IMPORTANT NEW PAMPHLETS PLANNING OF UNBUILT AREAS IN THE NEW YORK REGION, a form of State Enabling Act with Annotations. Prepared by Edward M. Bassett. Regional Plan of New York, 1925. Publication No. 10. "Providing for the establishment of an official map or plan at the option of every municipality, the approval of plats, the protection of mapped streets, the setting aside of small parks for playgrounds, the modification of zoning in platted areas, and the control of building permits". As to the protection of mapped streets, Mr. Bassett's proposals should be compared with the method of protection by eminent domain presented in 1924 by Judge Nichols, and further developed by him and endorsed by Mr. Bettman at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Federation of Planning Boards last October. HIGHWAY TRAFFIC IN NEW YORK AND ITS ENVIRONS. By Harold M. Lewis in collaboration with Ernest P. Goodrich. Regional Plan of New York and its Environs, 1925. Engineering Series. Monograph Number one. Fully illustrated. A CITY PLANNING PRIMER, by G. E. Lommel and F. G. Bates. Bulletin of Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. July 1925, vol. 9, no. 5. Illustrated. A very interesting document inspired by the Indiana City Planning Association, and containing illustrations chosen to show Indiana conditions and proposals. T. K. H. A considerable number of other very interesting city plan reports have been received since the last Quarterly, and these are being held for review in the Annual Survey of City and Regional Planning in the United States for 1925, to be published in the April issue of CITY PLANNING. NEW ARGUMENTS FOR ZONING In the opinion of Mr. Bassett the brief (available in printed form) of Mr. Frazer in the Ridgewood (New Jersey) case is "a most important Zoning document. It is the very best statement of why the applicant should follow the board of appeals and court review. It also shows clearly how badly off the state is that gets started on the wrong track". He is using this brief to advantage in several states where zoning is going wrong. Also as supplementary to the list by Miss McNamara in the July 1925 issue of CITY PLANNING "Recent References to Arguments for Zoning", especial note should be made of the sections in the 1925 Fire Prevention Year Book entitled "Overlap of Zoning and Fire Prevention" and "Zoning and Water Supply as seen by experts". (Published by the Baltimore Underwriter and National Agent, American Bldg., Baltimore. Price 50 cents.) ADDITIONAL REFERENCES TO LAWS AUTHORIZING PLANNING AGENCIES FOR MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTIES AND REGIONS Compiled by the DIVISION OF BUILDING AND HOUSING, (Supplement to the list published in the October 1925 issue.) CONNECTICUT Special Laws of 1925, No. 8. Charter amendment for the City of Hartford. Special Laws of 1925, No. 95. Special Act, authorizing Town Planning Board for the Town of Stratford. Special Laws 1925, Special Act No. 383. Charter amendment, authorizing Board of City Planning for City of Laws of 1925, Act No. 145. Charter amendment, authorizing Park, Tree and Zoning Commission, for Charter amendment, authorizing City Planning Commission for City of Laws of 1925, Act No. 284. Charter amendment, authorizing City Planning Commission for City of Laws of 1925, Act. No. 320. Charter amendment, authorizing City Planning Commission for City of Laws of 1925, Act No. 326. INDIANA Charter amendment, authorizing City Planning Commission for City of Laws of 1923, Chapter 92. Amending Laws of 1921, Chapter 209, Section 10. KANSAS Laws of 1923, Chapter 92. MAINE City Planning Commissions in cities of the first, second and third class. (Repealing Chapter 99, Laws of 1921.) Laws of 1917, Chapter 201 (Special), p. 688. City Planning Board for City of Auburn. MARYLAND Laws of 1910, Chapter 114. City Plan Commission for City of Baltimore. MASSACHUSETTS Laws of 1921, Chapter 41, Sections 70-84. NEVADA City Planning Commissions for Cities and Towns; over 10,000 compulsory -under 10,000, optional. Boards of Survey for Cities and Towns. Art Commissions for Cities and Towns. Laws of 1921, Chapter 131. City or town planning commissions for incorporated cities and towns. NEW YORK Laws of 1925, Chapter 539, amending, Laws of 1909, Chapter 29. Regional Planning Boards. NORTH CAROLINA Laws of 1921, (Extra Session), Chapter 169, as amended by Laws of 1921, (Extra Session), Chapter 246. Planning Commissions for Cities and Towns in the Counties of Buncombe, TENNESSEE Private Acts of 1923, Chapter 412, as amended by Private Acts of 1925, Chapters 93, 248 and 298. Charter amendment, authorizing City Plan Board for City of Knoxville. ZONED CITIES Twenty-seven of the 33 largest cities in the United States, having populations of over 200,000 inhabitants, have now adopted zoning ordinances. INSTITUTE NEWS Conducted by FLAVEL SHURTLEFF, Secretary WINTER MEETING OF INSTITUTE The winter meeting of the American City Planning Institute will be a joint session with the American Society of Civil Engineers, January 21st and 22nd, New York City. The Engineers are having an all-day session on the 21st and will consider the following subjects: "The Plan of Cincinnati" by George B. Ford of New York; "The Plan of Mariemont" by Frederick H. Fay of Boston; and "The Relation of Town Planning to the Various Professions Engaged in the Execution of Community Development" by John Nolen of Cambridge. On Friday morning, at the Institute session, the subject of "The Use of Hexagonal Blocks and Other Designs in City Planning" will be considered. This will be presented by Mr. Noulan Cauchon of Ottawa, Canada, President of the Canadian Town Planning Institute. NATIONAL CONFERENCE 1926 IN FLORIDA The National Conference on City Planning will hold its annual meeting of 1926 in Florida; March 29th, 30th and 31st, at St. Petersburg, and April 1st at West Palm Beach. It is planned to have this meeting not a St. Petersburg or a West Palm Beach or even a state-wide conference, but to make it a southeastern regional conference. The program has not been completed but the following subjects will be considered: Planning of New Towns and Suburbs-President's Address, Planning of Pleasure Resorts, The Recreational Use of City Water Fronts, The Water Front in Florida, The Location of the Railroad in the Modern City, Planning Opportunities and Dangers of Rapid Development, The Laws Necessary for the Better Organization and Development of Municipal Areas, How to Tell the Public the Meaning and Merit of City Planning. Zoning sessions, as conducted by Mr. Bassett, which have become a valuable part of the annual meetings, will be continued in the Florida sessions. F. S. PLANNING PROBLEMS OF TOWN, CITY AND REGION. Discussions at the International City and Regional Planning Conference held at New York City, Apr. 20 to 25, 1925. Published for the Conference by Norman, Remington Co., Baltimore, Md., 1925. 530 pages. plates. maps. Being also the proceedings of the 17th National Conference on City Planning, and a very important addition to its series of volumes. For subjects of papers included see program of the Conference published in CITY PLANNING for April 1925. |