228 BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPORTIONMENT 



In the Borough of Queens eight short blocks at the westerly end of 

 Queens Boulevard were shown as entirely unrestricted, the remainder of 

 this great avenue being designated as a business street. It is true that there 

 is one building at the extreme westerly end of this street now devoted to 

 high class industrial use — that is, the assembling of parts of motor cars, and 

 we understand that it is proposed to erect another building devoted to this 

 same purpose on the next block to the east, and inasmuch as there are no 

 railroad or shipping facilities within several blocks of any part of this street, 

 such industrial development as may take place will be of an unobjectionable 

 character, and yet the City has established the exceptional width of 200 feet 

 for this boulevard and the elevated rapid transit line erected within its lines 

 is of an ornamental character, designed to be in keeping with a street of 

 this kind and it may be that the restriction of this part of the street to 

 business only would be desirable. 



A further study of the plans would doubtless disclose other cases where 

 the restrictions might have gone further, but we believe that the important 

 thing is that the plan proposed by the Commission be put in force at the 

 earliest possible date, and, unless some slight changes, such as those which 

 have been noted, can be made, if upon further consideration they seem to be 

 wise, without delaying the adoption of the Commission's report and putting 

 its recommendations into effect, we are not disposed to advise anv modifica- 

 tion of the present plans particularly in view of the provisions in the 

 proposed ordinances which will render it possible to make such changes 

 affecting certain streets or districts as may at some future time appear to 

 be desirable. 



Respectfully submitted on behalf of the committee. 



CSgd.) NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engineer of the Board of Estimate 

 and Apportionment. 



EXHIBIT III— REPORT OF SUBCOMMITTEE TO CONSIDER DIS- 

 TRICTING RESOLUTION 



June 16, 1916. 



Committee on the City Plan, Board of Estimate and Apportionment: 



Gentlemen — Your subcommittee, appointed to consider the Districting 

 Resolution submitted to the Board by the Commission on Building Districts 

 and Restrictions in its final report of June 2d, begs to submit the following 

 report : 



Your subcommittee is convinced that a well considered plan of building 

 development is essential to the health, safety and prosperity of the City. 

 Such a plan involves both the creation of residential, business and industrial 

 districts and the regulation of the height of buildings and the area of courts 

 and yards differently in different parts of the City. The plan presented by 

 the Districting Commission seems admirably adapted to secure this result. 

 We endorse generally the following principles, which are fundamental in 

 the Commission's proposed plan : 



1. Provision for light and air is a prime essential in building regulation. 



2. Building regulations in each section of the City should be adapted to 

 the requirements of that section. 



3. It is desirable as a general rule to treat all buildings in a given 

 block according to a uniform rule. There should be a substantially uniform 



