Evening star., 1952-07-27
Arlington Board
ToPubIish LIST Of
Tax De|inquents
Names Will Be Run
In Newspaper on
Or Before October IS

A new policy Of publishing
names Of persons who owe per-
sonal property taxes was adopted
by the Arlington County. Board
yesterday.
The board agreed to publish in
q newspaper on or after October
Is the names of persons who have
failed to pay taxes due last Decem-
ber. Also to be listed. as in the
past, are persons whose real estate
taxes are delinquent.
The decision was reached after
a discussion with County. Treas
urer Colin c. MACPHERSON.
Robert w. Cox. the board chair
man, said, "We give a substantial
period of grace before publicity,
but tax delinquency is a serious
problem"
State Law Cited.
He added that in view of a new
State law making available to the
public the names of persons on
welfare rolls, he saw no reason
why the lists of delinquent tax
payers should not be published.
In other business, the board
asked the Planning Commission
to study proposed new procedure
for handling zoning appeals. The
subject arose when the County
Planning Commission recon-
mended appeal of a Circuit Court
decision regarding parking space
to be provided at an office build
ing near the Courthouse. The de-
cision was a victory for former
County Treasurer John Locke
Green, who heads the firm con-
Structing the building.
Commonwealth's Attorney Will
liam j. Hassan repeated a state
ment he made at the last board
meeting that he believes there are
no grounds for an appeal. He
suggested the new procedure.
Court Takes Appeals.
AT present, appeals from de-
ciSions of the Board of zoning
Appeals must be taken directly
to Circuit Court, which can affirm,
modify or reject the appeals
boards ruling.
There is a State law, Mr.. Hassan
said, which would permit appeal
from the zoning appeals board to
the County Board. Appeal from
q County Board ruling could be
made to Circuit Court on grounds
that the ruling was arbitrary and
capricious. At present, appeal can
be made to Circuit Court on the
grounds that the zoning appeals
board was in error.
The board also voted to act be-
fore September 80 on a motion to
request the reimposition of rent
controls. Board Member Alan L.
Dean said the date is the dead
line for the board to apply for
rent control under the Defense
Production Act.
A survey of rental housing in
the county is to be presented to
the board August %. Board men,
bers said they will receive this re-
port before making a decision on
asking controls.
II would oppose rent control for
Arlington" Mr.. Dean said, "if it
were dropped by the District or if
the survey should find no acute
shortage in Arlington"
Raises Retroactive.
At the request of County Man
ager A. T. Lundberg, the board
voted to make retroactive to July
! pay raises to be granted county
employees when a classification
study is completed. Mr.. Lund-
berg said the study will be finished
in about three weeks.
Mr.. Cox was designated to at
tend meeting in Alexandria at.
2:30 pm. Tuesday to study the
problem of low-fying airplanes.
Representatives of northern Vir-
ginia communities were invited to
the meeting, to be held at City
Hall. by Mayor Marshall j. Beverly
of Alexandria. |
The Arlington board said it con-
ours in the stand of Alexandria
that low-fying planes are a haz-
ard.