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~Sov~h®r 27, I~;~4? ~:i~y Plax~-ox~ City flY .I~s 1~lla~s,. 2e~cas :)ear sir: T taoul~ files to ts~~ s,~y- infor~ticaas v~r: it~Y: you - be ~b3.e ~ ~~ ~ opt tine px~bls~ ®~' b?ty F1in~„ Ord also ~dviae ox~ t~ ers~t, Vory txna3y yours, J, 1~, ~3i.~xaoys mayor C~.t`J cif' ~c33,ego ~ts.tl.on Cc+llv~e ~tatis~n, ~~ AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLANNING OFFICIALS NE i~S LETTER TO PROMOTE EFFICIENCY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN LAND AND COMMUNITY PLANNING Vol. 5, No. I I 1313 EAST 60+h STREET, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS PLANNERS NEED TO KNOW- In our opinion (which is undoubtedly preju- diced), members of the planning profession and mem- bers of planning commissions in all levels of gov- ernment ought to be concerning themselves with a number of important matters among which are: (a) Planning Personnel. Where are the plan- ners coming from? Y?hat education should they have? 4?hat experience should they have had before they can assume directive positions? What education should a man have had before he is permitted to take a civil service PxamingtlOn? In a number of recent instances, civil service requirements for applicants have insisted that the applicants be graduates of recognized schools of plAnn;ng or re- cognized schools of architecture or engineering, and in most cases they have failed 'to state "or equivalent." This means that some of the outstand- ing planners in the United States would not be permitted to apply for the examination. Is there something about the profession of ar- chitecture or engineering, as it is taught in mar{y of the schools, which makes a man more competent to be a director of a large planning office with many administrative duties than a man who has grad- uated in political science and public administra- tion, but who has taken courses in planning or ar- chitecture or engineering? At any rate, it is important that there be developed some standards for admittance into the profession of planning. (b) Housing. Just how much information do we have to have before a housing project can be prop- erly located? Does the real property inventory provide suitable information? Or, more particular- ly, can a suitable housing program be developed by merely following the requirements of the USHA? Is it possible to have a well-rounded and adequate housing program without first having a community plan? This is not criticism cf the present housing program. Conditions are so bad in most of our large cities as to practically preclude error in the location of many of the first projects. In other words, one can gamble on the fact that so much rebuilding has to be done as to make possible the proper accidental location of housing projects. NOVEMBER, 1939 This is admittedly a precarious manner in which to ksandle a housing program, particularly when it is extended, as all friends of housing hope it will be. (c) Zoning. What are we going to do about the zoning of property in the rural and urban fringes? Do we have sound zoning when the excessive land subdivided into lots, land which probably never will be used for residential purposes, is placed in a residential area? Arent we merely avoiding the real issue? Have we set up anry suitable stan- dards to provide for large-scale housing develop- ments in the better residential neighborhoods, or are we going to continue to amend our zoning or- dinances in each instance if we think that the par- ticular project will do no harm? (d) Public Works. And do we really have enough information on which to base public works programs? Interesting experiments in the development of pub- lic works programs are being conducted by the NR.PB in a number of American cities. These experiments make no attempt to appraise the planning in the community. The experiments may prove, although we have no way of knowing what they will prove at this time, that we could have better public works pro- gramming if we had sounder planning to serve asthe basis for those programs. How can we determine what the transportation needs of a community will be if we have no know- ledge of the probable future street facilities? How can we determine what the future sewer and water needs will be if we have failed to establish a density pattern which will tell us how many per- sons have to be served at some future time by these facilities? i+hat is the first question that John Doe asks when he is appointed a member of a plan commission? Isn~t it, "What is II4' job?" And isn~t his second question, °How do I go about doing ~ job?" {ghat information is now available to answer either of these two questions? ASPO is preparing a zoning manual and a per- sonnel manual which we hope will answer some of these questions. ASPO would like the help of our members in finding answers to all these ques- tions. ~9HB ~+ WINTER PLANNING MEETING The American Society of Planning Officials will hold a discussion conference on planning problems and administration in the city of Chi- cago some time during January or February of 1940. Dates tentatively selected are January 18 and 19. The conference will follow the procedure used in two previous meetings, and will be lim- ited entirely to discussion. There will be no papers presented. This form of procedure seem- ed satisfactory to a.l]. of those who attended the previous meetings. The time and place of the conference, to- gether with a list of subjects to be discussed, will be announced in a f store issue of the News Letter. In the meantime we should like to have from our members statements of pressing ad- ministrative problems which the members think could be profitably discussed. ASPO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS The FScecutive Committee of the American Society of Planning Officials, consisting of President Ben H. Kizer, Vice-President Harold S. Osborne, and Messrs. Bettman, Buttenheim, and Tugwell, met in New York on October 16. At that time a number of important decisions were reached. First, it was agreed to hold the National Conference on Planning in San Francisco early in July, 1940, if necessary arrangements can be made. Second, a winter dis- cussion meeting of planning problems and adminis- tration will be held in Chicago during January or February. The FScecutive Committee appointed a committee to consider the creation of ASPO sections or chap- ters, and another committee was appointed to bring in a report on highway p1Rnn;ng, We anticipate that the ASPO highway committee will work jointly with a committee to be appointed by the Institute of Traffic Engineers. The Executive Committee also authorized the issuance of membership certificates to members of the Society. FALL MEETING OF A I P The American Institute of Planners held its fall meeting at Spring Mill Park, Indiana. The program was arranged by vice-president Sheridan, and was devoted to a discussion of local planning with principal emphasis on the improvement of organ- ization for local planning and the improvement of planning technique. On the evening of the first day a group of about fifteen persons were gathered talking about general matters. One of the younger men said, "Do you mean to tell methat these are all the planners in the United States?", to which L. Segoe replied, "There are not that magv." WHAT IS A BUSINESS? An attempt was recently made in the California legislature to amend the county zoning legislation so that billboards would be specificallvy called commercial enterprises and be permitted in any area where a commercial building existed. That attempt was defeated, as outlined in the News Letter of August, 1939. Since that time we have had considerable cor- respondence regarding the matter of business in rural areas. On the magnificent Y~estchester County Parkvray one will find attractive gasoline stations. These are unquestionably commercial uses, but they have been so designed and so located that they are not obnoxious; they are essential services for the traveler. If the contention made in California is correct, the mere fact of the existence of a gaso- line station would open up such areas to billboards; and if the contention is correct, billboards would also have to be permitted wherever a farmer has constructed a roadside stand to sell vegetables. Bdodel urban zoning ordinances have recognized that there is a distinction bet~seen various com- mercial and retail uses. It is just as important that the distinction be kept in mind i.n rural zon- ing, and particularly in eyy so-called "model rural zoning legislation." a ~.