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and would constitute a grave
economic threat"
6. THE consultant has failed
to evaluate properly Washing
tons future"
Z. Limitations proposed for
residential lots are clearly ex-
cessive and too rigid as to re-
quired street frontage"
8. The new proposals, "by en-
Iploying and superimposing new
controls on the old, would add
a vast amount of confusion to
District coming and make adj
miniStration more cumbersome. "
/ 8. g. it is this committees
reluctant conclusion that the
Iconsultant's major proposals do
not measure up to the criteria
for a healthy Capital City.
We further believe that. until
the s. errors are corrected, the
Iconsultant 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
IpayrollsJ and vitality needed tax
sources"
IL. Proposed 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-
nary report" and are tout of
touch with physical and eco
nomic reality"
The Wilkes report commended
rezoning is time consuming and
tedious" and that "all cannot be
accomplished within a short pc
riod of time to meet fixed dead
lines"
Further Study Advised
Observing that I'VE cannot
and should not. expect the con-
sultant to furnish all the an
swers." the report appeared tc
suggest that the zoning Com
mission postpone action on this
Lewis proposals to let local pub.
lie officials and residents of tht
city" carry on the revision after
the consultant's contract expires
i Specifically, the report urgec
that mo final action be taken
until after firm decisions or
standards and policies, and tina
adoption Of revised coming maj
for the city be delayed until aftel
"a detailed and complete survey
lof existing land uses" is com.
pleted.
; The report also urged tina
"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 curren
s400. 900 National Capital Plan,
ming Commission study Of metro.
Ipolitan area transportation prob
lens "of which automobile park.
ing is only one"
Also. 1t urged that every eff.
fort should be made to en-
courage development Of an eff.
lcient, economical system of mas,
Transportation, thereby striking
lat the root Of the parking diff
culties in the central business
district"
The detailed criticism Of thu
Lewis proposals also set fortf
several criteria used as a bash
for the analysis. One called fol
adequate utilization Of all avail
able taxable land" and warned
that "unduly restrictive zonini
Will curtail certain types o
badly needed construction b!
making such new building un'
profitable"
Tax Burden Stressed
] Also. the report said. by dis
couraging and reducing potentia
purchases and taxes, this trenS