Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-15
Simple Rules
For Virginia
zoning Urged

LYNCHBURG. Va, May Is
(SpeciaD. - Virginia's. greatest
planning need is for simple and
plain coming regulations" con-
|sultant Julian Tarrant told the
Virginia Citizens Planning As
|sociation here yesterday.
Mr.. Tarrant. planning con-
Isultant for Richmond and an
adviser to the city of Falls
Church. spoke on rural coming.
More than q dozen local gov
eminent and planning officials
from Arlington, Alexandria, Fair
fax County and Falls Church
are among the rs persons at
tending the associations ninth
annual meeting. The session
closes today with a panel on
water pollution, highlighted by
an address by A. H. PaesSler of
the State Water Control Board.
Mr.. Tarrant said smaller cities
and counties would do we'll to
form planning commissions. He
urged adoption of temporary or
dinances to head of develop
ment of undesirable situations.
TVA Official Speaks
At a banquet session last night,
James Goddard, chief of the
local flood relations branch of
the Tennessee Valley Authority,
outlined two ways to prevent
flood damage.
One way, he said, is to build
flood control structures. The
other is by adopting regulations
to prevent "unwise improvements
in f1ood-hazardous areas"
Fairfax County recently i'm
posed restrictions on building in
areas subject to inundation.
Denis Cahill, Alexandria di-
rector of planning, said State
and municipal authorities are
going to have to do something
about providing more recreation
facilities. Street improvement
plans also must be adopted, he
said. because present "horse and
buggy" thoroughfares cannot
meet the needs of today's traffic.
Cites Substandard Areas
Mr.. Cahill said something also
will have to be done about resi-
Dental areas not now substand-
ard which are heading that way.
TOO poor to paint. too proud
to whitewaSh, these people own
good, solid homes but are UNI
able to keep them up because
living expenses and providing for
families take all their income, ("
he said.
Garland A. Wood, of Rich.
mond. president of the associa-
ton, said the race to establish
master plans in Virginia cities,
towns and counties is being lost
to uncontrolled, rugged growth
Present problems are too press
ing. he added. to permit much
future planning.
Mrs. Anne Wilkins, of the
Fairfax Board of County Super
visors, said in television panel
discussion last night that the
planning commission and gov
erning body need complete con-
fidence in each other" She said
this is hampered by present
law that allows holdover men,
bers to continue on the COM
mission after a new governing
body takes Office.
Session Hears Dieter
Frank L. Dieter, planning d.
rector for Arlington, addressing
morning session. said that in
laying out streets for the future,
1T is important they be in ac-
Icordance with an overall plan.
Until such highways can be built,
he added, traffic engineers will
have to try to make the best use
of obsolete street systems.
At a panel on boards of coming
appeals, it was agreed that the
granting of use permits should
be power vested in the govern
ing body. Fairfax County and
Falls Church representatives
said their ordinances give the
coming appeals board authority
to grant permits, without further
consideration by the governing