Evening star., 1949-05-11
Council Gets Bill
For zoning Law
In Montgomery
Proposal Would Leod
To Coveroge Of Entire
County After Hearings
By John V. Horner

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Legislation was proposed yester
day at Rockville which would per
NIT the County Council to blanke
all Montgomery County with plan
ming and zoning regulations.
The measure, introduced b,
President Frederic P. Lee. woule
be an enabling act. authorizing
the council to make such deci
sions at any future executive
session.
Mr.. Lees proposal. one of sever
new bills introduced at the coun'
ellis third legislative session. woule
pave the way for local regulation
in that part of Montgomery out
side the areas reserved to tht
Maryland-N National Capital Parl
and Planning Commission and tht
Washington Suburban Sanitar!
Commission.
In addition to zoning. 1t cover'
the adoption of building, fire, elec'
trical, plumbing, trash removal
billboard, street construction anc
other codes. The bill provides fol
public hearings proposed regula'
tions before they can be adopted
by the council.
Hearings Planned.
The council announced yester.
day IL will hold at least three
hearings next week to sound ou'
public opinion on local Legislation
for Libraries, fire departments anc
a Silver Spring hospital. These
will be as follows:
Fire department taxing district
bills for Burtonsyille. Sandy
Spring and Damascus in the
council chamber at the court
house, 8 am. Tuesday. The next
legislative session Of the council
is scheduled at 2 pm. the same
day.
Financing Of q proposed Silver
Spring hospital-At 1880 pm. next
Wednesday in the council cham
Der. No legislation has been in
troduced on this subject.
Library bills-At 1880 pm. May
10. In the Circuit Court room.
Rockville.
Library Bills Introduced.
Three library bills were intro
duced yesterday. One, by Mrs.
Ralph E. Himstead, would estab-
lish q county library system. 1t
would conflict with proposals by
Councilmen Lewis Merriam and
Thomas C. Kelley for special tax
ing districts in the Kensington
and Rockville areas.
The latter bills would permit
district taxes up to Z cents per
500 valuation for library pur-
poses. MIR. Meriam's bill also
would reduce the size of the Silver
Spring library district by assign
ing to Kensington the following
precincts in the Wheaton Election
District: 1. 2, 5, Z, 8, 10, II, IL,
13 and ID.
Mrs. Himstead yesterday intro
duced her school bond issue bill
under which an emergency $685.
900 construction program could
get an early start. j. Douglas
Bradshaw presented his previously
announced measure to permit Ia
kona Park to operate all regular
police service within the city
County police personnel would be
withdrawn from Takoma Park.
During an executive session the
council yesterday appropriated al
most 100000 from surplus reve-
nues for q variety Of services not
included in the commissioners
1859 budget. The largest single
item was $50. 0.623.33 for debt serv-
ice. Others included $55,861 .2s
for sewer and water installation,
$23, 900 for welfare and $50. 900 for
lateral roads.
Bond Purchase Authorized.
The council authorized Alex X.
Hancock, director of finance, to
invest $4,000 of idle money in
the Police Relief and Retirement
Fund in United States Govern
ment 2l2 per cent bonds maturing
in 1879.
The group appointed Marshall
Davis, Germantown. to the County
Welfare Board to fill a vacancy.
and received from Mrs. James ".
Bennett a letter deploring "nu-
merous radio and newspaper" re-
ports that the Montgomery
County League of Women Voters
opposed the appointment of Irv-
ing G. McNayr as county man
ager.
Mrs. Bennett, league president,
said her organization was dis
turbed" by the reports because 1t
has never opposed or promoted
any officeholder or any candidate
for Office" She said league policy
is to indorse principles and quali-
fications rather than individuals.
Two Proposals Discussed.
The Council conducted hearings
on two proposals for front-foot
benefit assessments. Delegations
appeared from that part Of Mont
gomery avenue between Kirkside
drive and Belmont avenue, Chevy
Chase, and Rosedale avenue be-
tween Tilbury and Pearl streets.
Rosedale Park subdivision. Most
of the citizens favored the
planned improvements. but want
ed the costs held down.
The council also handed down
three opinions in zoning cases. It
approved the application OF Chris
James and George Timber for the
Redistribution from residential A
to commercial D Of property on
the west side Of Georgia avenue
extended. in the Wheaton triangle.
Two petitions were denied. One
- n r.