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Show The UTAH INDEPENDENT ' Page 11 February 25, 1972 member of a commission or a committee, thereby often avoiding the direct brunt of verbal accusation from the property owner who feels unjustly treated. just happenstance. As an owner The zoner, therefore, lacks ingreContinued From Page 10 dewith only partial ownership dients important to first-rat- e and land use, determines the rights, he must fit his decision cisions. manner in which cities grow and within government edict, rather Neither does his becoming a change. It logically follows that than from unimpeded judgment. zoning official provide him with the sum total of second-rat- e As a zoning official, the deci- other ingredients to make up for because the the lack. He is not endowed with economic decisions within a sions are second-rat- e decision-makfirst-ratine lacks all special access to wisdom or forecommunity can produce over economic sat- gredients. His chief lack is the sight. Zoning commissions have only a second-rat- e isfaction. A community whose very real discipline that ties an no corner" on the foretelling of future events, or of new developgrowth pattern must rely upon owner personally (and financialsecond-rat- e economic decisions ly) to the results of his decision. ments. Rather the contrary is should expect to And itself in The zoner decides for other more common. Who, in the heyowners regarding the use of their day of the canals in the early economic trouble. properties and knows when he nineteenth century, anticipated Second-Rat- e Decisions does so that he is not account- that railroad travel was about to Second-rat- e decisions are not able personally for his inade- cross the threshold of progress? quate or erroneous acts. Further- Who, in 1910 (or 1920, or 1930) 3REAL ESTATE ANALYSIS (New more, the zoner can conceal the could have described the twin Book Co., 1961). York; McGraw-Hipart he plays since he is only one impact of the modern automo Zoned or Owned? er bile and communication methods on their grandchildren of the 1960s? Although zoners and planners by their actions have repeatedly proved their own visionary" shortcomings by inaccurate estimates of new developments and change, this does not seem to deter them from eagerly and confidently trying again at each new opportunity. Tenacity is a laudable trait at times, but not when the price of the planners failure must be borne by others than himself. For example, one should not be startled to find that brand new merchandising mothods and modes of living, growing out of these twins of ll twentieth century progress, would demand a freedom of development not generally permitted within the boundary lines of most laige cities. 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Many developed outside the corporation limits. The difficulty involved in obtaining needed relaxation or modification of zoning statutes within the cities discouraged the early shopping center development from taking place there. Even the nature of recreation changed and affected the economy. The witnessing of entertainment moved from population centers (movie theaters, professional baseball stadiums, and the like) into the home via television, while the popularity of participant entertainment and recreation climbed steeply. Such change calls for extreme economic agility not permitted by land government-determine- d use. GRANITE HIGH AUDITORIUM 3305 S. 5th E., Salt Lake City GROUP HOSPITAL BONDS WORKMEN'S COMP. 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