Evening star., 1948-12-02
Fairfax Opposes
Falls Church
Expansion Plan
Board Orders Action
To Protect County
From Annexutions

The Fairfax County Board o1
Supervisors yesterday served notice
1t will oppose any attempt by the
city of Falls Church to annex
fcounty land.
A resolution asking the Common
wealth's attorney to take any steps
necessary to protect" the county
against annexation by Falls Church
was unanimously adopted. The
action ended any supposition that
Falls Church could annex county
property with friendly suit"
The Falls Church City Council has
included a $4,000 item in its 1949
budget for annexation surveys. The
first outlay will be $2,500 for a pre-
liminary survey.
Steps Likely to Be Taken.
Assistant Commonwealth Attor-
ney Lytton Gibson said the only
steps likely to be taken to oppose
annexation before Falls Church in
stitutes the proceedings will be
research work. He said it was
possible the county may hire ad-
ditional legal help to fight annexa-
ton, as was done in 1942 when the
county successfully opposed a pre-
vious attempt of Falls Church to
annex county property.
In voting to oppose annexation,
the supervisors indicated they sdid
not want to see the county lose
valuable sources of tax revenue.
Maurice w. Fox. who introduced
the resolution, said some residents
Of areas adjacent to Falls Church
had asked that they be protected
against annexation by the city.
Supervisor C. B. Runyon, who lives
in Falls Church, also voted to op-
pose annexation.
The supervisors decided to meet
with the Falls Church City Council
to discuss adjustment Of finances
between the two jurisdictions, now
that Falls Church has become a
second-class city. Falls Church
Mayor Albert Orme had requested a
committee of three from the su-
pervisors be appointed to take up
the matter with a Falls Church
council committee. The supervisors
said. however. they would prefer a
meeting of the two entire bodies.
Storm Drains Ordered.
County Planning Director T. j.
Stockton was authorized to force
owners of the Tyler Park housing
development on Lee highway to
install adequate storm drains. Mr..
Stockton explained that the build
ers had agreed in writing when
their subdivision plat was approved
to install adequate storm drains.
He said the builders had taken
the position that storm drain facili-
ties in Tyler Park are adequate,
even though the county has failed
to approve them.
Mr.. Stockton said present drain
age allows, too much water to dow
over the streets. thereby increasing
the cost of maintaining the streets.
He was authorized to take sthe
matter to court If necessary. ~
The supervisors approved a pro-
posal OF County Sanitary Engineer
James j. Corbalis, jr. to resume
billing residents Of Fairhaven for
sewer services at q 50 monthly
rate. Mr.. Corbalis explained resi-
dents of the development had not
been billed for some time because of
efforts to have the rate reduced.
He said that the sewer service
was supplied by the Federally-
owned sewer line which the county
operates and for which it collects
50 monthly fees from each user.
He said he planned to start billing
Fairhaven residents January !.
Tract Rezoned.
A 17-acre tract on Lee highway
adjacent to Fenwick Park was re-
zoned to rural business to permit
erection OF an open air theater.
Fenwick Park residents appeared
at the meeting to protest the thea
ter, declaring that it would consti-
tute nuisance and lower their
property values. James r. Hayes,
of Fenwick Park, presented a pc
tition signed by more. than 300 resi-
dents of the development who op-
pose the cpen-air theater. A trailer
park is located on the tract at
present.
Opponents of the theater said
they preferred the trailer park to
the theater, but the supervisors ap-
proved the rezoning by to 2