~ ' E F , ,,, - ~ . _, HUTCHINSON RNER PARKWAY Filling stations, Highland Avenue, ask; ~ T_"~_ .--.,,~.:, Pent/ M. Dunean, De{. Office of Landscape Architect Clixtox F. Loyd, A+cXitecixral Defipnrr Courtesy, westcneszer t,oun~y • W, ~ ~~•••••••_-__ ANOTHER PLANNING PRIMER Under the title of Xour Home Town the New Hampshire Planning and Development Commission, through Frederick P. Clark, has prepared a commu- nity development handbook which provides "non- technical, understandable information on various problems associated with development of a communi- ty." The chapters deal with The People of the Com- munity, Industrial Development, Recreation Business Development, Residential Development, Traffic and Transportation, Parks and Playgrounds, Provision of Community Services, and The Community Financial Plan. There is also an appendix which includes the various planning and zoning acts in New Hampshire. The publication is available at the price of 25¢. 90 r TRAINING LOCAL PLANNING TECHNICIANS Most of the states suffer from a shortage of trained planning personnel. It has often been said that many localities, and particularly the small communities, would like to undertake planning pro- grams if personnel were available to direct the programs and develop the technical work. It has also been suggested that city engineers in the small communities might undertake at least part of the work, possibly under adequate supervision. Such a solution is admittedly temporary and has its shortcomings. On the other hand, it is admitted that many small communities cannot at the present time provide the funds to hire full-time techni- cians. How are we to train city engineers and others so that they know at least the elementary and ru- dimentary principles of local planning? (Additional training would also be welcomed by many planning technicians.) One possible method which might be investigated by state planning boards is through vocational training programs under the George Deen act. This act, adopted by Congress in 1937, appro- priated 14 million dollars for vocational education in the states. The money is given on a matching basis against public funds provided by the state or local governments or both, and the work is done under the direction of the state board of vocation- al education. One of the types of education is public service training. All education must be on the non-college level but t$is does not mean that the education need be on a lower technical level than that offered by a college. It does mean that the education shall contribute to useful employment and shall not be designed merely to fit into an academic sequence of courses. It is conceivable that such programs night be undertaken under the sponsorship of the state planning board as a public body. State planning boards which are interested should get in touch with their state boards for vocational education to determine if such programs can be developed. They are already operating suc- cessfully in a number of states for the teaching of policemen, firemen, ~raterworks operators, sani- tary engineers, and other public officials. COUNTY ZONING IN MICHIGAN'S UPPER PENINSULA . Marquette, largest county in Michigan (con- taining 1,196,800 acres,- 1,738 square miles of land), is the first county in the state to prepare and pass a zoning ordinance, writes Stanley Wil- liams, Executive Secretary of the Marquette County Planning Committee, in the October Michigan Munic- ipal Review. Three areas - forestry, recreational, and un- restricted - have been set up in the ordinance ap- proved by the Board of Supervisors in August, 1938, and by the Michigan Planning Commission in October ,~° of the same year, in accordance with procedure pre- scribed in the ;Michigan statute. There is strong popular support for the ordinance in the county. CALIFORNIA PLANNING COMMISSIONS MUST NOW PASS ON SCHOOL SITES Three new sections have been added to the School Code of the state of California, having re- ceived the approval of the Governor on June 7. It is now required that school boards obtain the as- sistance and advice of the local planning body prior to the acquisition of new school sites, after consideration of such factors as "conformity to the organized regional plans, as presented in the master plan of such planning commission having ju- risdiction." A list of approved locations in order of their merit is required to be supplied to the governing board of each school district. Section 2 of the new School Code is given in full herewith: "To promote safety to pupils and comprehensive community planning it shall be the duty of the gov- erning board of each school district before acquir- ing title to property for a new school site to ad- vise in writing the planning commission having ju- risdiction of the proposed acquisition. The plan- ning commission shall investigate the proposed site and within thirty days shall submit to the governing board a written report of the investiga- tion together with recommendations concerning the site. "The governing board shall not acquire title to the property until the report of the planning commission has been received. If the report does not favor the acquisition of the property for a school site, the governing board of the school dis- trict shall not acquire title to the property until thirty days after the day upon which the commis- sion s report was received." FIELD SERVICE IN SOUTHERN STATES Charles B. Bennett, ASPO field consultant, devoted most of the month of October to a strenu- ous schedule in Tennessee, Mississippi, and South Carolina. Cooperating with the Society in arrang- ing meetings were the Tennessee Valley Authority, Department of Regional Planning Studies, the Re- gional Office of the NRPB, the State Leagues of Municipalities, and the State Planning Boards in the territory visited. The meetings were attended by mayors, councilmen, superintendents of schools, city clerks, tolvnship supervisors, Chamber of Com- merce executives, state officials, members of gar- den clubs, private citizens, and planning officials. Many letters have been received expressing appreciation for Mr. Bennett's services and evi- dencing effective stimulation on the part of our field consultant. In Tennessee meetings were held in Knoxville, Sevierville, Dayton, Soddy, and Chattanooga; in Mississippi at Columbus, Indianola, Greenwood, Cleveland, Greenville, Vicksburg, Natchez, and LicComb. Mr. Bennett's schedule in South Carolina called for nine meetings in nine cities in four and a half days. The field schedule for October will conclude with meetings in a number of Georgia cities. 91 SOME USES FOR BASIC DATA IN A METROPOLITAN CITY ~1e have in the ASPO files a copy of a letter written to a city official of a large Midwestern city by the secretary of the city plan commission of another large Midwestern city which we shall call "City %."