The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-06-02
ENABLING ACTS
ARE URGED BY
CITY PLANNERS
THE CITIZEN PRINTS RESOLVE
PASSED BY NATIONAL PLAN
CONFERENCE TO SHOW
VALUE OF SPECIAL LAW

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Bearing out Mr.. Coverings
arsicle transmitting the Zonine
Enabling Act Cor. the State of
Massachusetts, yesterday, The Citi-
zen presents its readers today
resolutions, bearing upon this
specific and important point
which were passed short time
ago by the Eighteenth National
Conference on City Planning in
St. Petersburg.
These resolutions were adopted
unanimously and by voice, vote,
and urged state enabling acts for
the most effective city planning,
while at the same time recording
satisfaction. in the growth of in
terest in regional and city plan
ming.
More Rational Development
81. Experience during the last
year and discussions at the pres
ent conference, have emphasized
as never before, the fundamental
Importance of state enabling acts
10 effective city planning. NUM-
CAPABILITIES cannot avoid congestion,
prevent misplaced streets, protect
homes, provide safe and sufficient
traffic facilities and acquire ade-
q1ate and permanent Fairgrounds
without proper state legislation
The adoption, under competent
legal advice, of such legislation
and Of other needed enabling acts
win make possible the more
rational development of our cities
and metropolitan regions and the
saving to future generations OF
social and economic costs beyond
all computation.
Record Satisfaction
{. "2. We record our great salts
faction at the increasing atten-
ton given to city and regional
: planning problems by national
. organizations such as the Cham
I. Der of Commerce of the United
/. States, American Institute OF
: Architects, American Society OF
Landscape Architects, American
Civic association, National MUM.
cipal League, American Society OF
I. Civil Engineers, American Road
+. Builders association, American
Society for Municipal Improve
sments, Playground and Recrea-
ition Association of America, Ma.
;tional Automobile Chamber OF
Commerce, National Safety Coun.
ell and by the various state leagues
.of municipalities, and other or.
foundations, national, state and
local. Especially do we welcome
:the growing spirit of cooperation
.of the realtors throughout the
UNITED States in the building OF
better cities, and we express the
hope that much good may come
-from the studies now being
made by the joint committee oil
the National Association of Rea
Estate boards and the Nationa
Conference on City Planning OF
Regulation of Land Subdivision
TO this joint committee we sug
sgest cooperation with the com
-Inittee of the Bureau of Housing
and Zoning Of the United State;
Department of Commerce which i,
drafting a standard state enabling
act for city planning.
80. We call the special atten
tioH of all members of the confer
.ence and of others interested il
seity and regional planning to tn,
reports of the Second Nationa
Conference on Street and Highway
Safety. held in the cali of Secre
aary of Commerce, Washington
March 1926, 1926, at Herber
Hoover. and we urge careful stud,
of the recommendation contained
an these reports, including the
suggestions for city and regiona
araffic commissions and commit
tees.
Policy Approved
"a. Recognizing the import
anee Of beauty in city and regiona
planning and deploring the dis
figurement of the community. 5,
general in this country, due L
outdoor advertising without prope
regulations. the conference APP
proves Of the policy of the nation
oil committee for restriction o
outdoor advertising and the eli
forts Of leaders within the indus
try itself Of restricting outdoo
advertising 20 commercial neigh
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