Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-24
lON|NG ORDINANCE
WILL Be DRAF TED
Councilman Abrahams Refers
the Proposition to City So
licltor SatterthWaite.

Councilman AhrNhams reported 10
oty Council lest niHht that ne hao
conferred with City Solicitor Sauer"-
waite regarding city sonlns ana an
erdina nee Will be drafted soon' inc
ordinance viii restrict building opera
tacns 40 that one mans property cam
not iuture Anothcrs Under tne Son-
ing system certain sections OF the ~ty
viii be designated 40 residential. sho
n rropcrty owner will not he permit
tod 10 erect any building or ADDITION
that would iniure adjoining property.
on behalf OF G. W. Wen1ing. man
Arc, of the Liberty Land Co. Coun-
cilmsn Abrahams presented the fol-
lowing contemplated restriction In con-
nec,ion with the sale OF property In
Union Park Gardens:
1T 10 further expressly understood
and agreed tha. all deeds conveying
any par, or the said property shall
contain the following restrictive COW
enances which shall run with the
land
this deed ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. hereby
covenants 20 and with said Liberty
land Company, party OF the first part
Its succoasors. grantees and assigns
that neither tho said party OF the sec
end part nor .........s...... snail OF
viii .......... at any time hereafter
erect or permit any building within
twenty t2o) feet or any garage within
nifty 600 feet OF tho building line OF
any street on which tho lot or tract
Of land hereinafter described. conveyed
by thts decd. shu,A. except that the
last mentioned restrictions relative 20
tho erection Of garages within fMty
feet OF the building line OF any street
on which said lot or tract OF land abuts.
shall not apply TO those portions OF
streete lying east OF Union Street and
running at right angles thereto, TO
wit: Tulip. Chestnut. Elm. Linden.
Maple and Sycamore streets. and will
not erect or permit upon any part Of
said lot or tract OF land any frame or
galvanized iron buildings or any build
ings without reofs or slate or metal or
other fireproof material or any slaugh-
ter-hours, pigsery. smith -Ahop, forge
furnace. foundry or any other factory
OF any kind whatever or any brewery
di-tlllery, or any other noxioux or dan
senrouS trade cr business and will not
erect or permit during period OF
twenty (?ol years from the day OF the
date Of this deed eny stores excepting
on the tract or land on the easterl,
eide Of Unicn street between Lanca etei
avenue and Tulip street, or any public
garage upon such lot or tract Of lant
here'nabove described or any par
thereof: provided. however. that sai,
last mentioned restriction. relating Z,
public garages, shall not be deemed q
apply TO the reserved or interior area.
not now built upon IN blocks Up" and
n" as ahown on the map OF Unior
Park Gardens on fle In the Office o
the Street and Sewer Department fo'
tho City OF Wilmington and state o'
Delaware
Commenting thereon. Mr. wsnzins
wrote:
while n mentions stores, thfs. ir
my opinion. n not sufYscient to pre-
vent anyone from Opening any stor'
In Union Park. ~ / understand ths
the general custom n that II per
COR owns property, a. long a. he com
plies with necessary building resula
tion~ and building lines he can us
this for any legitimate purpose. Yo'
will rccollcct a year or SO ago a cas-
a, Elmhurst. which property was sol
only Tor residential purpose. bu, wher
a shoemaker built a shoemakor's shoI
which matter was taken into cour
and sustained | think IL Council ca
IN ANY way pass an ordinance c
whatever may he necessary 10 bin
eurh restriction either at Union Par
or In any other residential section
Wilmington il should be done 2
promptly as possible"