Evening star., 1960-07-18

invited to express their views, it
Brig. Gen. A. c. yelling,
sioner and chairman of the Zoni
opinions from several groups.
He has addressed letters to the
Washington Parking Associa-
ton, the Washington Building
Congress, the National Capital
Downtown Committee, Inc, the
Washington Real Estate Board,
Merchants and Manufacturers
Association, the Metropolitan
Chapter of the American In
Stitute of Architects, the Met
ropolitan Washington Board of
Trade. the Building Owners and
Managers Association, Inc, the
Motor Vehicle Parking Agency,
the Central Business Mems As
sociation, the Federation of
Citizens Associations. the Fed
Grafton of Civic Associations
and the Committee of One Hun
dred on the Federal City. A
public hearing would be held
later, before any new regulation
change is adopted.
Gen. yelling wrote: For my
part, I Have had owners re-
Gently state to me that they
made a mistake by not provid-
ing off-street parking in their
new downtown buildings. In
other cases, l have attempted
to persuade building owners to
make provision for off-street
parking in their new Offices in
the CA district downtown.
Naturally, not all of the. off,
street parking requirements
can be met by provision there
for in new buildings, but there
certainly seems to be merit
for owners to provide for their
own purposes as much of such
parking as they reasonably
can.
Coordination Promised
Whatever is done in the
downtown area in relation to
general zoning will be coordl-
mated with the work of the Ma
tional Capital Downtown Com
mittee. It should be realized.
however, that the physical re-
suits of the Downtown Com
n1ittee planning will rot take
shape for sometime, whereas
construction permits for down
town buildings are being issued
currently and continuously"
Gen. yelling said the Zon-
ing Commission is now willing
to take fresh look regarding
parking downtown. He asked
the organizations to which he
has written to give their views
in writing to Donald S. Bittin-
ger, chairman, Citizens Zoning
Advisory Committee, HOO H
street NV. Mr.. Bittinger is
president of the Washington
Gas Light Co. He has appoint
ed a special subcommittee of
his committee to consider
whether there should be a re-
quirement for off-street park
ing downtown.
This subcommittee consists
of GroSvenor Chapman of
Brown, Chapman and Miller;
Randall H. Hagner jr., of Ran
dali H. Hagner & Co. and STAN
ley S. CARRIER of the Equitable
Life Assurance Co.
1858 Ruling Cited
When the committee promul-
gated the new zoning regula-
ton in May, 1858, it added a
requirement for off-street park
ing in all districts but CA. ca
covers downtown generally,
roughly Pennsylvania avenue to
M street, and Sixth to Nine
teenth streets NV, but with
irregular boundaries
The Districts coming consul
tant, Harold Lewis, recon-
mended off-street parking for
downtown. But the Zoning
Commission decided because of
widespread opposition, adoption
would not then be eXpedient.
But recent hearings before
the House Appropriations Sub
committee on the Districts 1861
budget again brought the mat
ter to the fore. There is a pend
ing proposal to create under
ground parking at Farragut
Square. Gen. yelling promised
the subcommittee to have the
whole subject thoroughly re-
viewed.
Robert o. Clouser, planning
officer of the Zoning Commits