# The subject of the letter is the basic data obtained in City % by the city plan commission and the uses which have been found for this data by public and private agencies in the community. City % was one of the first cities in the United States to recognize and act upon the fact that census tract maps are one of the most useful tools in assembling information on community condi- tions. Much study has been given to the tracting method, and an improved technique has resulted. The Census Bureau, the author of the letter states, approved tracts of approximately 5,000 population each. This practice has been followed, but for local purposes it was decided that sub-census tracts containing a population of approximately 1,000 had greatly augmented usefulness. (For planning pur- poses most studies should be on a block basis.) The city's census data, by tracts and the local subdivisions of such tracts, is now in daily use by 31 social agencies making up the Community Chest, as well as by the municipal government. Among the agencies specially mentioned are the medical asso- ciation, the welfare department of the city, FHA, HOLC, the zoning board of appeals, the public works, police, fire, and traffic departments, the school board, water department, private utilities such as the electric, gas, telephone, and traction compa- nies. A major beneficiary, it goes without saying, is the city plan commission. Although the letter which is the source of our information does not go into great detail, regarding surveys which have been made under the direction of the city plan commission with federal emergency fund assistance, City R was one of the first to ob- tain CVYA funds, and its community fact-gathering and inventorying activity has been practically con- tinuous during the last six years. Its "land use, social and economic survey" is one of the best in the country. Some of the values and several of the uses derived from this extensive surveying and basic data gathering ac- tivity are given herewith: (1) It was discovered that a large number of agen- cies were furnishing services in the same areas and even to the same people. All cases are now cleared through a cen- tral office and each social agency learns of the activity of all other agencies with respect to a given area or a specific family. In thousands of cases a family was receiv- ing aid from more than one agency; the most extreme case showed aid from nine agencies. (2) A study of juvenile delinquency showed that the bulk of agency effort was in areas where few juvenile problems occurred. Juvenile problems are decreasing since community effort in this di- rection has been re-oriented. (3) Records of the water department were checked against census data, and it was discovered that between two and three thousand homes had been using water for years without paying any fee. One man had built several houses, piping water from the first house to several others without a direct con- nection to the street. (4) A study of fire station locations was made with reference to population, time distance to fires from any station, checked against incidence, equip- ment, etc. Fire equipment and personnel were re- organized after the study. (5) A study of the operations of police cruis- ing car units was made, and the size of districts, types of uses, incidence of calls were correlated with other factors to achieve greater efficiency. (6) Zoning changes were studied with a view to determination of quantities of residential, com- mercial, and industrial area needed. (7) Such population factors as density, age groups, race, were studied with respect to their bearing upon new school locations, additions to existing school plants. (8) Two leading newspapers have published com- prehensive community handbooks on phases of the community's social, economic, and industrial con- ditions, making extensive use of the community sur- vet's. (9) The studies of population trends have in- fluenced the location of telephone exchanges. The electric aryl gas companies, traction company, etc., have utilized the existing community basic date in developing the services which they supply to the public. Market studies have been made and sales campaigns premised upon fac- INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENTIS GAINING MORE RAPIDLY IN RURAL AREAS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ~~~~~2~~~~~ ~~ ~~~~~ i~i~~, ~~f ~~~~~ otFranklin included with towns 92 tual information. In addition to the field studies, employing the house- to-house canvas, the city plan commission has made a complete tabulation and analysis of records of every social agency in the community, and has, in addition, compiled and analyz- ed for planning purposes the records of the school board, the juvenile court, the fire department, the police depart- ment, the traffic department, and many others. Some city plan commis- sions cost each citizen as much as the price of a cup of coffee per year; others a little more. P.0. *ti'ame su¢~plied upon request. T PERSONALS Alvah J. Webster, for the past two years senior project adviser of the United States Housing Authority, has been ap- pointed director of re- search of the Rhode Island State Planning Board. Dr. James H. Win- stanley of Ydenatchee has been appointed tofill the vacancy on the Washington State Planning Council caused by the death of E. F. Banker. Van Beuren Stanbery, formerly Executive Secre- tary of the Oregon State Planning Board, and more recently with the Pacific Northwest Regional Plan- ning Commission, has been appointed Counselor for Region 8 of the National Resources Planning Board, with headquarters in Berkeley, California. Frank McGrane, business man of Grangeville, Idaho, has been appointed a member of the Idaho State Planning Board. ANNUAL REPORTS ~~ Annual Report of the City Planning and Zoning Co~n- niission for Period January t, zgg8 - Dece:~aber qz, Igq,4 to the Honorable Mayor and Con:n~ission Co:ancil~ City of hew Orleans, Louisiana. 25pp.mimeo. Sub- mitted by Anne Robinson, Secretary. (The Commis- sion during the year changed from "E" Commercial to "B" Residential an area of about seven acres and changed from "I" Industrial to "B" Residential an area of about 17.9 acres.) Annual keport of the Santa Clara County Planning Commission, zq~8_zggg. San Jose, California; Ron- ald Campbell, Planning Adviser. 24pp.illus.lith. (This very attractive report lists the activities of the commission during the ten years since its creation in 1929, and in addition outlines more specifically the work done during the last year. The report is wail illustrated.) URGE SCHOOL PLANNING FOR BALTIMORE Your Tax Dollar, bulletin of the Commission on Governmental Efficiency and Econo~r, has recent- ly recommended postponement of school building "un- til the complete establishment and functioning of tha city planning commission," established by char- ter amendment in May of this year. We quote an excerpt from the Commission's bul- letin: "The location of most of the new schools built since 1920 and since 1929 as well, are now shown to be in sections of the city where the school-age population is declining." CONFERENCE OF NATIONAL RESOURCES PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS AND REGIONAL OFFICERS On October 17-18, one of the periodic meetings between National Resources Planning Board members, Advisory Committee members, and Chairmen and Coun- selors of the nine regional offices took place in Washington. The meeting, under the chairmanship of Frederic A. Delano, was opened by Charles W. Eliot, end, Director, who outlined the present sta- tus of work and described projected activities for the year ahead. The keynote of the conference involved ways and means for making the field offices of the Na- tional Resources Planning Board active regional centers. Methods of perfecting the "clearing house" function of the regional offices and of coordinat- ing action programs of state and federal agencies in drainage basin committees and otherwise occupied a large part of the discussions. The work of sev- eral regional enterprises and their relationships to the National Resources Planning Board, such as the Pacific Northwest Regional Planning Commis- sion, the New England Regional Planning Commission and the Tennessee Valley Authority were reviewed by regional officers from these areas. Mr. Milton Eisenhower, Coordinator of Land Use Planning, Department of Agriculture, and Mr. John C. Page, Director, Bureau of Reclamation, Depart- ment of the Interior, appeared before the final meeting of the conference to discuss the coordina- tion of planning work of their departments with that of the Board. PLANNING AT AMA CONFERENCE Planning played an important part at the an- nual conference of the American Municipal Associa- tion, just concluded in Chicago and attended by representatives of 42 State Leagues of Municipali- ties. Director of the United States Budget Harold D. Smith urged cities to employ the methods of the city planners in solving their problems of housing, blighted areas, zoning, recreation, and sanitation. He stressed t he opportunities of the Leagues of Municipalities to contribute in meeting the plan- ning needs of their local units. Colonel Harrington, Commissioner of the WPA, said, "I earnestly hope that long-term municipal planning will become general throughout the United States within a few years." Maury Maverick, Mayor of San Antonio, Texas, said he was seeking the right plan for San Antonio, that he believed the people were entitled to health- ful surroundings and that there was no reason for slums. The culture of cities, he remarked, should not be dead as is found in museums but alive to the needs of the people; asocial concept was the im- portant thing. In each of the several panel discussions plan- ning came in for a share of the discussion. Like the City Managers' convention of a few weeks ago, the Leagues and their municipal officials are talk- ing city planning. 