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February 11, 1928 WINNETKA TALK 45 NO NUMBER CURB IN ORIGINAL ZONE LAW President Fenny Explains 1922 Measure Bore No Restriction on Families Per Acre During the discussion of the pro- posed amendment to the Winnetka Zoning ordinance at the meeting of the Village council last Tuesday eve- ning, the fact was brought out by President Henry F. Tenney that the Zoning ordinance, adopted in 1922, placed no restriction on the number of families per acre permitted in com- bined business and apartment buildings in the "C" commercial zone, and that the amendment passed in 1924 merely fixed a definite limitation. President Tenney's remarks were in no ways associated with the considera- tion of the proposed amendment which is now before the council, but he ex- plained that in the course of its dis- cussion an impression appears to have become prevalent that the Zoning or- dinance was amended in 1924 in such a manner as to increase the number of families per acre permissible in the business district, from 12 to 72. This, he said, is erroneous. Outlines Early Restrictions "The Zoning ordinance adopted in 1922," he said, "placed no restriction on the number of families per acre per- mitted in combined business and apart- ment buildings in the 'C' commercial zone. The only provision with refer- ence to 'C' commercial zone was that buildings used exclusively for residen- tial purposes should not provide for more than 12 families per acre, which is the same restriction applied to 'B' residential district. This provision was designed to permit the erection of two- family houses in the 'C' commercial dis- trict, on the same basis as in the 'B' residential district. "Prior to 1924, therefore, it was per- missible to erect commercial buildings in the 'C' district, with apartments above the first floor, providing for an unlimited number of families, subject, however, to a height limitation of 35 feet, and two and one-half stories. No Question of Numbers "Under the Zoning ordinance, prior to 1924, permits for three combined store and apartment buildings were issued, each of which provided for more than 12 families per acre, namely: the Eckart building, on Elm street; the Gonsalves building at Elm and Center streets, and the Aitken building in Hubbard Woods. None of these build- ings went before the board of appeals on the question of the number of apart- ments contained. "In 1924 a number of changes were recommended to the council by the Board of Appeals, mostly involving technical matters, and one of those provided for increasing the number of Women Voters February 15, Mrs. Alfred D. Kohn, chairman of the Committee on Child Welfare of the Illinois League of Women Voters, will speak on "Public Aid for Handicapped Children" from Radio station WGN. Her talk is one of a series being broadcast by 'the Illinois League of Women Voters. Other interesting programs will be broadcast from WGN, among which will be an address on "Interpreting the Constitution," by Mrs. William G. Hibbard, fourth Regional director of the National League of Women Vot- ers, February '22'at'" 5:30 "P.: M.; and on February 29 at the same hour a talk by Mrs. Kohn on "The State's Concern for Its Children." February 24, at 7:15 P. M.,, Mr. William Brown Hale of Winnetka will talk on "Mr. Kellogg's Answer to the Briand Proposal," from WCFL. The Illinois League of Women Vot- ers is broadcasting a "Voters' Serv- ice" program February 14. Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin, a leading member of the political group known as Progressive Republicans, will discuss what he believes will be dom- inating issues in the 1928 presidential campaign. William Green, president of American Federation of Labor, will talk on "What Labor May Expect from the Political Parties of 1928." The program will be broadcast at 6 o'clock over WEBH. the stories allowed in the 'C' commercial district from two and one-half to three. 3-Story Is Best Type "The reason for this recommenda- tion was that under the two and one- half story limitation, apartments could still be provided on the third floor in the one-half story, and.it was felt that a better type of building could be se- cured by allowing the full third story to be utilized. "It was because of this increase in the number of stories allowed that the Zoning commission felt it desirable that a definite limitation be placed on the number of families per acre allowed in these buildings, and therefore a limita- tion of 72 families per acre was selected, because it represented about the aver- age use existing at that time. "From the foregoing statement, therefore, it is apparent that instead of decreasing the requirements in the commercial zone, in 1924, with refer- ence to the number of families allowed per acre, the council increased the re- strictions which had been provided or- iginally in the 1922 ordinance by im- posing a limitation of 72 families per acre." 546 Sterling Rd., Kenil. Are You Contemplating Having Those Alterations and Repairs Done Now? G. W. SAXTON CARPENTER AND CABINET WORK No Job too Small for My Personal Attention. Kenil. 3495-1847 Mrs. Charles Patterson, 370 Walnut street, has as her guest, her mother, who has come to Winnetka from New Orleans. Mr. Patterson left Sunday to sail from New York on a business trip to Europe. --_Q-- Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Monroe Snyder of 1311 Asbury avenue, Hubbard Woods, are the parents of a boy, Rob- ert Monroe, born Saturday, February 4, at the Evanston hospital. street, TO ENTERTAIN CIRCLE Mrs. Theodore Wachs of 1144 Hamp- tondale road will entertain the Rose- wood circle next Tuesday. All mem- bers and friends are cordially invited. The meeting will open at 2 o'clock. Arthur J. Boynton of 604 Cherry who recently returned from three months in Furope, sails today on the Leviathan for a business trip abroad. for each and --FUEL OIL-- The exact grade Immediate Delivery Winnetka Coal-Lumber Co. 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