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and would constitute q grave
economic threat"
6. 1.-THE consultant has failed
to evaluate properly Washing
tons future"
7. Limitations proposed for
residential lots are Clearly ex-
cessive and too rigid as to re-
CURED street frontage"
8. The new proposals, "by en-
ploying and superimposing new
controls on the old, would add
a vast amount of confusion to
District coming and make adj
ministration more cumbersome. "
! 9. Sc. it is this committees
reluctant conclusion that the
consultant's major proposals do
not measure up to the criteria
for healthy Capital City. 4.
We further believe that, until
the :. errors are corrected, the
consultant will fail to gain ma
jority public support for his pro-
posalS."
Not Enough Commercial
10. Failure to propose enough
coming for heavy commercial uses
and elimination Of much present
coming for that purpose would
cause many long established
businesses ito have to terminate
at great financial hardship,
many workers would lose their
jobs and the city would lose large
payrolls and vitality needed tax
sources.
! IL. Propose transition
zones providing an intermixture
of commercial and residential
properties in areas undergoing a
change in character will tend to
create the very adverse condition
they are designed to avert" and
would be akin to spot coming"
to which the committee objected.
IL. The residential standards
proposed are among the weakest
provisions Of his entire prelimi-
mary report" and are "out of
touch with physical and eco
Inomic reality"
The Wilkes report commended
lrezoning is time consuming and
tedious" and that "all cannot Be
accomplished within a short Pc
Rod Of time to meet fixed dead
lines"
Further Study Advised
Observing that I'VE cannot,
and should not. expect the con-
Isultant to furnish all the an
swers,' the report appeared to
suggest that the Zoning Com
mission postpone action on the
Lewis proposals to let local pub
lie officials and residents Of the
city" carry on the revision after
the consultant's contract expires.
Specifically, the report urged
that mo final action be taken"
until after firm decisions on
standards and policies. and that
adoption of revised coming map
for the city be delayed until after
a detailed and complete survey
OF existing land uses" is COM
pleted.
The report also urged that
"off-street parking regulations,
as proposed. should be completely
eliminated as far as the down.
town retail and central business
district is concerned"
Transportation Problem Cited
1t suggested that this whole
subject should be considered only
after completion of the current
$500, 1000 National Capital Plan
ming Commission study Of metro
Ipolitan area transportation prob
lens "of which automobile park
ing is only one"
Also. it urged that "every eff
fort should be made to en-
courage development of an effi-
'cient. economical system Of mass
transportation. thereby striking
at the root Of the parking diff
culties in the central business
district"
The detailed criticism Of the
Lewis proposals also set forth
several criteria used as a basis
for the analysis. One called for
adequate utilization Of all avail
able taxable land" and warned
that 'unduly restrictive coming
will curtail certain types Of
badly needed construction by
making such new building un-
profitable"
Tax Burden Stressed
Also. the report said. by dis
couraging and reducing potential
purchases and taxes. this trend