Show I L Zoning the City 1 I PROPOSAL for a spur track extension has recently brought prominently prominently I PROPOSAL to the attention of the city commissioners and the people of Salt Lake City as a whole whole- the necessity of zoning the city It is to be hoped the commissioners will proceed with the v expert advice they have now obtained and set forth a definite program The necessity of establishing zones has long been recognized b by city 1 planning g experts and the system now v prevails i in 1 practically all the large cities of the United States Salt Lake City has been without such a system and andI able to progress to its existing greatness I without causing undue confusion because of the foresight of our pioneers who planned here a city almost perfect in in its arr arrange arrange- ments But the time has come when we must Hoist move a step forward forward forward for for- 1 ward and make permanent what the pioneers of Salt Lake City 4 planned so successfully To stabilize realty values there must be be established zones I. I wherein realty will have one parti particular ular purpose There here must bezones be bezones bezones zones for manufacturing establishments a zone for wholesale trade a another other zone for general retail business and still more restricted I zones for residential purposes The manufacturer manufacture r is not justified d in erecting a factory unless i jg he can be assured the facilities he needs will be perma perina- nent Went It 1 would be unjust to permit him to erect a factory and then thena a few fell months o or r years later to have t the city adopt an ordinance forbidding a railroad to continue the operating of cars across the street to his factory It would be equally as unfortunate and unjust to place a t laundry foundry or any other factory alongside a home erected in a purely residential district Fortunately in the recent controversy those concerned were broad enough to put the city's welfare above their own interests The dispute has really proved beneficial for it has shown the necessity y of establishing a definite series of zones The city commissioners are now well on the way toward accomplishing the thc desired result and their interest in the matter is to be commended Definite action will eliminate the possibility of future controversies and will stabilize the prices of realty in all aIt parts of the city |