Evening star., 1951-05-16
New Council Bill
On Parking Lots
Set for Hearinq
Would Provide
Facilities in Fourth
Business Area

The Montgomery Hills shop
ping center in Silver Spring
would become the fourth business
area in Montgomery County to
have public parking lots, under
Ia bill being studied today by the
County Council
The measure is one of nine in.
troduced at the councils legisla-
tive session yesterday. The eight
others would:
/. Require annual independent
audits OF all fire department
transactions. ,>
2. Provide for election of a
treasurer of the Cabin John Fire
Board.
3. Increase the Gaithersburg-
Washington Grove maximum fire
taxes from 10 to IL cents for the
area within the sanitary zone and
from to 7 cents for that portion
outside the sanitary zone.
4. Prohibit willful destruction
of public property and the driv-
ing of motor vehicles over curbs
and sidewalks.
5. Eliminate requirement that
purchases of land for library pur-
poses be approved by the Board
of Education.
Extends Council Power.
s. Empower the council To
adopt ordinances regulating the
humane treatment of animals.
waste removal. use of streets and
building construction.
7. Authorize the Council to bor-
row money to buy improved prop
erty for school sites and for the
Improvement of all public roads.
8. Repeal an obsolete law di-
recting the Liquor Control Board
to transfer the title of it's Silver
Spring Dispensary Building to the
county.
A public hearing on the Mont
gomery Hills public parking lot
bill will be held at 7::30 pm. next
Wednesday in the Silver Spring
ID1spensary Building.
Introduced by Councilman Har-
old F. Hammond, it is patterned
after laws in effect in the Bethes-
da and Silver Spring shopping
centerS and the Wheaton public
parking bill, introduced on May l.
Under the Montgomery Hills
{ bill, 40-cent tax would be i'm
i. posed on commercial properties
D and a 20-cent levy on land which.
e though not used for business pur.
S poses, now is so zoned or recon-
mended for such coming in the
t plan adopted nearly three years
ago by the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission.
v Could Issue Bonds.
d The Council could issue up to
h $4,000 on bonds at one time to
5, buy public parking sites, to be
e paid off by the special taxes. It
u also could erect parking meters
within the community's business
9 district.
y Stores that provided their own
r adequate off-street parking facili-
5, ties might apply for exemption
n from the special taxes.
Mr.. Hammond said he also will
= sponsor a bill for a $50O,00O bond
issue to buy additional parking
sites in Silver Spring and enlarge
existing ones. in accordance with
a request from the Silver Spring
Board of Trade.
He suggested that part of the
e funds be used to double-deck
some OF the present lots, to in
r crease the available parking
= space.
New Retirement Bill.
: At the same time, Mrs. Stella
Werner said she will introduce a
e bill to set minimum retirement
age of SIS for county policemen
with rs years service. Policemen
now may retire after serving
rs years, regardless of age.
:. Hearings on other bills were set
e as follows:
a Monday. 7:30 pm, Rockville
E Courthouse, on the measure in
u volving title to the dispensary
building.
Next Wednesday,. 7::30 pm,
!, = Silver Spring dispensary building.
on bills authorizing the council
! to regulate humane treatment of
E animals and dealing with the
- purchase of land for library pur-
t poses.
n May 25, 7:30 pm, Rockville
Courthouse. on the bill involving
e the purchase of improved land
for school sites.
May "a. 7:30 pm, Rockville
Courthouse, on the four remain.
ing bills introduced yesterday.
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