OCR Text |
Show v.:.-- -v : ... . . . S l2oned and Zoneless Towns ll- - ; it. "During a recent rather extended automobile trip." says h Canton N. Y., Plain Dealer," the writer saw two kinds i rllages.'!:0ne kind looked entirely commercialized, unkept, '.dgepodge, seemingly without pride or civic spirit. The k erkind'ere the opposite. They appeared to point with M !eto'(jnt!,'section and say to the visitor: 'This is our busi-J busi-J s section"',. and to the other, surrounding section, and say. u re arft'our homes, our lawns, our flowers and gardens. s section, is saved from the sordiness of commerciali- li ioil."'iil,, Wliat ftiade the difference? The beautiful, orderly, ob- :sly self-respecting villages, says the writer, were zoned. !ugh;o'r)es, with homes, gas stations, hot dog stands and j rythinglse all mixed together, were not zoned. j In ope-lass of towns, the people of the community had (i together in a businesslike way and arranged the town intently in-tently for present use and future growth, as wise house- iers arrange their family home. The other towns had let d rybody 'do as he pleased. ! fn one set,of towns, everybody derived a lot of spiritual jj -faction from the orderliness and beauty, and also ma- si satisfactions. Property values were higher, as a rule. n iiors liked it, there, stayed and spent money there, and bi M decided to move there. It isn't likely that anybody lost "hing in the long run by co-operating with his fellow-citi-it s for plans looking to the good of the community rather ,! i the individual. iri Zoning started with the big towns and is most necessary fe. But no town is too small to adopt it advantageously. , Ke small, growing town it is easier to establish a develop-.- "Plan, just as it is easier to shape a small tree than re- m a big one, . ' |