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The Village Plan as presenficd in i-his report is based upon the assumpi'ion <br />� that apartment buildings wil! bc developed in significant numbers. <br />Suggested (c>cations ar� noted clscwhcrc in this planning report. <br />� <br />' <br />�J <br />C. <br />� <br />LJ <br />� <br />� <br />� <br />� <br />� <br />� <br />� <br />� <br />� <br />� <br />� <br />Land Us� <br />The cities,. villug�s, and towns of r�merica have, F�r the most part, <br />bec;n built parc�l-by-pdrecl over a long pericd of ti��. The total <br />results f;ave been th� �roduct uf many privc�fc and p�blic �lecisions <br />mad�� on a day-to�-day hasis �,vithout a���c:fit c�F a gen�ral develop� <br />mcnt plan, During th�; ycars sinc� t�c �:�d �f World War I!, haw- <br />cver, it has becomc c�en�ral�y recognizcd that a far s��perior com- <br />munity can b: :chie;vcd i� thc dccision make�rs have a pian to serve <br />as a fram�wor!< f�ar malciny dccisi��ns as they affcct the way land is used. <br />As urban lifc has b�com� mor�� carn�l.:x, it has becomc increasingly <br />evid�:nt that c����muniti�s rnust plan �or th,:: ::7`ficic;nt and praper use <br />of thc land. In addition to prot::cting �rivate investmenls, planning <br />is needed to av��id �nncccssary public uxp�nse cousad by inopprop�iote <br />land use. (n the absenc� of compr�;h�,�nsive land usz planning, th.;re <br />is no way in which individual citizech la d�will be ua�d adjac'�nt a d <br />t hci r i n v.> s t m� n t a n d t h e w a y i n w h i <br />ncar to their prop:�rty. Likawisc, public officials ar� at a disadvantagc <br />in that utilitic5, strc�ts, :chools, and �thcr public facilitics <br />and s�rvic::s cannot bt programmcd ond dev�lop�d proparly without <br />somc indication �f futur� lanc' us:.. <br />Prior p�anning r:;p��rt� hav,,� ineicat:;d fii�at tne c:xisting lond use sif-- <br />uatic�n is far irom idual in Shor�vi�:w. Bascc� upon cur�ent and prior <br />onalysis of land us.� conditions an�' trcnc�s, a proposed land usc plan <br />is containcd cls::�'�hcru on this planninc� rcport. <br />Economics <br />Except in v�ry rar;; and uniqu� insi-anc.:s, th.: primary justification <br />for an urbcn s�:ttl�rn� nt corsists of econornic taci�ors. Vc�y f�:w com- <br />muniti.;s hev�� '�.:.:n �.Sr�blish�:a i;, th,, abs.:r�c�. of cconomic activity in <br />which thcr� is a:!_mand f�r �^���s ar�c� s::rvic��s. <br />� <br />