. Architect and engineer. THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER ^ 23 ? MAY, NINETEEN THIRTY-THREE Proper zoning is not an arbitrary orpolitical attempt to curtail an individualsuse of his own land. Rather is it an effortto guide community growth in a way thatwill stabilize uses and values and redoundto the economic benefit of the propertyowner himself, by insuring against the en-croachment of undesirable activities intoan area already dedicated to an establishedpurpose. Thus far. zoning has been accomplished within a city subdivision may be controlledby the plan of its area rather than by arbi-trary laws
. Architect and engineer. THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER ^ 23 ? MAY, NINETEEN THIRTY-THREE Proper zoning is not an arbitrary orpolitical attempt to curtail an individualsuse of his own land. Rather is it an effortto guide community growth in a way thatwill stabilize uses and values and redoundto the economic benefit of the propertyowner himself, by insuring against the en-croachment of undesirable activities intoan area already dedicated to an establishedpurpose. Thus far. zoning has been accomplished within a city subdivision may be controlledby the plan of its area rather than by arbi-trary laws and specifications. Within rea-sonable limits this is true and I am inclinedto believe that plans of the future will takethis phase of planning increasingly intoaccount and give more and more study toits possibilities. It is commonly understoodthat the width of streets, their cross-section,their general course and direction, their gra-dients, their traffic uses, all influence the. ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER. MIDWICK VIEW ESTATES. LOS ANGELES COUNTY. CALIFORNIA Cook, Hall & Cornell. Landscape Architects and City Planners The plan was desired to concentrate civic activities and business within thecenter of the tract and devote the balance of the area to residential uses only. chiefly through the passing of laws thatspecify definite types of buildings and ac-tivities within defined areas. At best it isa difficult problem, particularly when onemust contend with American independenceand our individualistic tendency to demandpersonal liberty and freedom to do as weplease, regardless of our neighbor. Sociallaws are inevitable, however, once mancongregates into communal groups; and itis just as logical and equitable for a com-munity to guarantee the safety of the homeand real property as it is to protect againstthievery and murder. A movement more recent than that ofzoning by law has undertaken to zone byplanning. The theory is that land uses type of development that is
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