New Britain herald., 1923-09-27
COUNCIL ID HEAR
 OF zON|NG PLANS
Special Communication to Be
 Read at Meeting

The following communication anenl
 The koning plan will be read al the
 next common council session st the
 request of is council members whf
 favor adoption Of the idea;-
 TO the Mayor and Members of the
 Common Councils
 "As matter Of vital importance
 for the present and future develop nnent Of this city lies in our province
 st the present lime. Among the most
 important questions, and a vital one
 for us to decide and plan for today is
 the restricting by, zonine, the use or
 business 10 which building Is put. This
 particular thing has received little or
 no consideration by any board or com
 mission up 10 the present time, and
 if plans or steps have been taken
 along these lines they have received
 but scant notice,
 "our neiehboring municipalities.
 including Bridgeport. New Haven and
 Waterbury. together with several
 smaller towns. have by recent state
 legislation obtained zoning enabling act which will allow them to proceed
 with their own zoning problems.
 Now that the state has sanctioned such a movement there ls nothing left 10 prohibit New Britain from pro- ceeding with zoning resolution. A survey of the city is necessary to de- termine a classification for all build ings. lt has been found in other eit- les that the use or occupation Of buildings has been divided into three large districts: residential, commercial and unrestricted.
 This survey can he consummated by the cooperation of the city plan ming commission, city engineering dept., building commission and board of assessors, if so directed.
 "Our residential and commercial sections are at the present time mixed into a heterogeneous mass Of build ings. These sections have at present no predetermined location of growth. and the result to the prospective home builder is the possibility of any type of building being erected adJa- cent to him.
 "A zoning ordinance will unaues- tionably predetermine the nature or buildinss which will be built in the future, and it will. therefore stabilize realty values eliminating much undue imitation. The city has grown to such an extent that we believe it is lm- perative to take action at once. what few residential sections we have left should certainly be preserved, and we have had the experience of seeing good residential sections spoiled by the encroachment of inferior commer- cisl developments. Commercial de- should only be encouraged along the main arteries of travel and should be discouraged from en- croaching into side streets adjacent to them, Thought should be given to the sub division of a residential sec ton into two or more parts: namely. 3 one and two family division and a lti-family division
 Our manufacturing sections, or as ordinarily called the unrestricted sec ion, should likewise be considered for he protection of manufacturing in- .erests, in order that they may expand the future excessive cost in purchasing residential properties.
 Home builders and certain com {, nercial enterprises should be discour- ( lged from developing in an unrestrict- I d section. At the present time there } ire many undesirable garages, small [ torres, small manufacturing enter | ,rises which are being erected at ran om throughout the city, and which I laturally causes citizens to express h oncern as to the safety of investment i, Il property. The undersigned, there- 0 ore, respectfully request the City t Tanning commission to look into the Q dvisability of establishing zoning c rdinance in this city with an esti- nate as to the cost of perfecting such W n ordinance, together with recom- is as to its enforcement, ap- il calls and amendments and commits Il ion having jurisdiction of the same. I nd that report be made by the foresaid commission at the October ,eeting of the Common Council on le foregoing subject. We deeply ap- I reciate all that the City Planning commission has done, both as a whole nd individually for the city in nu- ., erous ways, and we feel that the :, ,mmission at this time will give this ', 'atter deep consideration for both :, resent and future growth of New :, ritain." q,