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Show SAYS CITY BLOCKS SHOULD BE DIVIDED Civic Planning Expert Suggests to City Commissioners Various Methods for Enhancing Eeal Estate Values. Conceding that Salt Lake has assets for city planning in its wide streets and its general arrangement, George K. Kessler of St. Louis, expert on city planning, told the city commission some of the advantages that would result from a systematic provision for the city's further growth. Mr. Kessler, who came here at the invitation of the city commission, addressed ad-dressed that body for nearly two hours yesterday morning. He pointed out that Ihe city is handicapped in not having a charter that would make it independent of the legislature in matters mat-ters of vital importance and understanding under-standing to residents and of a nature not to be properly understood by legislators legis-lators from remote parts of the state. One of the chief arguments for eity zoning advanced by the expert is that it tends to stability in growth of real estate values. Assurance that a locality local-ity will be devoted for a long period of vears to one purpose, he says, tends to steady vnlues and permit of their proper growth. , Though the width of the streets is of value in the business section, he is disposed to regard them as a. waste of ground in the outlying residence sections. sec-tions. The blocks, he thinks, might better he cut into smaller ones to bring more ffcoperty into use by giving it street, frontage. A comprehensive plan for the zoning of the city as to business, industry and residence uses and its general improvement, improve-ment, of appearance and use of property prop-erty was recommended to the eomrnis- sion. A more attractive entrance to City Creek canyon, the parking of the baiiks of tho Jordan river to prevent degenera.cy of tho locality into a dumping dump-ing ground and other improvements were tentatively suggested as belonging belong-ing in a general city improvement plan. Complete survey of the city for plan ning would cost in the neighborhood of $10.00(1, Mr. Kessler estimated. Whether Wheth-er anything of the sort will be undertaken under-taken next year in view of the known need of economy is a matter upon which no one is prepared to venture an opinion at this time. |