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Permit Sought
ForCemetery
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Council Will Hold
Public Hearing in
Petition August 7

Petition August !
An application for a permit tx
establish a cemetery on a 242-
acre tract fronting on Bel Pre-
road between Layhill road anc
Georgia avenue has been received
by the Montgomery County Coun.
Gil.
The council yesterday set 8
public hearing on the application
for 8 pm. August Z at the Silver
Spring liquor dispenSary building
The petition was filed by H
Glenn Garvin, a real estate dealer
of 3401 East-West highway. II
is the third cemetery petition
considered by the council in the
last eight months.
The proposed cemetery site lies
about half a mile west of Georgia
avenue and touches the 211-acre
tract that is proposed by the New
Mount Olivet Cemetery Co. as a
site for a new Catholic cemetery.
Hearing Held in April.
The council held a public hear
ing on the Catholic cemetery petit
ton last April. No action has
been taken.
Mr.. Garvin said the tract he
owns could not be developed for
home construction for many years
because of the lack of sewer and
water facilities in the area. He
said the major portion Of the
tract drains toward the Northwest
Branch.
Mr.. Gavin said he would pro-
vide a landscape area 500 to 1000
feet wide between Bel Pre- road
and the cemetery. He said the
tract has a l 1,440-foot frontage on
the south side of the road.
The council last November
granted a petition over stormy op-
position for a cemetery on the VIII
kins estate on the Rockville pike
The council yesterday took
under advisement a proposal OF
Carl Freeman, Bethesda builder,
aimed at speeding up front foot
benefit assessment projects wanted
by builders and developers.
Have Two Courses.
His attorney, Dewitt S. Hyde,
told the council, builders now can
either get road building permits
and pay the entire cost of street
construction or they can apply for
a front foot benefit project under
which other abutting property
owners share the cost of construc-
tion.
Under the latter method, he
said, delay of one and one-half
to two years often occurs until
the council can provide for the
projects in its annual budget.
Mr.. Freeman, however, urged
the council to permit the build
ers to do the engineering, and put
UP the money for the project.
Later the county would assess the
other property owners their share
of the cost and reimburse the
builder.
Mr.. Freeman said the speedup
in the operation would save
builders a great deal of time and
money. He also charged that in
many cases other abutting prop
erty owners refuse to pay their
share of streets wanted by
builders of new homes and as a
result "get a free ride"
The council also held a public
hearing on purchase of four lots
in Wheaton for parking lot sites.
The lots would cost about $57 900.
They would bring the Wheaton
parking lot acquisition expendi-
lures to 100000. County officials
have been authorized to negotiate
for $175,000 worth of parking lot
sites in the Wheaton business sec
tion.
Option on Tract Released.
An option on a tract for extern
sion of the Ellsworth drive park
ing lot in Silver Spring was re-
leased by the county yesterday.
The 9.000-square-foot lot would
have cost the county about
$33, 800.
The council announced that
public hearings on the proposed
new county zoning ordnance will
be held during the week of Oc-
tober 13. Copies Of the ordinance
are not yet available to the public,
David L. Cahoon, clerk to the
council. said. He said they prob
ably will be ready in September.
The council also set a public
hearing for September Is in the
Rockville court house on the pro-
posed Upper Montgomery County
Subdivision regulations. The
hearing was requested by the
Dec