93 ALVA}1 J. WEBSTER /~"~ WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER Richard E. Saunders, Correspondent Arresting Blight Encroachment: Some time ago, the HOLC began cooperative work with local agencies in one of the older residential sections of Baltimore in an effort to establish a united front of home owners, real estate operators, and home financing institutions in rehabilitating the district and arresting slum encroachment. The area selected is known as the 5'aaverley district. The initial step in this program involved a real property survey covering 1,700-odd residential structures. The ob- ject is to induce property owners and financing in- stitutions interested in the section to embark on improvement work so as to raise the general stand- ard. For its part, the city is being asked to im- prove streets and to provide new park and playground facilities. PAPA workers were used in conducting the survey. So far, the real property survey has been com- pleted and the material is being studied in prepar- ation for its presentation to the property ovrners. 6`~hile final conclusions are yet to be drawn, an analysis has demonstrated clearly that the plan vrill be successful in halting neighborhood decay if the necessary work is done. The HOLC expects to set an example for other property ovrners by bringing some of the houses that it has taken over up to par. It has a big stake in the area, holding mortgages on 160 pieces of property and owning out- right 30 other houses taken over from distressed borrowers following foreclosure sales. Rural h'ousin~: In alloting some w800,000 to the Montgomery County (bdaryland) Housing Authority, the USHA has taken preliminary steps toward the con- struction of the first rural housing project under its program. A series of locations have been se- lected in Montgomery County, which lies just north of Washington, D.C. According to the tentative plans, there will be six white and six negro pro- jects. Each project will comprise a community of 25 or 30 houses. There will be no large, multi- family structures. Each house vrill have a couple of acres of land. At the same time, this develop- ment will not be rural housing in the true sense of the word since it will not involve full-sized farms. The County Housing Authority will os*n and operate the projects. It is understood that the USHA is now working on a project that will be com- pletely rural in all respects. highway Planning: In a recent address on the past and future of the national highway system, Thomas H. b4acDonald, Commissioner of Public Roads, took occasion to stress the importance of highway plan- ning. After pointing out that we have passed through the period of large mileages of new con- struction and through the period of rapidly growing road income, he stated that there has been a mater- ial increase in the amounts necessary for mainten- ance, administration and debt requirements. As he views the problem, it is more necessary now than ever to base new highway work on a complete knovr- ledge of the factors involved in each particular case. Among other things, he believes that high- way planning studies should pay attention to the relative usage of all classes of rural highways and city streets by residents of cities and rural areas for the purpose of determining the spread of bene- fit afforded by highway improvements. NRPB Activities: A nationwide study of long range public works programming and capital budgeting pro- cedures has been undertaken by the Public forks Committee of the National Resources Planning Board through a special subcommittee. A review of methods follovred in those few communities where long-range programming is practiced has been made, a tentative manual of procedure on the subject has been prepared from these data, and further studies are now under way through a series of demonstration studies es- tablished in seven other cities. The cities are selected on the basis of geographic distribution, and also with respect to size and type of govern- mental structure. The cities where these demon- stration studies have been established are as fol- lows: Ytinchester, Massachusetts, and Nashville, Tennessee, where reports have been completed; Pala- mazoo, Michigan, and Dallas, Texas, where the re- ports are now being discussed by the city officials; and Fargo, North Dakota, Spokane, R'ashington, and Sacramento, California, where the studies have only recently been begun. The membership of the Energy Resources Commit- tee, which prepared the recent report on energy resources, has been reconstituted. The committee is now at vrork on the development of a long-range planning program based on the recommendations in the previous report. Broadly stated, the objective of the Committee is the development of a coordinat- ed national conservation policy toward the energy resources, chiefly coal, petroleum, natural gas, and water power. Since the report of the Northern Lakes States Regional Committee vras transmitted to the President in July, the Committee has been reconstituted. Meeting in Madison, Pdisconsin, October 20, the Com- mittee voted to instruct the Executive and Coordin- ating Committee to lay out a preliminary program of legislation to effectuate the recommendations in the report. Additional staff has been provided by the Cincinnati Regional Office of the National Re- sources Planning Board to assist in this work. CORRECTION In the last issue of the News Letter in this column we stated that the National Re- sources Planning Board "consists of three mem- bers and an advisory board of two." This statement is subject to misinterpretation. The Board itself consists of only three members: Messrs. Delano, bflerriam, and Yantis. At the present time two advisers have been appointed: Messrs. Ruml and Dennison. 94 i ~- !C ~c • PLANNING (INCLUDING ZONING) LAW AND LEGISLATION Prepared by Alfred Beaman Variance Clause Cannot he Used to Permit A Use tin A Zone Contrary to the General Regulations of the Zoning Grdinanee and the M.ap: Balton v. Tra Loan & Trust Com Su reme Court of Utah July 1939 , 92 Pacific Reporter 2d 724. The court held that the variance-hardship clause did not grant to the Board of Adjustment the power to permit a gasoline service station in a zone in which, under the provisions of the zoning ordinance and map, such use was not permitted. The sound opinion of the court pointed out that authorizing a use prohibited in the ordinance would constitute the exercise of legislative power and be beyond the power of an administrative board like s board of adjustment; that the variance- hardship clause authorizes permits for slight use extensions, slight modifications in height or area restrictions and the like vrithin permitted uses, but not allowance of a prohibited use. Subdivision Regulation - Sufficiency of Aotice of Hearing - Court on Certiorari Alay Correct Defects in Planning Commission's Procedure: Matter of Rinear v. Clark Su reme Court of New York, (June 1939 (report citation not avail- able This case arose out of a controversy regard- ing the use to be made of the former country estate of Paul M. V9arburg in the Town of Greenburgh, West- chester County, New York. To carry out the desires of the purchasers of that estate, proceedings were brought before the planning commission for approval of a subdivision plat and of a zoning amendment. The questions fall under certain sections of cer- tain New York statutes known as the Town Law. The neighbors brought certiorari proceedings to review the action of the planning board in ap- proving the plat and zoning amendments. One attack was that the notice