of land on the west
side of Seven Locks road about three
miles south of Rockville.
Mrs. Nellie Arliss residential A to
c Of 26 acres on the north side of
Piney Branch road near Flower
avenue, Silver Spring. n
William D. Taylor, residential A
to B Of a lot at 909 Greenwood
avenue, Takoma Park.
Elmer D. Shook, residential A to
B Of three lots at Carroll and Gar
land avenues, Takoma Park.
Harry and Ruth Friedenberg, res
idential A to C of land at sOswego
and Ritchie avenues, Takoma Park.
John w. Brabner- Smith, resi-
dental A to commercial D OF land
on Forest Glen road near st. Paul
street, Kensington.
Daymude Rezoning Ok'd.
The following petitions were ap-
proved: ..
Joseph A. and Mabel l. Cook, res
idential A to C of land on Lincoln
avenue and Nimitz road, Kensing-
ton.
G. Leonard Daymude, residential
A to commercial D of two lots on
Bladensburg road and Bonnycastle |
avenue, KenGar subdivision, Ken
sington.
Theodore B. Siehler and Eugene
Dustin, residential A to commercial
D Of 2is acres at Columbia and |
Laurel roads. Burtonsville.
George B. Clendenin, residential
A to G of a lot at 4406 East West
highway, Bethesda.
Charles F. Miller, residential A to
e Of land at Arlington
road and Elm street, Bethesda.
Action was deferred on a petition |
,y Henry NJ. Kunold, for the re-
classification from residential A to
commercial D Of a lot at Dixon
street and Trinity place, Silver
Spring. J.