Evening star., 1953-01-22
Fairfax Board
Holds Up New
zOniing Actions
Curtuiis Hearings
Until Master Plan
Results Con Be Seen

The Fairfax Board of County
Supervisors is curtailing future
rezoning actionS--at least until
the new master plan is complete.
On motion of Supervisor Maui
rice Fox, it was voted yesterday
not to hear any new rezoning
applications until April Is, and
to conduct rezoning hearings at
three-month intervals there
after.
It has been the supervisors
practice to hold monthly re-
zoning hearings. One more of
the monthly hearings will be
held on February 18 on applica-
tions that already have been
filed.
This will slow down rezonings
until we get some idea what this
master plan is going to be like"
said Mr.. Fox.
Plan Costing 100000.
G. Wallace Carper, chairman
of the Board of Supervisors, said
it is costing the county about
500, 900 to have the master plan
prepared.
I'VE ought to find out what
that is going to be like before
we go ahead with many more big
rezonings," said Mr.. Carper.
Mrs. Anne wilkins, supervisor
from Falls Church District, said
many planning experts recon-
mend annual rezoning hearings,
but she did not advocate such a
drastic change now.
Attorney John Wood, who was
In the room when the discus
sion arose, protested that the
builders should have some ad-
vance notice of the moratorium.
Mr.. Fox replied that, if any
emergency rezoning cases arose,
the supervisors. on their own
motion, could advertise them for
public hearing.
II. F. Schumann, planning di-
rector, said a preliminary mas
ter plan probably will not be
ready before the end Of this
year.
Affects S Applications.
The new policy on zoning had
its effect on at least five re-
zoning applications before the
supervisors yesterday. One of
the reasons given for deferring
three applications and denying
two others was that the super
visors want to wait until work
is more advanced on the master
plan.
Those applications deferred
we're: One hundred and thirty
seven acres on Sherman road
near Fairfax Circle, from rural
to suburban residence; 4 acres
on Lee boulevard 1000 feet east
of Fairfax Circle, from rural
residence to rural business; 122
acres on the west side of route
627 adjacent to Little Hunting
Creek, from rural to urban resi-
dence.
Denied were 10 acres on the
north side of Blunt's lane. ada
cent to old No. / highway, from
suburban residence to general
business, and 1876 acres on the
east side of Telegraph road near
Wilton Woods, from suburban
residence to general business.
Protests Taking of Fee.
Attorney Andrew w. Clarke.
who presented several of the un-
successful applications, protested
that the county should not &C
cept the $50 fee for rezoning
applications, if it did not intend
to take any action.
The supervisors did grant five
applications as follows: One acre
on the south side Of route 244,
just west of Route 236, from
suburban residence to general
business; q 600-foot extension Of
the Bailey'S Cross Roads busi-
ness district. along Columbia
pike to Oak street, from sub
urban residence to general busi-
ness; a. acres adjacent to the
Southern Railway tracks on the
east side of Rolling road from
agricultural to Industrial; %
acres on the east side of route
237, just outside the Fairfax
town limits from rural residence
to suburban residence, and TO-
900 square feet on the north
side of No. l highway, opposite
the Herring Lumber Co. at
Engleside, from rural residence
to general business.