Evening star., 1952-01-30
Rezoning Denied
For Apartments
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Montgomery Council
Oyerrides Planners
On l5-Acre Truct. !


The Montgomery County Coun.
Gil has turned thumbs down en- D
petition for apartment house zon.
ing of about 80 acres north 0f
the East-West highway. between
Grubb road and the Rosemary
Hills single-family home develop.
ment.
Yesterdays action overrode tho
recommendation Of the Maryland
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission that about ID
acres of the tracts be rezoned
from Residential A to c.
Councilman George Nesbitt said,
however, he would be inclined TO
favor such an application after Q
new coming ordinance is adopted,
probably this spring.
The new ordinance. which
would divide the county's subuf.
ban area into IA residential. CONF
merclal and industrial zones, has
been drafted by the planning
commission.
Hearing Expected In March.
A public hearing is expected to
be held sometime in March. after
which the proposal will. be sub
|mitted to the council for final &C.
ton. "a
The present coming ordinance
contains five zones and has no
height limitation for apartments.
Under the new ordinance, apart.
llnents would be limited in height
Ito a maximum Of rs feet.
Mr.. Nesbitt said the height limit
lis an important factor in any
apartment project. He added
that, after the new ordinance Is
approved. the applicant. the Mar
mont Development Corp. might
tvery well resubmit its petition
without waiting the required -
months" "a
One Of the principal stock
holders in the corporation is Sam
Fig, Montgomery County real
estate man and builder. who owns
the Rock Creek Gardens apart
ments opposite the tract in ques.
Itions
Points to Available Space.
In its opinion, the council
pointed cut the property is sur
rounded by land In the Residential
A or siagIe-fanii home zone. The
county heads added that about so
acres already are available for
apartment development in the
.. area and that no need exists for
further afartment coming there
lat this time
| The council also refused to re.
leonsider its decision last October
Em which the county heads denied
an application for the reclassifi-
tsation from Residential A to Com
|mercial D Of land at Stanford
street and Wisconsin avenue.
Bethesda.
The petition for reconsideration
had been filed by David E. Belts.
attorney for the Capitol Cadillac
Oldsmobile Co.. Inc.
Other Actions Taken.
/ In other business, the council
l|voted to hold hearings next month
lin the Rockville Courthouse on the
following three proposed street
Improvement projects:
i February 10, $3.50 p.m.-Im-
tprovement Of Hurst street between
lKingswood road and Lone Oak
drive, Alta Vista, estimated cost.
,l$8.844.35.
i February 26. $3.50 p.m.-Hayden
drive between Gardiner avenue
and Rosensteel avenue, Silver
Spring, estimated cost, $21 ,662.0o.
February 26, 4 p.m.-All alleys
lin Block F, Triangle Park subdi-
vision, Wheaton, estimated cost,
I$17,S05.98.
New appointees approved In
icluded: {
i Daryl w. Wigle, Gaithersburg.
driver-clerk with the Department
tof Public Libraries at $2.400 q
year; Mrs. Mildred p. LaMastra,
Rockville, clerk typist at $2.l80 a
. year. and Mrs. Nettie l.. Higdon.
Silver Spring, as school crossing
, guard at $75 month.
| DR.. Jack Schumacher, Gathers
Ii arg and Mrs. Parlett Moore.
/, Rockville, were appointed to the
County Advisory Health Commit