of hearing was not adequate in that it did not sufficiently identify the property. Ths court held the description in the notice to be adequate; besides the petitioners had attended the hearing. The statute provided, as a condition precedent to approval of a plat, that streets be suitablJr graded and paved, and that street facilities be in- stalled in accordance with specifications 6f appro- priate town departments, or that a performance bond be furnished. The planning board waived the making of the improvements and did not require the bond. The court held that it was not completely clear from the statute that when the improvements are waived a bond must be required, but held that at any rate the court could correct the defect by modifying the decision. So the court proceeded to require the performance bond and with that modifi- cation affirmed the decision of the planning board. The court also affirmed the decision on the zoning amendment, but without stating either the nature of the amendments or the reasons for approv- ing them. /°~~ When is A Storage Garage A Part of the .Main Build- ing of an Apartment House?: $ellignan v. Y6estern & Southern Life Insurance Company, Court of Appeals of Kentucl~* (March 1939), 126 S.VY. 2d 419. The case was concerned with a storage garage to be constructed adjoining an exist- ing large apartment building in a restricted apart- ment district. The ordinance did not permit any such garage on the proposed location unless "con- structed as a part of the main building." Taking it for granted that the garage was pro- hibited by the regulations in the zoning ordinance, the owner applied to the Board of Adjustment to permit the proposed structure as a variance. The Board granted a permit upon two conditions, namely, that the plan eliminate any entrance to a desig- nated street and be architecturally harmonious with the apartment building itself. The owner had his architect draw up plans and specifications to con- form with those conditions imposed by the Board. Later desiring to escape from these conditions and thinking that he could succeed in using the provision which would permit a garage "constructed as a part of the main building," the owner changed his plan. Under the revised plan there was an en- trance on the designated street and the architec- ture did not conform. About 30 feet (a minor frac- tion) of the wall of the apartment building was to be used as one of the walls of the garage and a door cut in this wall making an entrance between the apartment and the garage, the roof of the ga- rage was to be tied into this wall of the apartment for the purpose of making a water-tight union, and some of the steam and water pipes brought through the wall into the garage. bccept for this distance of 30 feet, the garage would not be in any way con- nected or in contact with the apartment building, as there would be an open court between it and. the apartment beginning at the end of this 30-foot con- tact between the two buildings. The owner presented this revised plan to the building inspector, who, innocently supposing that it was the intention of the owner to carry out the arrangement agreed upon with the Board of Adjust- ment, issued the permit. The owner did not call the building inspectors attention to the fact that he was trying to break the arrangement he had made with the Board. He proceeded to do some work under the permit, when the Board heard about what had taken place and issued a stop order, on which the building inspector revoked the permit, which rev- ocation was upheld by the Board. Then the ovrner went into the courts. The Court of Appeals (which is the highest court in Kentucky) in a very able and clear opinion decided that the proposed garage did not fall with- in the expression "constructed as a part of the main building," saying that some of the considera- tions leading to this conclusion vrere that the a- partment building could be torn down leaving the garage standing; that the garage could be removed with only slight disturbance to the wall; and that the proposed garage was not structurally dependent upon the apartment building and not actually an integral part thereof. ~J BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND REPORTS REVOLUTION IN LAND. Charles Abrams. Harper & Brothers, New York. 320pp. X3.00. (In•this book the author states his philosopl;y regarding the past, present, and future status of land in the national economy, pointing out that because of the present national haphazard lending policies the federal government probably will become the owner of a considerable part of the land in the United States. The author recommends nationalization of land. One excellent chapter shows the influence of the large lending agencies on land policies. There are sections of the book which proved very confusing to this reviewer. The book will provoke a great deal of thinking and considerable disagreement. Positive generalizations are made which are notable for their exceptions. On the other hand there are a number of positive state- ments which should have been made long ago. "There is another fundamental. defect in market price as a measure of value for urban land. It is almost invariably based on a hypothetical degree of development, which could not possibly be trans- lated into reality for even a substantial fraction of the parcels in question, without creating so vast an oversupply of rentable space as to demoral- ize the market completely and destroy most of the ~value~ imputed even to the few parcels whose actual selling prices formed the basis of that valuation." Revolution in Land is a provocative and im- portant book. WHB) THESE ARE OUR LIVES. Federal Writers Project, Works Progress Administration. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill. 1939. 421pp. $2.00. (This is not a book on planning, but it will be read by those planners who are interested in lmow- ing-how people live. The book consists of 35 case histories of Southern families: tenant farmers, industrial workers, and even some families on re- lief. Far from being dry case reports, the stories are all interesting and very human documents of how people live. WHB) MINNESOTA YEAR BOOK, 1939. League of Minnesota Municipalities, 15 University Library, Minneapolis. 351pp.illus.charts. X5.00. (Unquestionably the most comprehensive book published containing use- ful information on the State and all localities within the State. It contains chapters on taxes, indebtedness, library statistics, playground and recreation statistics, birth and death rates, a description of all State offices, names of State, county, city and village officials, etc., etc.) FUTURE POPULATION; First Report on the Population of Cuyahoga County. John T. Howard. Regional As- sociation of Cleveland, Housing Center, The Mall. September 1939. Publication No. 6. 44pp.mimeo. maps,charts. (A very interesting study dealing with population distribution and growth, popula- tion density, race, age groups, and estimating the future population of the Cleveland region.) '"~ SOVIET HOUSING LAW. John N. Hazard. Yele Univer- sity Press, New Haven, Connecticut. 1939. x$2.50. 178pp.appendices,votes,biblio.index. (There have beep many books on housing in Great Britain, Hol- land, Germany, Scandinavia and Viehna. This is, however, the first authoritative publication in English describing the housing program and the housing la~rof Soviet Russia. It will correct mar{y misconceptions. For instance, under the 1936 con- stitution, private ownership of small houses is permitted. "Rent computations vary so as to make it pos- sible for an occupant to meet all rent requirements no matter what his wages may have been during the past month. No one is to be evicted for failure to meet a rent bill. The monthly payment varies as the wages of the occupant vary. Rent may go up as wages increase, but it will also fall when sickaess, accident, or some other impediment intervenes to cut earning capacity." This brief book will be found exceedingly in- teresting and informative. WHB) THE SKYSCRAPERS AND THEIR ALLIES ON LAND WATER AND IN THE AIR. Ing. Picasso Renzo. (In Italian) Arta Grafiche Caimo & C., Genova. 