Evening star., 1953-09-27
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Silver Springs
Business Bulge
Council Will Hear
Appeal to Enlarge
Commercial Zone

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The long-enduring battle of
the bulge", along the Silver Spring
business district line will be re-
newed tomorrow night as the
Montgomery County Council
holds a public hearing on a re-
quest to extend the business
boundaries.
The council will sit at s pm.
at the Silver Spring Liquor Dis
penSary to hear requests for
commercial rezoning of three
parcels on Ellsworth drive be-
tween Fenton street and Cedar
street.
In two previous rounds, the
property owners failed to get
their residential land rezoned.
That was in 1947 and in 1949.
AS in the past, the Maryland
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission recommended
denial Of the rezoning applica-t
ton.
Commission Favors Expansion.
The commission contends that
the presently available CONNER.
cial areas in Silver Spring should
be developed before the CONNER
clal pattern is allowed to spread
out towards adjacent residential
communities.
At the same time the COM
mission reiterated it's support of
the general expansion of the
business community. but added:
"We do not believe it is in the
public interest to extend COM
mercial rezoning along Ellsworth
drive unless similar growth is
planned along Pershing drive,
Wayne avenue, Colesville road
and other parallel streets"
The commission also said that
before any such expansion takes
place, a revised Silver Spring
zoning plan based on classical
tions embodied in the new zon-
ing ordinance should be widely
circulated.
The present zoning plan was
prepared in 1943.
The owners of the property in
question are John L. and Made
line c. Smith. John j. and
Jeanne D. Wachter and Herbert
T. and Louise Yeager.
Business Section Warned.
In submitting its recommen-
dations to the County Council,
the planners attached it's tech
nical staff report on the 1949
petitions.
At that time the commission
staff said the Silver Spring busi-
ness district must define its COM
mercial boundaries and stick to
them if it wants to survive as an
independent business community
and not become simply one of
the many busy intersections on
the Fourteenth street and Geor-
gia avenue approaches to Wash
ington." ..Mo ..s.....
Six other zoning petitions in
MONTGOMERY and Prince Georges
Counties also were opposed by
the commission while three were
recommended for approval. All
recommendations were sent to
the Montgomery Council and
the Prince Georges Commisslon-
ers who have final zoning au-
thority in their areas.
Denials Recommended.
Other petitions recommended
for denial by the commission:
BY Arthur A. Dyer, R-55 (Sin-
gle-family detached homes) and
R-R rural residentiaD to Rib
dow density apartments) of
land on the northwest side Of
Forty-first avenue adjacent to,
Anacostia River Park, North
Brentwood.
By William Robinowitz, resi-
Dental A to commercial D of %
acres on Viers Mill road about
a quarter of a mile north of
Viers Mill Village.
BY Walter Dawson, residential
A to c (apartments) of 18 acres
on GroSvenor lane between Old
Georgetown road and the Rock
vile pike, northwest Of
Bethesda.
BY James H. Pugh, residen-
tial A to commercial D of land
at Harvard avenue and Mac
Arthur boulevard, Glen Echo.
BY Mr.. Pugh, residential A to
c of property opposite the above
tract.
BY Jerome S. Murray, residen-
tial A to commercial D of five
acres at Colesville and Good
Hope ROADS, near COleSVllle.
The three applications in
dorsed by the commission are:
BY Marjorie Downey Howard.
residential A to commercial D
of four acres at Wall lane and
the Rockville pike, near
Bethesda.
BY A. G.. and Esther Cortes
Graft. residential A to CONNER
cial D of 4910 Hampden lane,
Bethesda.
BY Arris N. Justice, C-1 1ocal
commercially to CO general
commercially of property on the
north side Of Riggs road near
Chillum road. Chillum.
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