Evening star., 1948-06-09
Takoma Park zoninq
Asked for Apartment
To Cost $2,000,000

Plans for a $4,000, 600 apartment
project of about 200 units were dis
closed at a zoning hearing yester-
day before the Montgomery County
Commissioners.
The petition, filed by the Rolling
Park Land Co., Inc, sought the
reclassifcation from residential A
to C of approximately 9 acres on
the west side of Old Sladensburg
road between Carroll avenue ex-
tended and Piney Branch road, Ia
koma Park.
It was one of II on which hear
ings were held in the Silver Spring
Liquor Dispensary Building. All
were taken under advisement.
Milton Polinger, president of the
Rolling Park firm, said construction
could start within six months If
! his request was granted.
He also sought the reclassifica-
ton from residential A to CONNER
| cial D of seven lots in the same area.
Plea Called Unnecessary.
This was opposed by Charles A.
Marssteller, 1901 Old Bladensburg
road, and ]. B. Yeabower, 5000 Piney
Branch road. While they said they
had no objection to the proposed
apartment zoning, they termed the
commercial request unnecessary.
| Another petition, filed by Fred S..
Kogod, Harry Burka and M. David
Dubb, sought commercial zoning for
an additional 40 feet of land adja-
cent to existing commercially zoned
property along Flower avenue north
of Piney Branch road.
Mr.. Kogod said he planned to build
a shopping center to cost approx
mately $75O,000. The center would
include theater and II stores, &C
cording to blueprints submitted by
Mr.. Kogod's attorney, James w. Gill.
Opponents, who claimed there is
no need for additional commercial
land there, included George H. Rol-
Ter, 1906 Flower avenue, and Samuel
w. West, 2O9 Hartwell road.
County Home Closing Protested.
Earlier, at their regular meeting
in Rockville, the commissioners
heard a vigorous protest by Mrs.
Lillian w. Smith. chairman of the
boards Advisory Committee on the
| County Home, against closing the
institution by July l as recon-
mended by County Supervisor Irv-
| ing G. McNayr in his budget mes
sage last week.
Board President Brooke Johns
agreed with Mrs. Smith. The COM
missioners took no action, however.
A group of Rickville officials,
headed by Mayor G. Lamar Kelly,
appeared before the commissioners
to discuss a report by a Baltimore
engineering firm on the cost OF
building sewers adjacent to the town.
Cost Put at $4,000.
Cost of putting in new sewers, a
new pumping station and new
sewage treatment plant was esti-
mated at approximately $496, 1000, of
which $l81 500 would be borne by
the town and $314,50 by the county
These facilities would care for about
10, 900 people, the report stated.
F.. Bernard Welsh, attorney to the
board, said legislation would be
needed at the 1949 session Of the
General Assembly to permit the
county to go into partnership" with
Rockville in defraying the cost Of
the project.
While the commissioners took no
action, Mr.. Johns said he would
attempt to have the Board of Edu-
cation and the Health Department
"do something" about sanitary con-
ditions at the Lincoln Park High
School
Residents of the area have COM
planned that sewage from the
schools septic tank overflows and
causes health hazard.
The board also heard complaint
by Commissioner Wesley I. Sauter
that the Washington Suburban San
1itary Commission is not performing
its duties properly.
| Mr.. Sauter said he has received
scores of complaints from residents
lin the Bethesda-Chevy Chase area
concerning inadequate storm water
drainage facilities. He said that
when he referred them to the COM
mission officials there said they
didn't have enough money to change
the conditions.
i Mr.. Sauter announced he will
meet with Washington and county
welfare authorities at 8 pm, June
ll8, In Rockville to discuss his pro-
lposal to have the District Welfare
Board pay tuition for educating the
lchildren 1t. places in county foster
homes