Excerpt from Commission on Building Districts and Restrictions: Final Report, June 2, 1916 The resolution under which the Heights Of Buildings Commission was appointed directed it to investigate and report on whether in its judgment a districting plan would be lawful. The Commission gave much attention to this problem and considered carefully the various laws and decisions bearing on the subject. AS a result Of such consideration the Commission gave as its mature Opinion that reasonable and appropriate regulations for the districting of the city are Constitutional under the general police powers Of the State. The Commission submitted a draft charter amendment per mitting the Board of Estimate and Apportionment to divide the City into districts for the purpose Of regulating the height Of buildings, the area of courts and Open Spaces, the location of trades and industries and the loca tion Of buildings designed for specified uses. This draft amendment was passed by the Legislature, approved by the Governor and became a law April 20, 1914. (see Appendix I). Pursuant thereto the present District ing Commission was appointed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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