The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-18

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60 an over-hauling soon, as post
war plans begin to take shape.
George w. Simons, Jr., planning
consultant, is busy working out an
industrial and economic survey
with his staff at Jacksonville, Fla,
and J. Fred Rippy, Jr., who acts
as secretary to the City Planning
Board, announced yesterday that
the survey would be presented to
the planning board for approval
within the next 30 days..
Providing favorable actions is
forthcoming by the planning board,
the study will be made available
to the entire community for use
in channeling efforts at industrial
development of Wilmington.
Special emphasis is being made
in the survey on the City's lace
in the hole the tourist trade.
Also to be included in the study
are other activities for which This
area is particularly adapted.
Work on a complete city plan
and zoning is scheduled to be
started Immediately following the
completion of the in dus r a
survey.
Mr.. Simons and his staff in
Jacksonville. Fla. are now en-
gagged in working out the final
phases of the first section of the
study, ]. Fred Rippy, who serves
as secretary to the local Planning
board, said today.
The immediate attention of the
Wilmington planners is expected
to be focused on the city limits
extension election scheduled for
November 6.
The annual report of the City
Planning board, as compiled by
Mr.. Rippy, is as follows:
"As the City Planning Board
started its second year of activity,
it was faced with the loss Of one
of its members when Mayor Bruce
B. Cameron passed away on July
II, 1914. The City Council elected
Mr.. W. Ronald Lane to the office
OF Mayor and he took his place
on the Planning Board shortly
thereafter. The other members re-
manned the same.
THE matter of city limits ex-
tension continued to hold a place
of prime Importance among the
Boards activities. Having thor
oughly presented the subject to
many groups during the Spring OF
1914, the task remained of setting
the exact boundary lines and
drawing a satisfactory bill for
presentation by Representative
LeGrand to the 1915 General AS
sembly.
This was accomplished and a
bill to provide for a vote of the
people on the question of city linn
its extension was introduced in the
State House of Representatives in
January, 1915. A hearing was held
before the House Committee on
Counties, Cities and Towns and
members of the Planning Board.
City Council, and interested citi.
zens appeared in support of the
bill. Opponents of the bill were
also present, but the Committee
gave the bill unanimous approval
after one minor change agreeable
to the proponents and it went on
to be ratified by both the House
and Senate Of the 1915 session be.
coming law on February is, 1s45
Should vote under the new
bill favor extension of the citv
limits, approximately 4.3 square
miles and 1000 additional people
will be added to Wilmington. This
includes developed areas east.
wardly to Mercer Place and Hi,h.
wood Park and to the south he
areas OF Sunset Park, Woodlawyn
and Summerhill. -
whlle carrying out its work on
city extension, the Planning Board
began to consider the vital ned
Tor industrial planning. The Elk.
ecutlve Director of the American
society Of Planning Officials was