Public works . where half the existingbuildings observe a minimum setback line from projectingbeyond half the distance to the street or from occupying morethan one-quarter of the area between the setback line andthe street line. In actual practice, however, it is doubtfulwhether any building would ever project more than one-quar-ter of the distance to the street. Congestion of Population.—The commission recommendsthat no dwelling or tenement house hereafter erected shallaccommodate or make provision for more than a given num-ber of families. The number in any particular case variesaccording to
Public works . where half the existingbuildings observe a minimum setback line from projectingbeyond half the distance to the street or from occupying morethan one-quarter of the area between the setback line andthe street line. In actual practice, however, it is doubtfulwhether any building would ever project more than one-quar-ter of the distance to the street. Congestion of Population.—The commission recommendsthat no dwelling or tenement house hereafter erected shallaccommodate or make provision for more than a given num-ber of families. The number in any particular case variesaccording to the district and the size of the lot. Thus in theA and B districts the limit expressed on an acreage basis is140 families; in the C districts 105 families; and in the Ddistricts 25 families. This is equivalent in the A and B dis-tricts to eight families on a 25x100 foot lot; in the C dis-tricts to six families In the D districts it is equvalcnt totwo families on a 35x100 foot lot. A family is defined as any. A = • = C = D = A AREA DISTRICTSB AREA DISTRICTS•C- AREA DISTRICTS ^..^i^,. D- AREA DISTRICTS Hmi** Scale or Fiz iiyyknfiiiLJudtJiJiii AREA DISTRICT MAP OF A SECTION OF NEWARK. 312 MUNICIPAL JOURNAL AND PUBLIC WORKS Vol. XLVII; No. 21 number of individuals livint: and cooking together on thepremises as a single housekeeping unit. Experience shows that, in the absence of any restrictionon congestion, there is practically no limit to the popukitionthat will house itself on a given area of ground. TcTiemcutsnow being erected in New York accommodate more personsper acre than any of the old slums. In 1914 the avcrase tene-ment density was 852 in Manhattan and 607 in Brooklyn,with a ma.\<mum of 1600. (Streets are not included in thearea.) And the is rapidly becoming the relatively small amount of open space per familyprovided in extreme cases of overcrowding has not receivedthe serious consideration that it deserves. Where a one-fam-ily house occupi
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