Text Box: January 2007 Text Box: County Master Plan had deemed CT zoning appropriate for all of the properties located on that side of town. He also pointed out that his Oberlin Ave. property and the vacant lot owned by town (part of which is currently used as parking by the Irish Inn) are the only non-commercial properties there. Councilmember Nancy Long remarked the Master Plan recommendations were made against the objections of the Glen EchoTown Council. She said she is particularly worried about the other allowable uses of the CT zoning. Councilmember Steve Matney said he thought the rezoning to CT would make it easier to rezone again into commercial properties. The list of allowable businesses in Text Box: —continued on page 3 Text Box: Architect Richard Leggin asked the town council at its Dec. 11 meeting to write a letter of support for his application for a change from R-60 (residential) zoning to CT (commercial/transistional) zoning for the house he recently purchased at 6110 Oberlin Avenue. He currently operates Richard Leggin Architects from the second floor of the building next door at 6112 Oberlin Ave. Mr. Leggin intends to renovate the building for use as his new architectural offices, adding a small apartment upstairs. The proposed renovation would also feature an addition increasing the footprint of the house from 1,152 square feet to 1,453 square feet. Leggin had appeared before the council in February to ask the town to write a letter of support for his application to the Parks and Planning department. Then, the town declined to write the letter because it didn’t feel it appropriate to support a commercial enterprise in this way. Members of the council questioned why he opted to pursue the CT zoning instead of asking for a special exception. A special exception would allow the property to be used for commercial purposes, but would revert back to residential zoning if and when he sold it. Councilmember Eve Arber expressed a concern Leggin would renovate the property, sell it, and then the new owners would tear it down and erect an office building. She was also concerned that new owners might buy all the adjacent properties on that side of town and combine the lots, thereby allowing the owner to turn the property into something undesirable. Mr. Leggin pointed out that the Montgomery Text Box: WHEN SNOW FALLS…. University Ave. is the designated Snow Emergency Route for the Town of Glen Echo. When snow is anticipated, residents are asked to park only on the northeast side of University Ave., the side nearest MacArthur Blvd. or on the side streets. There should be NO PARKING on the river side of University Ave. This will enable snow plows to keep a wide section of the roadway clear to permit fire and rescue access to town. Text Box: COUNCIL TAKES NO POSITION ON OBERLIN AVE. REZONING By Kathleen Kotcher