72 HEIGHTS OF BUILDINGS COMMISSION 



The outer city is divided into an outer, an inner, and a country zone, 

 in which the height of buildings allowed progressively decreases, and the 

 amount of the lot that must be left free of buildings progressively increases. 

 In each of these zones are residence, factory and mixed sections. In the 

 residence sections, factories are so discouraged as to be practically forbidden. 

 In the factory sections, situated along the railroads, the harbor, and out of 

 the city in the direction so that the prevailing winds will blow the smoke 

 away from the city, residences are forbidden. In the factory sections, the 

 restrictions on height and amount of lot covered do not become progressively 

 greater. The mixed sections are near the factory sections, and there, too, 

 under certain mild restrictions, many sorts of manufacturing are permitted. 



In the residence section a space between neighboring houses of about 

 10 feet (three meters) in the inner zone and a third more in the outer zone 

 is required. Groups of buildings are, however, allowed with a somewhat 

 less proportionate amount of free space for the group as a whole. 



Certain parts of the newly added territory of the city, beyond all the 

 other zones, and forming a zone by itself, have been reserved for a villa 

 section, in which only country houses are allowed. 



In all these zones the amount of the lot that must be left free pro- 

 gresses, until, in the villa section, it is seven-tenths of the entire lot. Thus, 

 also, the permissible height decreases to about 53 feet (16 meters) and the 

 number of stories to two. This does not include the roof story and the ac- 

 tual roof, which together, in this zone, must not exceed about six feet (1.8 

 meter) in height. In no case, however, may the house exceed in height, 

 except for the roof story and roof, the width of the street on which it stands. 



