Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-22
CITY PLANNING
SCHEMES GIVEN
TO COMMITTEE
Bills to Set Up Advisory Com
missions Outlined at Cham
Der of Commerce.
EXPLAIN WORK IN EAST

Provisions of the proposed bills to
legallze city planning for Indiana mu-
inequalities were outlined at meeting Of
the Committee of One Hundred at the
Chamber Of Commerce at noon today by
James II. Lowry, chairman, and J. Clyde
Hoffman, attorney for the board Of park
commissioners.
Mr. Lowry and Mr.. Hoffman recently
returned from a trip to Eastern cities.
where they conferred with city planning
experts and studied city planning COM
missions now in operation.
The report read at the meeting was
not draft Of the proposed bills, but
merely suggestions Of provisions to be
embodied in the final bill to be presented
to the Assembly.
Two bills are proposed, one for the
crea tion of planning commissions ana
defining their powers and the other
granting city councils the power to pass
zoning ordinances.
NINE MEMBERS
FOR COMMISSION.
The bills would give to city councils
the right to create commissions, nve 10
be citizens appointed by the mayor, VINO
also should name one member or the
board Of works, member OF the
city engineer. Two Of the members
appointed by the mayor would serve two
years, two for three years, one Tor tour
years and thereafter all for four years.
The commission would have direct con-
! troll only over plating in the city ana
within five miles Of the city limits II
would be empowered to employ expert
engineers. architects and landscape gar
deners to make surveys and outline plans
which it believed necessary. The city
council would put it's orders and plans
into effect.
The proposed bill would provide for
a tax levy of not less than three nor
more than FIVE mills on the hundred DOL
lars to cover expenses of the commits
sion The money would go into the gen
eral fund. to avoid the creation of another
special taxing unit.
ADVISORY DUTIES
ARE PRESCRIBED.
Advisory supervision Of the erection
of all bridges, memorials, works 9r ait
and public buildings would be given TO
the commission by a section pFcvldinY
that the board contemplating such
project submit It's plans TO the connnls-
sion before the contract is let. Ihe
commission would lie empowered 10 make
recommendations upon these plans, but
the originating board would not be com
PEELED TO follow them.
The general purpose Of the bill is to
give the commission only advisory power
and let the existing branches of municipal
government carry out its plans until 1t
is thoroughly at work, after which, It's
hackers believe. its power might lie cx-
tended.
The Committee OF One Hundred De-
cided to call a Statewide conference
to meet 10 indianapolis Friday OF next
week. Every city in Indiana interested
in city planning will be asked to send
a representative. The hour and place
of the meeting viii he announced later
City planning experts will be asked to
attend the conference At the request Of
Mr.. Lowry he was granted permission to
postpone the appointing Of an executive
committee until after the Official city
planning commission is named. In the
meantime the full Committee Of One
Hundred Will continue to act.