Evening star., 1952-05-22
Home Owners
Stall Plans for
NewApartments
Prince Georges Folk
Declare Schools and
Rouds Come First

Roads Come First
Two groups of Prince Georges
County home owners marked up
victories today in fights to block
apartment construction until
schools. roads and other public
facilities are adequate.
Another band OF protesting citi-
zens won delay of decision on
an open-air. drive-in theater for
colored patrons.
The county commissioners, in
bedlam lasting four hours, denied
four applications in zoning hear
ings at Hyattsville yesterday.
Seven other requests were ap-
proved.
Successful objectors to proposed
rezonings to permit erection of
apartments were residents of the
Silver Hill and Chillum areas.
An equally determined group
from the Central avenue-Ritchie
Road section halted the request
for an open air movie-uSe permit.
Oppose Two Projects.
Heaviest attacks were launched
against two applications filed by
Leroy Pumphrey, attorney for the
Morris Miller holdings in Hill
crest Heights.
One sought reclassification Of
three acres on Twenty-third park
way and Catskill street from resi-
Dental to apartment listing. The
land is now zoned for single-fam-
lily dwellings.
The third rezoning proposal sue
csssfully attacked was filed by
Zipkin, Inc. It asked that II acres
of the Riggs Estate in the Chillum
area from single-family residential
to apartment classification.
A delegation of IS persons pro-
tested the Hillcrest Heights appli-
cations. They were led by Gordon
w. Crozier and Thomas E. Land
voigt, president and secretary Of
the Silver Hill Citizens Associa-
ton.
Both officials and members Of
their group expressed surprise and
"shock" when they were informed
that property adjacent to that in
question yesterday was zoned for
apartment use six months ago.
They claimed they had not been
notified of the hearing which pro-
duced the ruling. but commission
ers said the proposal had been
advertised.
Mr.. Landvoigt told the county
heads that his delegation will re-
view the action and will use every
legal means to block all apart
ments in the community.
200 Sign Protest.
Irving A. Levine, president OF
the Riggs Manor Citizens Associa-
ton, was chief spokesman for q
delegation of Is who objected to
the Zipkin application. He pre-
sented petitions with 200 sigma
lures.
Mr.. Levine said an influx Of
apartment dwellers would add to
difficulties at already overcrowded
schools and would increase traffic
hazards on inadequate roads.
Apartments are a burden on
the county," Commissioner H.
Wilson Spicknall declared. They
do not carry their own weight"
The rejected request for a use
permit for the open-air theater
was filed by Benning Drive-In.
Inc. which operates similar en-
terprises in Maryland and Vir-
ginia. The commissioners zoned
the land on Ritchie road near
Central avenue for commercial use
a few months ago.
The applicants ran into diff
Guilty when they sought the special
permit required. Persons living
nearby objected. and the commits
Sioners held up decision.
A delegation of Is protested the
plan yesterday. They brought with
them petitions signed by 81 resi-
dents Of the section.
Three Win Approval.
These zoning applications were
approved:
Petition of Andrew A. Horner,
jr., for reclassification of portions
of three blocks in New Hampshire
Gardens subdivision, Takoma Park.
from apartment to residential; PEI
tition Of John J. Widmayer for re-
zoning of two lots in Block S, first
Rhode Island avenue addition to
Mount Rainier, from residential to
industrial.
Also, petition of Walter L. Cof-
fren and Maude E. Coffren for
reclassification of lot on the
east side of Oakwood lane. north
of Marlboro pike, from residential
to commercial: petition of Emile
Croci for rezoning of part Of
Gretta subdivision on the north
west corner of River road and
Lawrence place from light indus
trial and heavy commercial to
heavy industrial.
Use permits were granted to:
Mary j. Tucker for a gasoline
station at the intersection Of
Suitland road and First street,
Suitland; H. Carlyle De Lozier,
agent, for an automobile repair
shop or garage on parts Of three
lots in Holiday subdivision,
Brentwood.
| Edward w. Nylen. attorney for
the estate of Horace Allen, de-
ceased. and Deer Park. Inc, was
given a permit to remove sand and
gravel from Deer Park Heights.
formerly known as the Ludke
tract in the 9Th election district.
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