New Britain herald., 1924-09-18
KIRKHAM CHARGES
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 l the opinion Of the building commits
 sion would have a tendency 10 de-
 prcciate the surrounding property.
 If seventy-fye per cent of the
 owners of property in the immediate
 vicinity within a distance of five
 hundred feet from the proposed
 buildings are in favor of removing
 the restriction for any such build l ing or structure, the building com mission may grant permit for erec-
 ton Of same. In all cases where the
 locating of d building or structure | may have a tendency 10 depreciate
 the surrounding property the build ! ing commission shall, before grant
 ing such permit, give five (5) days notice Co the owners of the same within five hundred feet of the pro-
 posed building or structure either by
 United States mail or by advertise ment once in each daily newspaper published in New Britain. The building commission shall promptly notify in W:itinE, by United States mail or otherwise, any person who may file with the commission writ ten request for a notice of it's action in the premises, Any person claim ing 10 be agrievcd by the action of the building commission in granting or refusing to grant a permit for the erection Of any building or structure shall have the right of appeal to the city court of New Britain to be taken and pursued in the same manner as is now provided by ordinance re- garding an appeal from any order of the building inspector, but said city court shall have power only to decide whether such action is in ac- cordance with law and the decision on said appeal shall operate as the case may be either as a permit or a refusal of permit. During the pen dency of such appeal the right to erect such building shall be suspend ed in case the permit has been granted. Appeals must be taken within five days after the granting of or refusal to grant permit"
 Asks $1.00O for Coming.
 Chairman Saul P. Waskowitz of the city plan commission submitted a communication asking an appro- priation of $1,000 to begin d pro- gram of planning and explaining the need. therefor. His communication follows.
 Your City Plan Commission, as at present constituted, has spent some months in asquainting itself with it's duties, studying local condi- tions related to city planning and thes ubject of city planning gener- ally and in ascertaining what is be- ing accomplished in and through city planning in a number of our neighboring cities.
 The further we proceed in our investigations the more convinced | are we of the importance and value of city planning and of the need of | a comprehensive plan to guide the | growth, development and future im- provement of our city. We are also l greatly impressed with the task l which has been imposed upon us un- der the city charter; also with the fact that proper city planning is a highly specialized subject which can not possibly be carried out success fully by noyjces alone.
 We find that a great majority of | the most progressive American cities either already have comprehensive {! city plans for their guidance, or are i TOW engaged in the formulation of ! such plans, or are taking the initial 1 steps toward that end. We further ! find that the great majority of pro- gressive cities and towns are estab- | llshing building districts and restric- ttons, through the adoption of Zon- ing ordinances as the first and most siyc city planning. Fortunately, for New Britain, our zoning commission is already well advanced in the preparation of its zoning regulations and 1t is our sincere hope that at the next meeting Of the legislature our city government will take de- termincd steps to secure the passage of special act which will enable New Britain to adopt the zoning regulations as a city ordinance. NI
 Our Honorable Mayor, in his last annual message, pointed out 10 your honorable body a number Of impor- tant matters which he and We be- lieve merit the most serious consid- eTation and Study. Not the least im- portant of these is the matter of the correction and improvement of the street system of the city. A study of this matter certainly comes with in the prerogatiye of your City Plan Commission, but the problem is so complex and so closely related to other city problems which properly come within the purview of this commission that we hesitate 10 tackle 1t without the aid of city planning experts. Our inveetiga- tions disclose that almost without ex- ception all those cities which have formulated comprehensive city plans or which have accomplished praC- tical results through city planning have done sO 1nIV whore thp rlaO