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Growth of North Shore, Recent Court Decision s, Force. Change@ in Old Ordinances Zoning ordiniances. in the four: vil- lages of New Trier township-Wil-. mette, Keniiworth.- Winnetka, and, Glencoe-are in process of revision in a determined effort to' safeguard propertyzvalues and to preserve the residential' character of the .com- munities. Zoning ordinances on the North Shore, were passed from 15 to 18 years ago,, and while they have from time. to time. been amended, it bas been enly in receyntý months hawith the growth in -population- wbich bas followed the current building advance, and with a num- ber of important court decisions on *the subjevt, tJhat extensive revision. bas been undertaken. *Consuit Authorities Wilmette, Winnetka, and Glencoe have called in recognized authorities on the subject to assist witb the. re-draft of the local regulations. Court decisions bave knocked out many of the provisions of the old ordinances. Wilmette, Winnetka, and eGlencoe bave already had notable cases in litigation over the use of property along the Chicago and North North Shore Readiors' and Rep- niable Builder, Jr ged Io Combat Threaiened Evil. (Editor's note.: The foliowing article was prepared by the publlcity committee of the Evanston-North Shore Real Es- tate board. It is nlot intended te repre- sent. the officiai. attitude of the board but m-rerely to présent the views of the com- mitteeý concern ing a' problem. of, major concern ta reaitors and builders.) The real, estate business always has been considered to iniclude in a general way al .phases of the use of ,and, includinig sellinig, leasing, con-, struction, management and develop-1 ment. So farý as the North Shore is. concerned the chief interest of real estate people bas been in the brokier- age brancb of the 'business, that is, in negotiating between principals. In the past there was considerable ac- tivity ini the operative 1branch - de- ve'lôplng >new sectionls, su1bdîvfid- ing, etc.-but this ph~ase bas nat- urally diminished as the growth of the communities fiiied in areas witb- in their respective town limits'. These frontiers are now extended to sections lying west and parallel to the shore towns. The management of real estate bas made consider- able headway and is today a major function of rnany firrns.1 A peculiar characteristic of North Shore growth is that, inso- far as residential construction bas been concerned, very littie bas been- done ýby real estate firms. In many parts of the.coun try the bulk of con- struction. is carrled on by realtor- builders . Perhaps because the lo- cal areas.have always had available a wealth of talent in the architectur-. al and construction fields and be-. cause the. standards of mass pro- duction, left much to be desired by the, more discriminating type of families wvho settied ,heire, resi-, dential construction on the North Shore bas been on a, "custom-built"e. basis. No one appreciates more than the realtor the. tremendous stimnulation to generai. business and national (Continued on page 27) 8 New Homes in Week's Permits For Wilmette 1Building permits for eigbt new res- idences and one foir an alteration jôb were issued in Wilmette during the, past week. Six of the residences are Averag e Cost of Reuidences was $12 489; W i1, m e tte Leads Building Parde, One hundred and ninety-seven new residences costing an aggregate of' $2, 466,148. were, built in New Trier township during 1939, as comnpared to 146 M4 1938 with a valuation of $1,749 075. This increase of 51, and $711,073 in valuation, -makes 1939 the siecond best year, in the . nunber of. new homes, and, third in valuation,. sinice 1934, wben only 21 reésidents were bufit in, the township at a total cost ofbut $03,385. Issue 473 Permit. Wben considering ail types cf building, the year just closed show- ed an mcerease o! 81 permit. over the previous twelve mpnths. and an incrëa se i the total cost of the in- provements of $242, 759, although it was only thîrd i both permit num- bers and total valifations i compar. ison with other years since 1934, when total permits dropped to 17,- with a valuation of but $761,274. The total number of permits issued i New Trier in 1939 was 473, with a valuation of $3,301,753. Average Homie Veut Lower A comparison of average resi-