Show l I Z Zone EX Expert e t 7 Jells lelli ells Plans I i Definite Policy Needed 2 Blocks Serious erious Problem Issues Warning Against Congestion of Business Residence Sections H L LE straining with his hh shout shout- WH W der cr lo lo the wheel of oC the war wagon wason helping to push the theold theold theold old juggernaut over the top Old Man Ian S Sal H Lake has paused long enough to give SJ himself the once over Realizing that Industrial congestion pains residential blisters and traffic I tumors are detrimental to a soldier the theold theold theold old gentleman is going bOinS to have himself zoned For this purpose he has en engaged engaged en- en the services of or George Georgo E. E Kess- Kess ler This expert has called into consultation consultation consultation con con- a a. commission and the comI commission com corn mission has set about Its work with a ai azeal i 4 zeal and efficiency which promises J to tomake tomake tomake I make Salt Lake the of or cities the Foch of industrial strategists str and the tho Jess Willard of of heavyweight mu mu- nl E lI i t fh fh vw o hb h t t L tion of or energetic citizens of ot modern 1 cities dUes and Salt Lako Lake has chosen to be he among the most pro progressive The definite def def- aims Issued yesterday by the city planning commission are In part as follows What Is city planning What docs does II It mean to Salt Lake City Why should hould it be done or begun now noVo now inV In lit Its broadest broade t sense a city plan means a a. V simple scheme of ot things around which the development of or a a. city Is centered I laying down certain general lines within which progressive Improvements be undertaken and in which I 5 i correctional undertakings shall bo be 4 American cities almo almOs y sally aily have hare grown by accretion rather than b by force of or Intelligent direction of growth g resulting in Innumerable V false Investments on private and pUblic pub- pub lie lic account which later ater must bo be abandoned abandoned aban- aban cloned for many reasons Essentially no TtO public corporation can cm successfully govern sovern Its development develop- develop ment without a fundamental plan and the conditions which V a a. reasoning out of or made Its existence possible and guide I Its It activities efficiently and with the minimum o 01 WabLe lrI PI YX SEEDED V V A A consistent plan based upon a ac c study of or pres present nt conditions In Salt Lako Lake will prove provo the tho need of oC es establishing es- es V definite policies policies' in both bothI I public and private development d' There I I Is no enterprise that Is not seriously I hat that Is so 80 in dan danger er of oC bankruptcy I self satisfied as to believe that there Is la nothing else elso to be done Under I such conditions the community as a aI I Jw w. w business corporation Is likely to move V I along In accustomed channels carr carrying carry carry- VV ing ng unusual maintenance charges en encouraging en- en 1 encroachments of oC one class pon i-pon another without seeing the end endi i of tt f such enterprise ft No business enterprise can stand still A city Is is In fact tact more or lessa less h e a business corporation and unless its L policies are definitely fixed along alons- ra raa rational ra- ra a lines in safeguarding the interests Interests inter Inter- ra-j ra id ests of ot all its people It will finally fail fall fallIn In holding holding- its business in competition 1 mS with others without constant scrutiny of cf Its business methods The city plan M gives opportunity to carry arry out well lie I defined policies In serving Its people leople lIS the best of or surrounding conditions f I Without a no comprehensive stud study of or the conditions leading to the develop develop- J e nent of the city no rational scheme J no consistent control can be had of or the thc city's growth There should hould be bo ample 1 areas providing fo for the transportation h needs of ot the cit city The manufacturing j 4 ie or Industrial developments nat naturally rall f follow the transportation lines and andT sst T must must be provided with ample space forSO forat for 5 at SO C OI expansion for future growth and In la 2 ei turn must be so eo controlled that such ct ctt I development docs not intrude Itself ms ct 1 other areas needed for tor other pur- pur oe ad SJ Salt Lake LaTte Is fortunately situated B ln comparison to man many other cities cIUc i. i In InT T being being- encircled b by railway lines thit with their thElt develop develop- 7 nent ent of oC industrial properties almost u p. p always place barriers against as the nor- nor rot for frt mal of oC l growth or resl- resl a area areas and in turn create as the lly Ily grows the necessity for very ven great yc In making safe passage o 3 1 y L r. r such areas arens between the concen- concen lse business districts and the resl- resl ag sg districts It Is therefore cst cst esI cs- cs t I gosSl o that well defined areas ml l S for far 0 reasonable expansions of or cacti be formulated and ultimately b byaw by aw established so that invasions of or H ino class claRs of oC activity may not occur pon others i f LIt A Salt Lake Lk In Its V earlier establish establish- hID h- h rn ID tw n nt created er very lar large e blocks of land lande e Ie C cl af C tY