
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 30, 1990                   TAG: 9005300383
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Leslie Taylor
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

SALEM COUNCIL OKS REZONING FOR VETS BUILDING

Salem City Council gave final approval Tuesday to rezoning property near the Veterans Affairs Medical Center for construction of a multiuse building for the Roanoke and Salem chapters of Disabled American Veterans Inc.

The DAV intends to build a $250,000 "combined chapter home" on 1.4 acres in the 2200 block of Boulevard, to be used only by members of the organization. The property is across the street from a 17-acre site where construction of the state's first veterans' nursing home is to begin this year.

The DAV building will include a thrift store, an assembly hall and club and will replace the facility operated by the DAV's Roanoke chapter in the Wasena Park area.

Council's vote came one month after DAV officials and residents of the nearby Boulevard Estates subdivision met - at council's suggestion - to allay citizen concerns.

The rezoning carries several conditions: that the building only be used for DAV activities and not be rented for other purposes; that DAV meetings be soundproofed; that the thrift store serve as a distribution center and not a drop-off site; that a privacy fence be constructed; and that the building be used only for its stated purposes.

by CNB