188pp.illus. maps charts. (An amazingly detailed comparative study of traffic and transportation in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, Boston, and Genoa, Italy. It contains many drawings in color showing locations of passenger stations, bridges, tall buildings, tunnels, various types of street cars and busses, traffic lights, etc., etc.) -~ TRAFFIC AND SAFETY - GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. Jen- sen, Bowen & Farrell, Engineers; D. Grant Mickle, Head of Traffic and Transport Division. Ann Arbor, Michigan. 1939. 103pp.maps,tables,charts. X5.00. (Apply to Herman P. Hu~genholtz, Secretary-Treasurer, Grand Rapids Association of Insurance Agents, Grand Rapids, Michigan.) ARKANSAS Y~ATER RESOURCES. State Planning Board, Little Rock, Arkansas; L.A. Henry, Engineer-Direc- tor. 1939. 92pp.illus.maps,tables. (A report notable for its very excellent illustrations.) SPECIAL REPORT OF TRAILERS AND TRAILER CAMPS. Karl M. Tomfohrde, with the aid of WPA Project No. 15245. Massachusetts State Planning Board, 24 State House, Boston, June 1939. 64pp.mimeo,charts,maps,plans. NEVADA STATE PARK, PARKWAY, AND RECREATIONAL AREA STUDY. Nevada State Planning Board and Nevada State Park Commission with cooperation of the National Park Service; Robert A. Allen, Chairman of State Planning Board, Superintendent of State Parks. State Printing Office, Carson City. 1938. 80pp. maps illus. ENERGY RESOURCES AND NATIONAL POLICY; Report of the Energy Resources Committee to the National Re- sources Committee, Ralph J. Watkins, Director. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. Jan- uary 1939. 435pp.maps,graphs,tables. X1.00. 96 Dean Bibb ~ilcrist,• Chairman Col. Ike Ashburn Prof. S. R. +~riAht ~'rof. J®ck Finney Prof. ~`. aid. Hensal Prof. ~:. ~~. Steel Prof . J. T. Ii. d•'c~ew Gentlemen: December 8, 1939 The followinb is an excerpt from the minutes of the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas, at a meeting on December 7, 1939: " A motion was made by Silcox and seconded by Orr to amnrove the appointment by the I.°_ayor of the follo.vi ~g men to serve on the City 1'lannin~ Commission: Dean Gibb Gilcri4t, Chairman, Col. I've Ashburn, S. R. fright, Jack Finney, F. `~. =Hensel, ~°~nd Lx-officio, ~.. ~~. ,steel and J.`I'.Z. ic~ew. This Committee ~~aG also asked to serve as the Indus- trial Development committee." The appointment of this Industrial Development Cornrr:ittee was requested by :~o~~~ernor 0' Daniel . 4~e feel that the or?~ of this Committee mill be of vital importance to the future welfare and growth of the City of College :station, Zexas, as ~~:ell as that of A.~C ~1. College. It is our sincere hope thft each of you vai11 be able to accept the appointment on this Committee. I am sending Dean Gi1cQT~to~htheeIndustrial^Jevr nor O'Daniel with reference to elopment Corr~riittee. ~'er3T truly yours, T ii. Binney, l~.`ayor ~. December 8 , 19.;9 Dean ~:jibb Gilcrist, ~^hairman Col. Ike ,yshburn Prof. S. n. ;~+ri~ht Prof. ~~sc'_~ Finney Prof. ~'. ,,,T. rensel Prof. ::. ~'~. titeel. Prof. ~ . T. ? . ",.,c ~ev~ ^entlemen: The follorvin~ is an excerpt fror.~ the minutes of the City ~..",ouncil off'. the City of Co11eQe .tGtion, Texas, ~~ ~~~~~~~~ at a meeting on ~)ecer.-,ber 7, 199: A motion ras made by ~~ilcox and seconc?ed by ~'rr to apppove•the appointment by the i~"syor of the follo~~ir.g ;r:en to serve on the amity ~'lannin~ '"oz:ir~~ission: Dean ~^ibb ^ilcrist, Chairman Col. lke .:~shburn, S. ~. ',right, Jsek ~?inney, '+. •">. rensel, and x-officio, "l. `~tee1 and J. T. :~. ,;c~e~;. 't'his cor.-:r~ittee vas also asked to serve as the Industrial Develox~ment Committee. 's'he a~~point~r~ent of this tndustr~al Development Committee was requested b~~ C:overnor fl' Daniel. ~:~eTe feel that the ti~~ork of t'lis c~omr•~ittee Ta,~i11 be of vital. im:~ortance to tl,e future ;;elfare and ,~roarth of tae C'it~ of College ~tati n, Texas, Gs `~~~ell as t'n~;t of ~, A, ,r`. ~~olle,-~.e. It is our sincere hope that eaeh one of you ~~ill be able to acce;ot the ap- nointment on this Co~rmittee. I am sending Defln ^_-ilcrist the letter frog: governor C' Daniel ~~rith reference to T,:~ork of the Industrial ~~evelopment Com- mittee. eery truly yours, --~'ayor s -r..h~1.-xY . DEP~RTi'~~TT OF LANDSCAPE 1~2T December 14, 1939 Dr . J. H. • Binney Campus My dear Dr. Binney: Following our conversation of a few days ago, I wish to formally advise you that I will be very happy to be of any assi stance in the matter of city planning for College Station, Texas. Sincerely yours, F. bY. Hensel, Head Department of Landscape Art k G1BB GILCtiRIST, C. F. COLLEGE STATION,TEXAS December 16, 1939 bir. J. H..Binney, Mayor College Station, Texas Dear ~Ir. Binney: I tape pleasure in accepti~~ig your appoint- ment as Chwirman of t:~e Cit;,,r Planning Com:aission. I have indicated to you person,=a11y this work will require much time and study, but I feel sure all the glen you have :,arced grill be glad to give their time to this, movement, which is quite important. Sincerely yours, ~- Gi ' Gi Est Dean ,~f Engi_~eering CG:gb ,~ G}BB GILL}iRIST,~..E, COLLEGE STATION, TEXA$ Janu~.ry 15, 19/0 i'~ir. J. H: Binney C a m p u s Dear ~lir. Binney: I am expecting to have a meeting of the City Planning Commission this week. T;ze thought has occurred to me that it ~~ould be highly in- formative and quite beneficial if vre had the re- port from the Zoning Committee that is noG~ under consideration. I think the work of` these two boards or commissions overlay in many ways and needs to be co-ordinated. In this connection, I sincerely hope that the Board of Aldermen will not take any final action on matters in which the Commission might be interested until we do have an opportunity to study them. Very truJ~y yours, GIBB GILCHRIST. C.E. Honorable J. H. Binney iY~a~ or. of College Station College Station, Texas Dear ;JIr. Binney: COLLEGE STATION,TEXAS February 22, 19.0 Some time ago you named me Chair;na.n of the Gity Planning Commission. Since that time I have been mak- ing observations and studies and as;-I have advised you, expect to have some meetings of the" Co~runittee as soon as data is available for consideration. I note that the City of Bryan is extending its activities inside the City of College Station. I refer to an extension of College Avenue to the Sulphur Springs Road ne-~:r the end of Spence Street. I have been in- formed that the request has been m~lde of the City- of College Station that approval be given this extension. I should like to request that action be held in abeyance until the City Planning Cor:~mission can consider the proposal and make recommendation thereon to the Coun- cil. Even if this location is found suitable, there aei11 be matters regarding ~ridth and so forth that should be determined only by the City of College Station and not by the City of Bryan. I wish, therefore, to request the formal postponement of action and that the City of Bryan ~, be notified to that effect. s (2~ RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF COLLEGE STATION It is highly important that the city be able to control the layout of real estate developments both within and without the city limits. I have looked into the Texas statutes concerning the matter and it appears that at present the city has no power of control and that a land divider, even in the city limits, can lay out lots, streets, and alleys without regard to the rest of the city, the City Plan Com- mission, or the City Council. This can be remedied by calling an election to have the citi- zens decide whether they wish to exert such control upon subdivisions within the city limits and for a distance of five miles beyond the limits. The procedure is outlined in Art. 974a, Section 10, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, 1936. In view of the real estate activity now in progress it is recom- mended by the City Plan Commission that immediate steps be taken to establish control. Respectfully submitted, City Plan Committee April 17, 1940 'r -x / ~„ `y-x-r'v (3) RECOMME~~TDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL OP COLLEGE STATION The City Plan Commission had a meeting on April 17, 1840, and considered the question of the corporate limits of College Station on the north and east, especially where the city is contiguous with the corporate limits of the City of Bryan. It was the opinion of the com- mittee that some steps should be taken toward a fair, just and equit- able line of division between the two municipalities. Pursuant to this opinion the City Plan Commission recommends to the City Council as follows: That the City Plan Commission be named by the City Council as an agency to co-operate with a similar committee from the City of Bryan, having for a joint purpose the es- tablishment of the Corporate limits of the two municipalities in a just, fair, and equitable manner; and that such line may be so fixed that each municipality may proceed to develop with assurance that such line will remain as an agreed solution as to the common boundary. Respectfully submitted, April 17, 1940 City Plan Committee ~#ay 17, 1940. Daen Vibh Gilohrist, Chairman City Planning Board College Station, Texas Dear F3eF-n Gilohristt At a repent meeti~ ~; ai' the City Counoil the three rc~ooam<end- ations froaa tha City Plan Commission were read. Your reoammendation for joint aotion,to•determine the pity limits of College Station with ~3ryan, xaa adopted. 