tk Illustrate as the city has grown rown e re fi he waste of oC ground round surface and con- con rt the tho unusual expansion over d creator areas of oC the tho business section nESE I. got The acC Tho foot blocks rt present the peed of oC most careful stud study and cor- cor sAM In bringing Into intensive use se e b Ie present waste land In the interior F 1 f these largo large blocks Through that bT bI b will bo be I il f t possible 10 to o F ye ic c to ver very much greater advantage uJ jie e lands hands of business districts creat- creat OB In K g much greater values and In turn In is fW J greater municipal d Je es for tor or the constantly Increasing asin ox- ox I ex-I lOI ot of the tho city city- of The wide prin- prin n pal streets make It unnecessary to tow I if In the major part of tho t e usual ot of conI con con- I fO Isted sted highways J In turn tum however howe tU se unusually wide hl pret pre pre- 1 t difficulties In t cost w i. i 01 of C Improve Improve- improve improve- o rt nt and m maintenance where the tho nee needs s do not Ot require these unusual usual j J at lIt lItt mh t wIThe local transportation problems Co 11 II for a careful study in the trans- trans tation or of passengers and the cost distribution of materials and I I sup- sup and JOG 8 While there should be nothing the control of the city's cf 8 growth that V rt tIC 1 permit an o over congestion est on of ot POD pon- on- on r V r tion in H Ine H renters It should 1 Ul ill 0 p be he borne In mini that unusual an lon of ot the population U. U U Ion ble distance toward nard the a t. t ns nR exceptional cot cost of Improvement highways highway and ln of public lilies utilities and the I W ce of oC these A There here aro are In this city ample rJ ff tJ led areas arpa to pro for a er very large population There rc re has hns ICI tl been an nn of control on part of the which h Is Ise IsiLI 1 e It affected than the county count I I r ILL iLI hc he platting of new land I r less les difficult th than In most moat I It of or the United States 5 Vs S the commercial Interests of or the ther T l Sr undertake to secure additional LJ r I a definite scheme of I planning provides pro at once a su sug- sug L pi Ion fon of the re region on In which to place I II out ont hurt to others nsw enterprises I. avoids In future the rearrange rearrange- t of ot uch u h plants In rational 5 OId V i. i Where hero such uch properties for Inc inCe In- In ce c are arc In J compact areas aleas devoted to loti iI purpose every en facility required by b 5 may b bf be supplied with less 1158 effort V loss JOSl of time and cost than It If itI u lv h scattered over man many sections of oC P Ity ty t I IA c economies l of nC rail delivery oCI of oC u c Ie c I delivery to and from such prOfI pron- pron t I can eRn be he FO so groat that there will 1 s V d desire for sporadic developments I is kind Exactly the tho condl- condl I li tR true of ot of the I r. r constantly n and anti warehouse o districts of oC the cit city In the thc business district the tho same ame principle applies with equal force Coree Through proper understanding and government go of the problem Ute tho Investment Investment Invest Invest- ment mont feature of uC great buildings building's may beso beso be bo boso so controlled that loss coming from Ee investments In In III very high buildings buildIngs buildings build build- ings may inay bo be entirely avoided People as a rulo rule have hava not yet ct learned that It does docs not ilot pay In the end to attempt to absorb mothers mother's property in tho the t reS of hel height ht of or buildings this particular particular particular par par- point will be most moat definitely emphasized Tho The erection of unusually high buildings on tho the wide streets of oC Salt Lake City will not be troublesome Yet unregulated and antI except on tho corners each tall building must necessarily re rely for tor Its rental values upon tho use of or ortho the tho lI light ht and air all of the tho neighboring property Where that Is ia done the tho first building has a definite advantage for fora a time The next building unless tho the I original building building- is 18 J properly designed to provide pro for COr this eventuality will vill II completely bar the use of oC that neighbors neighbor's neighbors neighbor's neigh neigh- bors bor's light and air In turn the room rooms facing upon the thc I neighboring property will be made unInhabitable uninhabitable uninhabitable un un- un- un inhabitable and thereby reducing the rental possibilities of oC such original building to a 3 point far below the tho necessary necessary necessary essary laconic Income to maintain this property property property prop prop- erty at its original value As older buildings aro are brought In i lr 1 nr r. nr ln th mutual 1 hULL III vw I rights 1 in 1 W light and air the I the older d sections sec ace fall into disuse and bring brIng- about as in so 80 many cities those large largo areas arens of or deteriorated properties The Tho operation operation operation opera opera- tion of properly conceived building re regulations regulations reg reg- in this respect will automatically automatically automatic automatic- all ally limit the height of oC business buildings buildings build build- ings and prevent unnecessary