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; ., � � r NlpC pLANNiNG MEMO DUM 6 2onfnq Requlations #or Fell-out Shelters � Ps e S � 1.15.62 i� all the excitement about shelters, efforts will be made to jam into zoning cantrols which have no place in zo�aing . Building codes, not zanimg ordfna�ces. Sh° be �� ed from ofiicf ally approved Ba�ildtng code provf sions on she..�ers should specifica�iona for cor.siructio� of shelters, and may have to be adapted in tiie ca�e of shelters which are also int�nded for other purposes. it seems likely that provision of home shelters is not a tempora.�y requirement, We m�y need them for many years. As we become more she:�er-minded, we wfll ten+� less �n� less to build one-puxpose� odd-ball sto��aps and nnore and more to build r�creation ro�ams, home warkshops, studie� and qarag�s which have shelter characteristics . As a ve�cY log�cal type of ahelter which c�n be ready quickly, one prop�sal is for a qarage-lik� shelter shell co��taining a travel trailer. This would give protection with a ready-made living unit designed and equipped for short-t��rm occupancy with a minimum of dependence on utilit�es . The trailer gives the a�ternatfve of making �ike a rabbit or like a turtle dependinq on the n�ture of the emerQency; and, of course, it is also available for vacation use. Appeerance i$ not yet generally control��ble by pubi�c leg�l meaYts • As Yet there isn't any pl��ce, includ�ng the zoning ordinance� for r�gulatioris requi�lnQ that a she�ter must look like a houae or a garage, or must be painted green, or must be covered with vines. Admittedly, weird makeshift shglters are � threa►t to prop�ertY veluQs in norma►1 times . In the years ah�ad, it �.00ks as thou�rh tienes may not be �ormal. Whatever form theY may eventuallY take, if she�tere become a nacessity, their appeeran�e wlll be nr.cepted. �ax provisions have thus far remained aut of zoning �rd�inancea, but a post- scri,pt ga� taxsa se�rns fn order, aad �ertainly the way� we handle taxea will h�►a� much to do with what �helters ��come. if propec t�c incentives a►re devel�aped, multipurpo�e she�ters aeem more likely, �nd multipurpoae shelters will certssinly tend to look better and be better maintained. p� the other hand, if t�x �ncent�vea far multipurpase s�helters are not devel�oped, � those who build ahelters wul tend to do so as cheaply ea pass�ble. The result � wil�l b� s�triatly fun�tionnl - the least expensive consiruotion to provid� �n �� undergrc�und or �bovegrouand vavr� to subeiat in for a cauple of weeka�. 3uch 3 emerQ�ncy-only �he�t�r� would $ener�lly be poorly mei�ntained �»d would in °. time becora� re+�l eYes�s. Thus. ih� �n►�+ver on coniral of appe�ranc� m�y lie in taxation. Giv�n proper teac tr��tm�ent, ft n�$y b� �hat Kruahchev' a efforts w�ll force ua to be�ter livinq �� throu�h thnt �xtr� zx�orn. Giveri aho�rt�ighted tax �re�tment, a lot of p�eople w 1 �►uuiy,d or►e�root� e�ums in the b�ak yard. � �� .,_ ;;