1 would like very muoh for your oo~aznittee, with Mr. ~rneat Langford, a maa-ber of the Counoil, to represent the City of College Station in arriving at a solution with regard to suoh a bound- ary betwaen the two aitias. Your r®oommendation regarding oontrol of subdivisions was adopted. An eleotion rri13 be called to deterasine the wishes of the oomtaunity in this matter. Your reaomYnendation iri oonneotion with the Holiok Addition was referred to qtr. Langford, who has been appointed to reoom:~~end to the Counoil in oases involving pity planning, toning, eto. 1~e trould like to thank you and your ooittea for thes® reoo~andatious, and assure you that your future aotivitiea along these iinea rill be very helpful sad very muoh aFpreaiated. Very truly yours, Frank G. Anderson i _! ~Il~~ ®~ ~®llll~~~ ~~~~]L®Il1t ~:olflege ~~a~ioaa, ~ezas January 10, 1941 Mr. Gibb Gilchrist, Chairman, City Planning Commission, College Station, Texas. Dear Sir: -- You will recall that some time ago an election was held in the City of College Station which resulted in giving to the City the right to control the subdivision of land for a radius of five miles from College Station except that part lying within the city limits of Bryan. Under the law the City Planning Commission must adopt rules for the making of these subdivisions after having had a public hearing on the rules that the City Planning Commission may formulate. After the public hearing the City Planning Commission then adopts the rules and recommends their approval by the City Gommissi~on. Upon the approval of the City Commission, said rules then become a of subdivision of the new additions. I am, therefore, submitting herewith a proposed sat of subdivision regulations for the consideration of the City Planning Commission. These rules are, Z believe, entirely in keeping with the requirements of the Federal Housing Administration to secure loans and are in conformity with suggestions made by these various governmental agencies on the matter of the subdivision of land. Very truly yours, / ~IcNew, City Engineer. JTLM/T ~ Encl. 11~~e 1'~oane of ~~e ~~e~sas ~gmicaa~Eaaa~a~ aid ~ec~aanica~ (:o~~ege" College Station, Texas dune 4, 1941 Honorable Frank Anderson College Station, Texas Dear Mr. Anderson: Enclosed please find a copy of Subdivi- sion Regulations for the City of College Sta- tion. They were considered Monday evening by the City Planning Commission and are submitted to you for action of the City Council. If the Council approves, please advise me so that inquiry in connection therewith may b® properly ra,nswered. Very truly~y.QSirs, ~Y~ffr Chairman Planning Commission. Enelosur®. -. CITY PLANTING COMMISSION October 28, 1941 Honorable Frank Anderson L4ayor College Station, Texas ' Dear Mr. Anderson= On June 4, 1941 I forwarded to you a copy of the recommended Subdivision Regulations for the City of College Station as prepared by the City Planning Commission. I asked that they be presented to the City Council, and if approved that we be advised so that we might be governed by the provisions of the Regulations. At a meeting of the City Planning Commission held yesterday to consider a subdivision request by Dr. F. B. Clark, it developed that we had not yet received formal notification of the City Council~a action. We had previously notified Dr. Clark that he should secure a copy of the Regulations from the City Council and be guided by them. The fact that his plat does not conform to the Regulations caused the question to be raised with the result stated. Will you kindly advise what disposition the City Council made of the proposed 'Regulations in order that we may take up the question of Dr. Clark'a subdivision and give him the decision of the Com- mission. Very truly you G ib~G ilcly~ist, Chairman: Oatobe r 29, 1941. I3san Gibb Gilchrist College Station, Texas Dear ~[r. Gilahrists The question has b:: en raised as to erhether or not 'Subdivision Regulations; ae reoom;r:onded by the City planning Commission, has been a~:~:~roved and accepted by the City Council. ~'or your ina'orrnation, may I suggest that at the Council meeting o£ June 12, 1941, 1~r. Langford present- ed the reoommendatiotae of the City Planning Cor.,mission that the ' Subdivision Regulations' , as racowgzended by the Cou- mission, be aaceF:ted. The r®oomrsndation was a~~~;rovdd, and, as sugf:,ested abo'v®, a record of the Council's action will be found in th€~ s~inutes of the meeting of June 12. 1`hc copy of thH re~;ulatior.s, as presented by bar. L.angPord, is on file in this office. Sev~>ral carbon acpies have been.~;ed@ ^or distribution to developers who may be inter«ste~d in f'amiliariaing themselves witt~< the re- gulations. Very truly yours, "rank G. dnderson AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE OF TEXAS COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS DEAN OF ENGINEERING ~ une 22, 1842 i~tayor Ernest Langford College Station, Texas Dear Mayor Langford: f I shall be gl,-..d to accept reappoint- ment as Chairman of the City Planning Commission for the City of College Sta- tion. On such occasions as we meet, I hope you will be able to sit with us as an advisor. Very tru~y~c ~_~ ., ~. ,i~; ~ ilchr st. s e~_.r_ ; i engineering '~`_'_,'.° ~R"'-r,~ tin' t '~ It I c~l123~8 ~, 1$~~s Dean Gibb Gi~!ol.ria~t v}tm:irt~~, City i'lu~.z~~; Coss~issiar~ Coll, ~a 3tat ~ar~, ~'e~-s Dear fir, Gi~bhrist, ~! i ;~'Te Cnuricil is reLerr~.~:~ to the City ~laaning Car~3sai,on !~e~ encla;~~ci raquest fdr ineorparstion ~ait~~in tt°<~ limits b£ tha Citl;~ n~' ~%oll:~~;e ~t~tian. -~e sY:a~ll 'a~~rersi~te your pr<~s~ntirg t~~is recunst to ~h~: Cur-i~sinn at tha ~arli~st ;~csaib3es Atam.ntat, snd ac~viaira~ us' n£ tide c€~3aissio~.'s sctox~. ~~e~ tru I,: yc~ rs, I ~rsYUSt L,~1~~'ord, ~;"~vnr vita cf ~.~. ~1 a 3t~atic~ s is r ~, AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE OF TEXAS COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL AND BA NITARY ENa1NEERIN6 ~u~S4. 1_' l p-. 1_ Bar. Ernest Langford Baayor, City of College Station College Station, Texas Dear Sir: I appreciate the confidence of the City Council as shown by their action in appointing me as Chairman of the City Planning Commission.. I am only too glad to accep onsi i i y. Very truly yours, ' ' ~'~f S. R. Wrigh~ acting Head Ba. & S. E. Dept. SR'd': nml ~.. ,r AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE OF TEXAS COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS DEPA RTM[NT OF LANDSCAPE ART ~Otl ~ 7' 19~ Mr. Ernest Langford Mayor College Station, Texas My dear Langford: This will acknowledge receipt of your favor of August 2nd advising me that I had been appointed on the Citv Planning ,_ Committee. I will be happy to serve. Sincerely your friend F. W. Hensel, Head Department of Landscape Art F~IH: a ~--• s AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE OF TEXAS COLLEGE STATION. