Evening star., 1950-02-22
County Steps Up
OF Ordinances
Montgomery Names
Prosecutor and Picks
Planning Advisers

county ordinances moved into
high gear today as a result of the
appointment of a special assistant
States attorney to prosecute vio-
lators.
Appointed by the County Coun-
Gil yesterday was James S. Lani-
gan, who now receives $500 a
year as member Of the county
attorneys staff. His additional
duties involve no extra pay.
In other business, the council:
l. Set up a 10-member Rural
Advisory Committee to study the
need for zoning and subdivision
planning in Upper Montgomery.
2. Appointed Ellis R. Nc
Cracken, 443 Greenlawn drive,
Bethesda, as a rodman with the
Public Works Department at an
annual salary of $1,98O, effective
March /.
3. Set a hearing for 7:30 pm.
April on proposal to amend
and clarity trailer camp provis-
ions of the zoning ordinance.
4. Ordered hearings at $3.50 pm.
March 81 on proposals for three
street Improvements projects in
Silver Spring.
Law Passed in May.
Mr.. Lanigan's appointment was
made under provisions of a law
passed by the council last May.
Ordinances he will enforce include
the wly-adopted fire code, zon-
ing regulations, weights and mea-
sures standards and those deal
ing with the Department of In
spection and Licenses.
Mr.. Lanigan said his first move
will be to confer with department
heads and draw up plans for pro-
scouting violations reported thus
far. Most of the cases, he added,
will involve criminal action.
Council President Frederic P.
Lee said the Rural Advisory Com
mittee was set up after a recent
hearing on a proposed planning
commission for the rural area
showed that majority of up
county residents were unprepared
to consider such a move.
Committee members are Lathrop
E. Smith, president of the Farm
Bureau, chairman; Mrs. Elsie
White Haines and William H
Fulks, Laytonsville; Malcolm H
White, Brookeville; Allie Messer
Gaithersburg: Marshall Davis,
Germantown: Kenneth Windham
Woodfield; Basil Mobley, Der
wood; Wilson Poole, Sellman. and
Mayor Irving L. McCathran of
Washington Grove. All except
Mayor McCathran and Mrs.
Haines are farmers.
Two Methods Proposed.
If the committee finds that
there is a need for subdivision
planning. zoning and building,
electrical and plumbing inspec-
tions, it will determine whether
the need should be met by either
of the following two methods:
l. Extending the Maryland
National Capital Park and Plan
ming COMMISSIONS authority over
the entire county.
2. Through regulations adopted
by the council following recon-
mendations by an unpaid plan
ming commission composed of res
idents of the area affected.
The proposed revisions of the
trailer camp ordinance would re-
quire trailers to be at least 10O
feet from the camps boundaries
instead of 80 feet, as at present;
compel camp operator to erect
fence or shrubbery between ii
and adjacent residential property
and specify that any such camp
have 200-foot frontage along a
road with the entrance at least
125 feet from the center of the
road.
3 Projects Due for Hearings.
The three Silver Spring street
improvement projects scheduled
for hearings are Walden road, at
an estimated cost Of $4,428; ST.
Andrews lane. $7,077, and Belve-
dere boulevard, $1,061.
The County Liquor Board re-
ported a net profit of $149.193
from liquor sales for the six
month period ended last Decem-
ber 81, and $70,330 from beer
sales. These figures compare with
$138,770 from liquor and $64,215
from beer during a similar period
in 1948.
The council approved a three
year lease for the second floor
of the Stern Building, 329 Mont
gomery avenue, Rockville, for use
by the Department Of Public
Safety and Inspection and Lii
censes. The rental will be 1925 a
month.