Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-08-25
No Heavy Industry Class
City VIII Get Zoning Ordinance
Draft for Control Of Density


David Cahoon to draw up new
coming ordinance for the city,
using as a model, the coming
ordinance adopted in December
1858, by the Maryland Park and
Planning Commission for the
regional district in Montgomery
County.
The new ordinance will pro-
vide density" coming to control
large VS.. small homes and apart
ments. The one exception rec
commended by the City Planning
Commission is that there will be
only one industrial classification,
Eight Industrial.
1t was proposed that the few
heavy industries already in the
town could become monochrome
ing and also that some of the
heavy industries, such as cinder
block manufacturing, could be re-
classified under light industry.
Instead of the present classifi-
cations of single-family, two
family, apartments, commercial,
light and heavy industrial, there
will be IL classifications under
the new ordinance. These will
be:
Residential: single family, two
acres to the living unit; one and
half acres; 5000 So. it. and
5000 so. it.; two-family, 1000
So. fit. to the living unit; apart
ments, 5000 so. fit. to the living
unit, 1000 ca. fit. and 1000 So. #.
Commercial: office buildings,
local shopping centers and gen.
eral commercial areas.
Light industrial.
Mr. Cahoon has promised a
draft of the new ordinance for
the Mayor and Councils ap-
prevail at IAN early date" after
which a time will be set for a
public hearing.
Commission members making
their first progress report on the
city's master plan were Herman
Hartman, chairman; Mayor Dick
ran Hovsepian, Leslie Able,
Robert Maddox and Walter
Taylor. Mayor Hovsepian pre-
dicted January as the deadline
for presenting the master plan.
Reporting on parts of the plan
formulated so far, the Mayor
outlined a system of inner and
outer-belt roads and construction
of new railroad underpasses to
relieve traffic congestion on
Routes 240, % and Viers Mill
Road.
Included in this will be the
improvement and Strengthening
of Halpine Road, extension of
Maryland Avenue to meet Falls
Road, extension of Lewis Avenue,
a through street in the Lincoln
Park area to tie in with Norbeck
Road, relocation of Route % to
First Street with a crossing
underpasS to tie into Richie
Parkway; connecting link from
Hungerford Drive through the
west end to the new cloverleaf;
and a cutoff from Viers Mill to
Stonestreet Avenue.
Robert Maddox reviewed the
problems of the central business
district and suggested that the
ratio of parking area to shopping
area should be increased at least
to a ratio to one with an overall
parking ratio increased to one
and a half to one and also that
the business area in this district
must be expanded at least so
percent.
1t was suggested that if the
triangle at Hungerford Drive
and North Washington could be
developed with a ratio of two
J to one parking this might be
enough to rescue the downtown
business area from strangulation.
Of the 425 acres in Rockville
available for potential CONNER
cial and industrial development,
4312 are in the central business
district, 225 in the Rockville
strip" along Route 240 and the
BIO tracks, and 1855 in the out
lying districts.
The Mayor and Council, in
order to carry out its heavy
schedule of capital construction
projects budgeted for So SO, held
II hearings on proposed four.
foot, concrete sidewalk projects
Throughout the town. Three, total
ing $4,000, were turned down at
the request of the majority of
the property owners on Aber.
deem Road, Brent Road and Glad
stone Drive.
Approved were eight projects,
estimated at $21,250, for side
walks on parts of Atlantic Ave.
nue., Cedar Lane, Crabb Avenue,
Grandin Avenue, Halsey Drive,
Wainwright Avenue, West Lyn-
field Drive and Dean Drive.
These are all financed on the
front foot benefit basis with