Evening star., 1954-04-22
Apartments
zoning Plea
Again Denied
CoroIe Highlands
Residents Win Fight
To Retuin Ban

Those who would erect apart
mentS in the Carole Highlands
area took another beating yes
terday before the Prince Georges
County commissioners.
About rs persons showed up to
argue successfully for the ninth
or tenth time against easing their
neighborhood's zoning laws.
Meeting in the County Service
Building in Hyattsville. the
county board rejected two appli-
cations which asked:
/. Low-density PARTNER t
buildings on a 5,7-acre tract
fronting almost 600 feet on the
east side of New Hampshire ave-
nue., about 1,100 feet south Of
University lane.
2. Seml-detached housing on
an L-shaped, 1.7-acre area ad-
joining the other property.
Both are now restricted to
single dwellings.
The applicant was Plunkett q
Maddox, Inc, represented by j.
Douglas Bradshaw, a Montgom-
cry County delegate to the Mary
land Legislature.
Cites 1852 Master Plan.
He argued that a 1852 master
plan of the area recommended
low-density apartments for the
area: that the Maryland-Na-
tional Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission approved the
proposal. generally; that it was
supported by Takoma Parks
mayor and council, and unop-
posed by seven neighboring
citizens associations.
Fred Schulman. president of
the Carole Highlands Citizens
Association. argued that:
The area does not need apart
ments. since existing apartments
there are vacant; more apart
ments would crowd the neigh.
borhood's schools; the areas
character would be damaged,
and that civic groups who went
on record as agreeing to the
proposal, must have done so
because they fear commercial
firms will encroach on the area
unless apartments are built there
first.
Act on Other Applications.
The zoners denied four other
applications. and approved four.
Philip M. and Philomena v.
Mealo were refused low-density
apartments in Ednonston. Re-
Stricted to single homes, the
property fronts 185 feet on Fifty
first avenue and 292 feet on Crit.
tenden street.
Another low-density apart
ment proposal was turned down
in the Burgess subdivision in
Hyattsville. Fronting 800 feet on
the south side of Emerson street,
the property is owned by George
c. Zouras. It also is zoned for
single houses.
Olga MaZza lost her bid for
general commercial use of a
single dwelling property in Col
lege Park, on the northwest
corner of Greenbelt road and
Forty-eighth avenue.
Potomac Products Corp. was
refused permission to use a
Berwyn property for light in
dustry. The parcel fronts So feet
on Fifty-fourth avenue and 200
feet along the Berwyn road. 1t
is zoned for general commercial
and rural residences.
Theodore C. and Emma D.
Downing won two verdicts per-
mitting them to put up semi
detached houses on adjoining
lots in the Pinecrest subdivision.
now zoned for one-famlly de-
tached houses.
Low-density apartment use was
approved for a Riverdale prop
erty fronting 80 feet on River
dale road, with a depth of 267
feet. It is opposite Riverdale
Elementary School and formerly
was zoned for single homes.
General and local commercial
use was approved for a parcel
fronting 1900 feet on the south
side of Defense highway and
1850 feet on the north side Of
the proposed Seventy-sixth place.
near West Lanham Hills. 1t for
merly was zoned for single
houses. The boards approval
included requirement to screen
the local commercial zone by
landscaping and restricted gen.
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