Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-01
Zone plan TAKEN
UP DURING 1919
BY COM N |SS|0N
City Planning Commission
Mapped Out Many Traffic
improvements for Omaha
In the Last Year.

The most important work taken
Up during the year by the city plan
ming commission was the zonng
plan which has been embodied in the
form OF an ordinance. which will
lie presented to the city council
soon for enactment into law, accord
ing to the authority granted by the
state legislature.
Ten cities of the United States
already have adopted coming plans
and so other cities are taking the
pr sminary steps,
Preliminary study maps showing
The rsc Of land, height of buildings,
percentage OF area occupied by
buildings, topography of the land,
amount of occupied and unoccupied
land, location OF industry, location
Of apartments and tenements, tran
sit lines and their relation to popu
lation; and charts showing direction
OF winds and percentages of city
area occupied by public property.
railroads. industry. commerce and
residence, were completed in prep
aration for the actual zonirg of the
city.
Work on the final maps, dividing
the city into various zones. regulat-
ing the use of land, area OF land TO
be occupied and height of building,
is now we'll under way. a new map
of Omaha was completed to be used
in the zoning work. A great amount
of statistical work and tabulation
waf included in the preliminary
work necessary for coming.
Plans for Extensions.
During the year the City Planning
commission worked out plans and
detail studies OF number of ex-
tensions, widenings and improve
ments OF streets and boulcvards.
Among those now under process OF
appraisemcnt are the Harvey street
widening from Twentieth to TWEEN
ty-sixth streets. Twentieth street
widening from Leavenworth to
Dodge: Twenty-second street open
ing from Howard to Dodge; Twen-
ty-fourth street widening from Pa
cilic to Cunning; Douglas street
widening and opening from Iwen-
ticth to Twenty-seventh street; and
the Center street widening from
Thirty-fourtll west TO the city lin
its.
One OF the most important I'M
provements for the city is the pro-
posed river front boulevard, now
being mapped and surveyed. The
route leads from the Fontenelle for
est reserve on the south to Ponca
creek, north of Florence.
The Inner Belt Traffic way Is in
process of mapping. 1t consists OF
a broad, paved traffic street, follow
ing the route of the Omaha Belt
line, from Sixteenth and Sprague
to Sixteenth and Leavenworth
streets. 1t will give easy truck
transportation for industries located
along the Belt line.
Work is now under way for the
widening and extension of St Marys
avenue, from Nineteenth street to
Turner boulevard, making it the
main traffic street to the southwest
part of the city. The widening and
opening of Thirteth street is an
other project now being mapped.
Drawings for the connection of
Commercial and Redman avenues
have been completed
Design New Buildings.
Several buildings have been de-
signed fo- the city. Among them
are the Jefferson square bath house,
designed and built under the super
vision OF this department; the Car
ter lake bath house and the shelter
house and keepers house at River
view park, for which plans. details
and specifications were prepared,
and the comfort station at Sixteenth
and Dodge streets.
Four new Fairgrounds have been
I proposed by this department. at
d Forty-seventh and Grant streets,
and Lake streets,
Twenty-seventh and Erskine streets.
and Twenty-irst and Charles streets.
A map showing the school popula
ton of the city and its relation to
the present and proposed play
grounds and parks is now being pre-
pared.
Studies for interior developments
of Elmwood and Carter Lake parks
have been completed, and the plans
contemplated, and the work is now
under way for the new athletic parl;
at Twentieth and L streets. Studies
for the development OF the river
front have also been made
A complete report in book form.
explaining the various projects for
street improvements. widerings. ex
tensions. etc, has been prepared and