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mayor and Council:
+. Antietam st. Extension
The Council, by a vote of 4 to l.,
voted to pay up to $4,000 toward the
cost of rough grading the planned
extension of East Antietam Street
from Cannon Avenue to Cleveland
Avenue.
Councilman Luther Broom voted
against the expenditure because he
felt it would be the violation of the
city's policy of having real estate
developers to do their own rough
grading of streets in new develop
ments.
At a previous meeting of the
Mayor and Council, Lee Slime, who
recently bought the tract of land be-
tween Cannon and Cleveland Az
enues, dedicated a right-of-way for
the new street extension to the City
without any cost but a representa-
tive appeared before the Council on
Thursday night and asked that Mr..
Slime be relieved of the stipulation
that he should do his own rough
grading, since he estimated that the
land he dedicated to the City for the
new street is worth $4,000 and he
felt that since the City was getting
this right-of-Way without having
to pay anything for the land, it was
only right that they help in the ex-
pense of rough grading, which he
estimated would cost another $4,000.
Councilman j. Frank Elicit
pointed out that there was a differ
ence between developing tract OF
land for new dwellings and develop
ing tract Of land, not only to bring
a new industry to the City which
would give employment to some 400
people, but would also provide an
other entrance to the Dual Highway
by the full extension of Antietam
Street to Cleveland Avenue.
City Fire Zone Extended
The Council, by unanimous vote,
voted to amend the city building
code to provide for the extension of
the city's fire zone as follows:
The new fire zone will extend
north to include Fairchild Plant on
Pennsylvania Avenue, some com
mercial buildings just beyond, it, and
the nearby Central Iron Works, and
will be extended to the south to in
clude the industrial area being de-
veloped between Cleveland and Can
non Avenues (this is the property
that Mr.. Slime is developing on the
former Holzapfel tract).
City Engineer Williams requested
these changes, SO that they will
come under the special fire safety
regulations that are effective within
the city's fire zone.
Development To Buy City Water
The Antietam Company, which
owns the development that includes
the proposed Shopping Center and
st. Mary's High School, requested
the Mayor and Council to approve
an agreement, subject to a final OK
by the water superintendent, which
would permit the Company. to buy
water from the city in that section of
its property, outside the city limits,
where housing development is GO
ing on. Under the agreement, the
Company will build and pay for a
water distributing system from the
city line to all points of develop
ments outside the city and will pay
the city the regular out-of-town
rates for water, that are, of course,
much higher than those paid by tax
payers, that are, of course, much
higher than those paid by taxpay-
ers within the city.
The Company also requested the
Mayor and Council to approve a
similar agreement for a sewer serv-
ice, but this latter agreement includ-
ed clause that provided for a sewer
service only if it is found, when the
service is called for, that the sewer
age disposal plant will be able to
handle the increase load.
Both agreements were approved
by the Mayor and Council subject
to the final OK by the water super
intendent, but it is understood that
while the Company will proceed i'm
mediately with the water system de-
velopment, it is doubtful whether
they will, at this time, do anything
about the sewerage system.
Zoning Ordinance Changed
The recommendation of the Board
of Zoning Appeals that the coming
classification of West Washington
Street, from Foundry Street to De- /
vonshire Road, be changed from
residential to retail business was so
ordered by the Council A public
hearing was held on this proposal
change in to the zoning ordinance