Evening star., 1952-03-26
zoners Reveal
Alexandra Plan
In Annexed Site
Proposal Will Have
Public Hearing Soon
Before Council Action
By MoY Lou Werner


Before Council Action
By Mary Lou Werner
Alexandria today unwrapped it's
plans for development of the rs
square miles recently annexed
from Fairfax County.
A proposed zoning plan for the
area, made public by the Alex
andria Planning Commission, pro-
vides Alexandria with an addi-
tional 1000 acres of industrial
property, about 800 acres of the
RIO residential classification,
which is the highest. and with
i've major commercial centerS.
The proposed zoning is designed
to accommodate a population of
111,500 for the entire city by 1870.
With the new residential areas
proposed in the annexed territory,
Alexandria would have more than
5.3 acres of residential land per
100 residents. The present ratio
in the old portion of the city is
3.71 acres for every 100 residents.
Industrial Land Limited.
At present, Alexandria has
about one acre of industrial land
for every 100 residents, and the
added industrial acreage in the
annexed area would raise the ratio
to more than LIS acres per 100
population.
A special committee of city Of
flcials worked up the original
zoning plan for the annexed area.
The planning commission in
dorsed the committees recon-
mendations with a few minor
changes.
The commission felt the old
portion of the city had adequate
row house zones, and eliminated
any provision for row houses in
the annexed area.
"The commission was of the
opinion that the annexed area
should be utilized chiefly for
single family residential use and
therefore changed some of the
zone boundaries to diminish the
amount of land zoned for multi
family use :" the commission
reported.
Totals 6,1O9 Acres.
AS proposed by the commission,
the new zoning plan will give the
entire city total of 6,109 acres
of residential land. The commit
tee had recommended 5,109.
The commission and the COM
mittee both recommended ap-
proximately 1,765 acres of indus
trial land for the entire city.
All of the proposed industrial
land in the annexed area lies
along the Southern and r. F. & P.
Railroad tracks at the south sec
ton of the annexed area.
The committee commented that
industrial zoning in Alexandria
has been sadly neglected in past
studies of this kind" and blamed
this on the idea that Alexandria
should be a bedroom" for Fed
eral workers of Washington.
For a healthy economy" the
committee said. "it is felt that the
city should broaden the oppor-
tunities for employment in the
light industries and that a suffi-
cient quantity of suitable land
should be set aside for this use"
Five Commercial Centers.
The five major commercial CEN
ters proposed in the annexed area
are located at major highway in
tersectionS. These are:
King and Braddock roads; the
south side of Duke street at Quak-
er lane; the Shirley-Duke apart
ments: Duke street and Shirley
highway and at Seminary road
and Shirley highway.
Apartment zones are confined
principally to areas bordering the
major highways. The largest new
apartment zone is the Winkler
Tract of about 800 acres along
Shirley highway southwest OF
Seminary road.
The two big R-20 areas are To-
Gated generally in the Holmes Run
valley between the Shirley high
way and Shirley-Duke Apart
ments, and around the Virginia
Theological Seminary. In the old
portion Of the city there is only
one small RIO area. which re-
quires minimum lots Of 10000
square feet.
Public Hearing Slated.
A public hearing will be held on
the plan before the commission
in the near future. The plan then
goes to the City Council for an
other public hearing and final &C
ton.
Members Of the committee that
did the initial work on the zonine
plan were Edward S. Holland
chairman; Councilman Leroy
Bendheim, City Attorney v. Floyc
Williams, Building Inspector A. r
Lash and Planning Director Philip
B. Hall.
Alexandria zoned all Of the an.
nexed area to R-20 when it tool
over January / to prevent any
hurried, large-scale development
before a master plan could bt
adopted for the area.
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