Evening star., 1949-08-03

Zonine Commission
Also Clears Way
For Storage Garages
The Zoning Commission ha
amended the Zoning regulations t,
liberalize off-street parking spac'
requirements for new building il
the downtown and other heavil!
populated areas, it was announced
yesterday.
One change permits the pro
vision of one parking space fo
each II eff1ciency-type apartment
where at least one space for eacl
four or five units were required
previously.
Another clears the way for tn,
Zoning Adjustment Board to ap
prove construction of parking
garage near George Washington
University Hospital.
1t was announced that, at it
fall hearing, the commission will
consider the possibility of amend
ing the parking regulations fur
ther by delegating power to tn,
board to waive or modify thu
strict application of parking regu'
lations in cases where economi,
hardship or other unusual factor,
warrant an adjustment"
Objections Heard Last Fall.
The newly approved amend.
ments have been in the mill since
July, 1948. AS originally drawn
the proposals drew so much oh.
lection at a hearing last fall tina,
the commission deferred action
A parking committee then wa:
appointed to make recommenda
tionS.
At last falls hearing Washing
ton real estate men opposed an
outline setting up a schedule OF
exactly how many parking spaces
must be provided for each dwell
ing unit in new construction. The
proposals added a number OF
categories of buildings to the list
of those already required to pro-
vide off-street parking spaces.
Hearing on compromise solu-
ton was held in June, and the
approved amendments are largely
in line with the committees rec
concentrations.
The amendments in many cases
relax present regulations regard
ing off street parking by cutting
down on the number of parking
spaces which each new building
must provide. They also reduce
from 200 square feet to $50 square
feet the amount of space con-
sidered necessary to park an auto
mobile.
Garage Limitation Eased.
One change provides that the
Zoning Adjustment Board under
certain conditions may permit
erection of an automobile park
ing garage, in which repair facili-
ties are incidental to its primary
use for storage. in some resi-
Dental areas. s
At the June hearing Maj. Gen.
U. s. Grant III. vice president
of George Washington Univer-
sity, asked for a change in the
zoning regulations to permit the
university to construct 500-ca-
pacity parking garage.
He said the parking situation
around the school was rapidly
becoming intolerable" and the
university was losing students and
instructors because of it.
The off-street parking area re.
luirements are now set up a.
follows:
Single-family dwelling. one
parking space for each dwelling
unit: flats. one space for each two
dwelling units; lodging. roomint
Or boarding houses, hotels, ont
space for each 10 guest bedrooms
private clubs, fraternity houses
dormintories, one space for each
10 beds.
Regulation in Areas.
Apartment or tenement house.
in A area districts. one space fol
each two dwelling units; in B ares
districts, one space for each foul
dwelling units; in c area districts
one space for each six dwelling
units.
In the c and D area districts,
an exception provides for a ratio
of one space for each IL eff
cheney units. An efficiency unit
is considered as having 750
square feet or less and no bed
roomS.)
Hospitals, one space for eacl
four beds; sanitariums, GONZALES
cent homes, homes for the aged
one space for each eight beds; or.
ohanages, eleemosynary institu'
tions, one space for each eight beds
and high schools, colleges and uni.
gersities, one space for each 2:
students, based on a maximum
planned classroom capacity of Il
square feet per student. exclusiv.
If laboratories and workshops.
Boys Hommering She'll