concentration concentration concentration concen concen- of oC large numbers of people One prominent problem In the tho downtown downtown downtown down down- town district of oC Salt Snit Lake lies In the tho unusual size of tho the blocks of or land hand feet means a very ver great groat waste of oC usable land that shou should d be bo put pUl Into Intensive use Tho The division of these blocks into at least two and In some somo instances four will without question bring about infinitely greater return and consolidate antI and hold in stable condItion condition condition con con- the commercial district The city planning commission can canIn canIn canIn In another single phase of or Its service more than Justify Its existence and Its stud study at this timo in considering the tho problems of oC extension of oC urban dis dis- A tendency throughout the world Is Isto Isto isto to congregate vast numbers of oC people within the cities In con congested areas crowding CroWling people into great eat commercial in nh I th their work k- k kd and d also is cr crowding lIn the tho same people Into tenement barracks within the cities and thus producing In its varying forms Corms what are arc known as the slums district AVOID AVOIL CONGESTION These occur not only In sections that produce a con congregation rc of vicious inhabitants but even tho the better somewhat somewhat somewhat some some- I what less crowded dwelling house distrIcts districts districts dis dis- create conditions that gradually lead to housing and social conditions that gradually form a great reat vicious element element elemont ele ele- ment mont of oC population This Is entire entirely unnecessary if through proper housing an and build building In laws the regulations are arc provided and s systematically Guar guarded ed that will prevent overcrowding of districts districts districts dis dis- convenient con to business centers As a matter of oC course It Is absolutely absOlutely absolute lute essential to encourage so far faras faras faras as possible In our great cities tho the In Individual Individual individual In- In home homo and garden barden W Wisely sely undertaken undertaken undertaken un un- un- un and maintained at points not too far beyond the centers finally brings about a condition of or stability In every phase of life liCe and stability of labor conditions absolutely essential to the permanence of our communities This city happily Is providing for its Ils garden territory and has not yet et produced produced produced pro pro- tho overcrowding o in tho the Interior It has however not occupied its available available avail avail- able ablo Intervening spaces which should be bo given careful thought and solution HIGH hIGhWAYS WAYS YS I. I Tho The vision now shown In the present conditions of or the city b by Its founders In establishing wide highways throughout through through- out the earl early city Is accentuated at this time In the tho downtown districts the thie has problems to width city h no as ns u 9 una anu capacity OL us JIB problems ci are aro pO purely el sor of regulation t r n. n I In Inthe the tho hl valued high valued h-valued sections of oC the tho city the question of at cost of Improvement and maintaining thise se highways becomes negligible In the thc much larger regions however cr of or intermediate and outlying outlying- sections this is a very important matter matter mat mat- ter br of oC stud study Tho The rational subdivision of ot highway space into roadways sidewalks and parking ln In residence sections requires a policy based upon efficient service at ata ata ata a minimum cost COit of oC Improvement and antI I upkeep As a matter of or course there I should at no time be bo an any thought of oC I reducing total widths coexisting oc high high- I ways There Thero should bo ho material savings sayings sav say savI I ings through reduction of oC roadway space and the maintenance of or wide I parkways 5 Instead of unusual roadway I paving In many instances this can be bedone bedone bedone done with central l parking While It is true that the need of constant watering and the need of or constant care of oC such lawn spaces of oC shade trees brings with It a greater g cost than Utan to those cities inthe inthe in inthe the rain lain belt yet et the result In the good bood appearance and the attractiveness as a aI ai I II i I residential city s 's s g far greater than the I cost o of producing and maintaining the effects of shaded avenues throughout the city outside of or Its commercial districts dis dis- I While hUe the tho hief f-hief result of oC practical I city gb l survey unc and city elt planning rest resit ai- ai tI- tI I most entirely In giving stability to Improvement Improvement improvement Im Im- im- im provement and antI safeguarding against wrong wron- use uso of ot lands and through h tho the classification of the use uso of oC lands lantIs the tho element clement of or good appearance The City Beautiful is really of equal Importance importance tance particularly in Salt Lake with p r Its wonderful beautiful avenues venues and its impressively aiT ample public spaces Salt Lake is known as a beautiful city yet et It Is consistently consIstent neglecting one ono Important clement which now makes It so Its so-Its Its street trees |