The report was a result of a study
of the zoning condition* in the Dis
trict. made personally hy Mr. Olmsted
and M. B. Merinry. of Philadelphia,
mother member of the commission,
following the lasi meeting of the Na
tional Capital Park and Planning Com
mission. Commissioner Bell broached
ihe subject at the meeting and said
that he would like tn have such a
study made, although Uie commission
did not order it. Mr. Medarv did no:
prepare a forma! report bn? imparted
his ideas and the results of hi« study
personally to Commissioner Beil.
"There is a real need in Wasbing
| ton for a type of residential zoning
j district® adapted especially to the eon
! struct ion of economical single family
| dwellings arranged in groups or row*
i of moderate length with enough side.
I yard open space be) ween successive
groups to produce an airy, open, cheer
ful effect nrd avoid the monotonous
crowded snut-in effect that results
from the erection of unbroken rows
of great length or even of shorter
building masses when separated from
each other only by occasional side
yards of the minimum size permitted
under the present zoning regulations,"
the report says.
"It is prnbabio that the areas
which could most advantageously he j
zoned with a view to providing for j
development of the sort above indi
cated lie within areas now zoned in !
part as ‘A restricted.' in part as 'B
restricted' and in part as 'A' and - B.'
but the precis* allocation of such
areas of course need* careful and
comprehensive study throughout the
District, and I am not prepared to
make any off hand suggestions as to
the proper locations,” it adds.
Exceptions Are Stated.