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL AND SANITARY ENOINEERIN6 r ebruary 23, 191+6 fir . Lloyd Smith City Manager College Station, Texas Dear I~:r. Smith: Mr. Joe Pasler has submitted to me, as Chairman of the City Planning Commission, a plat of the Joe Pasler subdivision to the City of College Station. It is my understanding that this subdivision was made some ten yeaxs.ago, and most of the lots in the addition have been sold. Since this plat does not conform in many ways. to the minimum requirements for subdivision to the City of College Station, we cannot approve the plat. Some of the objections to the plat axe as follows: 1. All streets are shown as thirty feet wide, whereas our minimum requirements are fifty feet, except for very minor streets which may be forty feet in width. •. 2. Some of the dimensions as shown on the original plat have been changed, and ~1r. Pasler states that he himself does not know which di- mensions are correct. As a~ example, Otto Street was originally shown as thirty feet wide, and now it appears to be changed to twenty feet wide, which would be entirely too narrow for an outlet to Eaton Street. Another example is that one tract is now shown extending seven feet in- to Pasler Street. 3. Certain additional lots appear to have been included ghat were not shown on the original plat, and therefore, it is impossible to tell from the olat as submitted what is included in the addition. S~o~ 4. Insufficient inf ormation is given on the plat to~how it fits in with adjacent property or adjacent .subdivisions. I could enumerate several points besides these, but I think the ones mentioned above are sufficient for refusal of the City Planning Commission to approve this plat, Very truly yours, S. R. 4'Vright hcting Head, Bd. & S. E. Dept. SRW/bam F®bruary zS, 1946 0 p Mr. S. 8. ~liright, Chairman f City Planning ComaassionV/ City Dear Yr. Wright: Yr. Syptak our .County Clerk hae reoently oalled me relative to a plat which Yr. Joe Peeler carried over there to be recorded. Mr. Syptak prefers that we have this approved by the City Planning Costmission. In our sleeting Thursday February Zl, 1946 this was referred to you for an approval. Yr. Wright, quite a .bit of this has been developed already. If i Dan be of further asaiatanese to you in this. utter, please Dell on sta. 7oura very truly, Lloyd D. Smith City Manager IDS~fn L O p April 12, 1946 r F; Yr. $. R. Wright, Chairamn /~ City Planning Commisaion ~/ City Doer Mr. Wright: Z am enclosing you a plat which wan submitted to the City Counoil by Coulter Boppess for approval as an extension in tho Cooney Addition. The Council asked that~I ref®r this to you. I am quite sure there are a number of questions to be ans~rered relative to the plat -- narro~r streets, eta. I will be glad to give you any information you desire that I oan or you may call Yr. Bartholow or Coulter ~ppess. Yours very truly, i~ Lloyd D. Smith City Yana ge r IDS~fa s ~sptomber 5, 1946 lf. D. Burkhalter City ~ Dear Sir: - Aith rePerenve"ta your request Por a street to bs opened Prom your property. to the proposed.~elly Addition The Planning CoHmmi.ssion £or the City of College Station does not approve a~ street widths leas' than 50 Pt. D except on short dead end streets. In as much as the distance betvreen the Penoes on the proposed new street is only appro~ime-tely SO Pt. I regret that the pity cannot participate in this proposal. The Planning Commission of the City will be glad to assist you in planning improvements in your neighborhood ~" to fit in with the city regulations and overall plan. /~ . Sint~arely yours, Francis A• Vaughn ras ~. ~. qtr. John M. Rowlett F. E. College Station, Ttacaa Dear Mr. Rowletts The City Council at its regular meeting on December 12 appointed you to ~ Chairman of the City Planning Commission, Thia anpo~ntment is to be effeetive December i. For your information other members of the Planning Commission are Dr. ~. R. Wright; Professor F. W. Hensel, ani A. P, Boyatt. I hop® that yon wall accept thi$ appaiatment as T am sure that you will be able to render a valuable service to the City. yours Very truly, Ernest Langford Hayor EL/fn Y x.:.r: Decembe? 29, 1946 Dr. S. $. Wright ~". ~. Coll@ge 3t8L1,On, '!.'e~CBs Dear Dr. Wright: She City Coune3l at its regular meeting an December 12 accepted your resignation as Chairman of the City Planning Commission. We are asking that you continue to be a member of th® Commfssion and in order that yon may be reli®ved of the duties of Chairman ~e are appointing t~ir. John K. R©wlett as Chairman of the Commission. Yours very truly Ernest Lang~'ord 1Kayor EL/fa E~ °„'` .,_~, ~~ g~ ~. Fr y ;j ,.~.~ ~ May 1, 1947 Honorable A. S. ~s-rs, County Judge Court House Hryan, Texas bear l~r. YG'are e The planning ooaunittoe o£ tho City of College Station after oara-ful study oP Mr. Hrdlioka's request for the extension of Eleanor Street, Peel that it is not to the best interest of the City to approve Chia plat inasmuch a• the street r~idths do not oonform to the City of College Station require- ments. 8espe©ti'ully, John M. Ro~rlett, Chairman City Planning Committee College Station, Texan C V LLOYD D. 55 CITY M I ~~ ~y ~~ ,~ e , ~/ CITY OF COLLEGE SZ`ATION COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS C~ D-~~r~Yf s ~, ~~-~ ~~ J ~ . d G~7 "THE HOME OF THE TS,%A9 A(3RICIILTURAL AND MEC~'HANICAL COLLEGE" R CITY OF COLLEGE STATION COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS ERNEST LANGFORD. MAYOR COUNCILMEN: J. A. ORR E. E. BROWN R. L. BROWN G. B. WILCOX M. T. HARRINGTON C. W. CRAWFORD s~~ ~ -,~~~° ~,,,,,~~°'L..~.t Wis.<R ~.,-t~- .'rt...--.~. ~ ~ ~~ ~~ k ,~ .~ #a ,~' ~' erg ~~x 6f ~~ ~ ~~~~, ~~ LLOYD D. SMITH CITY MANAGER J~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~/,r f~~ ~... ,~~~ ~~~ _.. .t ~ ~r, ~ ~' fP~~ ~. ~, ~ ~ ~ ~ "THE HOME OF THE TE%AB AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE" 4~ r~~ ~ow~ba~r T~ ~~ Itr. f~ib~ G411abri+~t Irk'. ~'. ~. ~~~a Iik'• ~+~ Ita~;e~n ~. Ha~rwx~t Z3~-dg+stt Ii1'• Fr+t~l J. It~ua~- I~r. J. A. ~. dal~m ~~rwirl<t thar• X11 b~ w ssa~i~ of #ha City P1a~itag Cawmitta+r at tbs Calle~a 8twtiaw 3'Itr~rrlapeew~m# As•aci.wt~.t~t ~ ~ attie~a ~,Iis Ii~sr 1lt~ wt ~eCt3 p. m. ~ ~wrstund Platt tha last m*at3~ at tla~ Clu~bar ot` CarAaar~s tar this ya~r wi11 bar h+~ld aaa 1~~r 1i u~d tltsy wra wa~ziaua to han w rapart tram our oaszwittss. Il3woaarsly, l~./ . ~. i~rittt~ Clawir~a aa~ IIN~t C. ~. ~hapwr~sQ~ Ca3legn Station, Tese-e Myr ?8, 3956 Aonorsb3s M4yar and City Covnai3 Ca33~nr 9tatian, Tress Geut3e®sus The Plaaniyng Caa~aission at a meirtis~ as for 78th dyr of Msy, 395b vat~d taro ta- aos in tav+crr of a3~riag tie a33~ay ~ floe 200 and 340 b3oak and b High3a~# Street and 03d Ii3g b and ~,-ted uaenimausay to alone t,~e w13ey PCB s tan toot utilit3r ~t vas retain~sd. R,e~peatf`c~33y submitted, Rabart F. Whf.ta, Chairman P3eurming C+sssissian ~;- ~ k 8 January 29, 1957 Nir. Ran Boswell City Manager College Station, Texas Dear Nir. Boswell: The City Planning Committee has met and reviewed the study for Redmond Terrace which you left with me on Monday, January 28th. The comments tracing paper study print. herewith. of the Committee are recorded on the overlay which is attached to the The study is being returned to you Respectfully submitted, ~~GGfi~~ ~i~~~ i f~-~` Robert F. tiahite Chairman - City Planning Committee RF'4J/ jw January 29s 1957 Mr. Ran goa~rell City Manager Co11®ge Stati6n, xsxae Rear dir. goeyrells The Cit~r t'7.anning Co~,i.ttee has met and reviewed the m~tudy Par ~edr~nnd Terrace which you 1ef"t with ns; on Monday, January 28th. The cam~ente of tho Committee are recorded on the tracing gaper otrerlay which is attached to the trtudy print. The ~tuc#+ is being r?turnsd to you herewith. Res~cttully submitted, Robert F. ~~thite Chairman -City Plann~g Comzsittee RF4~/~w F AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE OF TEXAS COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS De fiartment o f FLORICULTURE AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE January 19, 1957 Tf r. Ran Bo swell City Manager City of College Station, Texas Dear NIr. Boswell: I have signed the preliminary plats for Leacrest addition as submitted by W. D. Fitch. It is the opinion of the committee that the proposed exten- sion of Glade Sheet south of Park Place be studied further with the possibility of adjusting the align- ment eastward into the Jan Holik and S. Holik tracts. Respectfully submitted, Robert F. White Chairman, City Planning Con!mittee ~„ A ~~ -aix ~ RF'[~7/jw