Evening star., 1949-12-10
Laws on zoniinq
In Montgomery
To Be e.Revised
Lee Reveals Plan
To Get Help From
Citizens Group

Revision of the present "obso-
lete" Montgomery County zoning
ordinance to meet changing needs
is, under way. according to Blair
Lee III. vice chairman of the
Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission.
Speaking at the annual dinner
meeting yesterday of the County
League of Women Voters, Mr.. Lee
also announced the membership
of a citizens committee which will
review the proposed changes.
More Classification Needed.
He said plans call for the five
existing zoning classifications to
be. expanded to about a dozen,
which will be similar to those
adopted recently in Prince
Georges County.
They will include an increase
from one to three in types Of
apartment classif1cations and sew
eral different categories of resi-
dental, commercial and industrial
areas.
In charge of the work is Will
liam c. Burrage, commission plan
ming engineer, who is being
assisted by Fred w. Tuemmler,
director of planning for the
agency.
Mr.. Lee said he hoped to submit
the new ordinance to the County
Council by next summer.
Committee members are Ralph
Boyd, Allied Civic Group of Silver
Spring; Harold Briggs. Montgom-
cry County Civic Federation; Mrs.
c. M. Derryberry, League of Wom-
en- Voters; Eugene Fry, County
Real Estate Board Loren l.. Muir
ray, Silver Spring Board of Trade;
Carroll B. Sager, Bethesda Cham
ber of Commerce. and Wesley I.
Sauter, Home Builders Associa-
ton.
Loss of Taxes to U. S. Cited.
Frederic P. Lee, president Of the
County Council, said he thought
the Federal Government should
make some contribution toward
the cost of providing public serv-
ices for it's employees in the sub
urban area. The county loses
S1,300,000 annually in taxes be-
cause of real estate taken off the
tax rolls in the county, he said.
I'VE are entertaining very ex-
pensive guest" he said.
Albert Siepert, executive officer
of the National Health Institute,
outlined the needs of the institute
for public services. When the
clinical center now under con-
struction is completed in 1858, he
said, adequate water and sewerage
would be one of the Institutes
first problems.
Warren Browning, Montgomery
County representative on the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission, said the commission
was going ahead with plans to
furnish water and sewerage to the
institute at cost of s500,000.
Feeder Line to Be Built.
This sum, Mr.. Browning indi-
Gated, would be paid in advance
by the Federal Government and
therefore would pose no financing
problems for the commission. The
clinical center is expected to use
$500 gallons of water a minute.
A new feeder line from Wheaton
will be constructed to take care
of this, Mr.. Browning said.
The heaviest burden on the
county incident to population
growth falls on the schools. ac-
cording to Mrs. Durward Sandifer,
president of the County Board of
Education. An average increase
of $500 students annually Gre
ates a problem that she thinks
cannot be met without a tax
increase.
Other speakers at the dinner
were Irving G. McNayr. county
manager; DR.. v. L. Ellicott, health
officer; George Papageorge. di-
rector of the Department of Public
Works, and Mrs. Eugene Meyer,
wife of the Chairman of the
Board of the Washington Post.
Mrs. James v. Bennett, presi-
dent of the league, was toast
mistress.