Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-01
3 zonii!n n Pleas
Set iof Hearings
In Montgomery
First Set Sept. 9;
Opposition Seen
In Mony Coses

Council retireS from ONCE In
November 1t faces . gruelline
round Of public hearings on So
applications for changes In the
new zoning ordinance.
During the July filing month
just passed, 81 new applications
for coming changes were filed,
with about 80 Of them arriving
just before Friday nights dead
line.
Most seek changes from single
family coming classifications to
permit commercial and apart
ment house development.
Primarily affected are the rap
idly developing Rockville pike.
the Woodmont triangle in Be-
thesda and the Wheaton area.
Hearings Start Sept. ..
The council will begin holding
hearings September 8. Although
not all applications have been
set for hearings, it is expected
they win extend through most
Of october.
Applications B-8O through B.
SO call for rezoning from single
family use to commercial, apart
ments and industrial portions Of
the 80-acre Heitmuller tract
along the southwest side Of Viers
Mill road, opposite the Wheaton
triangle.
Simon Sherman, Wheaton real
estate man who several months
ago announced the purchase Of
the tract for 100000, has asked
that Is acres be rezuned for
medium-density apartments.
Another is acres IL sought for
commercial development. Mr.,
Sherman wants the council to
permit light industrial use Of an
interior 4.6 acre plot. The hearing
has been set for September Is in
Silver Spring.
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OpIlslon =. pe0seu.
Inc Iezoning nid y expected
70 Draw opposition from some
CIVIC gfoups ia tne area ana
possibly nearby silver spring
businessmen.
announcer major step IN de-
veiopment OF q new commercial
area Is the filing OF 70 applica-
lions Tor general commercial re-
coming OF 81 small lots in the
Woodmont triangle.
The council has promoted the
coInmerclallzatlon OF the triangle
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consin avenue The trianc1a an.
rI;catiors ere sxrectad 70 fara
m nnnoe,tion r. thev ars
o,ontad ofter tha Sa,,ta,,,h., 1e
hearinos in BETHESDA more than
ia per cent Of the area viii he
ready for business constr,,ct;on
D THE Hvdeyno Corr, wh;ch Ia =
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9amnshire avsn,,e and Co1s.,,; liz
ROAD
prime tarcet for comr,.rc,o,
develonment alone RockvilIs ,,;l-a
is tha ares hetwean Corrett pars
road and the PockvilIe c;t1
line
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clyde Mobley has asked again
Tor general commercial use OF q
1.4-acre triangle bounded BY the
town ROAD
Kass-Berger. Inc wants SINH
lar coming for Al, 18-acre tract
1000 feet north Of Old George
TOWN road.
The big new Colonial Manor
motel is seeking commercial re-
coming of 81, $50 square feet abut-
ting it on the south. County OFF,
Gals said rezoning is sought for
construction OF q chain OF res
taurantS. The motel now has no
restaurants.
Bitter opposition from Garrett
Park residents Is anticipated
when the council holds a hearing
September 80 on an application
fled last January by the Park
side Apartment developers. The
developers want to increase the
density OF apartments, now per-
mitted on q 58-acre tract abut-
ting Garrett Park.
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Garrett Park residents last
year tailed In their move 10 nave