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2 WILMEITE entire ordinance, and probably result in the erection of such buildings all over the Village. There was little or no oppos :tion to the zoning ordinance e ·c· · its adoption, or until the Board sou~' I> : to act consistent and necessar .. legislation to sustain the zoning ord inancf'. some two years after its passage, he said. It was shown that, Village Attorney and Board due to tremendous increase in real property values, increased transportaof Appeals Members Adtion facilities and large and rapid increase in population in Wilmette and dress Citizens surrounding territory. came the desire to erect apartment buildings in the vil'ag". ' that would house more than RESTRICTION IS URGED two or four families; that the old ordinance had not operated to keep out apartment buildings, even under nlr! rr·-,-Jit;ons. vorhf'n th,.rP. was no real Cannot Prohibit Apartments fi.,rrand for such buildinf!'s; and that if :~. tf' ~ t was m:ute in the ro·1rts of thf' Opinion olr1 hu:ld inl!' cede. it would be invalid . with the rf'~nlt that. for a time at l"ast . Restriction and control of the con- ther,. would bf' no restriction of typt> struction of apartment buildings in or f'haracter of building by ordinance Wilmette was advocated hy speakers and th,. whole zonin~ ordinance might :~t a citi7.ens meetin~ held Monday evebe enrlanfl'erf'd. ning, March 24. ca lied hv the villar-c Law Muat lte Reaaonahle hoard for the purpose of clearly SPttinR" forth the reasons for amending the "The Board helievf's," Mr. Cro ~s 1ey buildin~ code, and to make cle:~r that s:~id. "that our legislation must he conthe erection of apartment buildings si~tf'nt rtnd reasonable, if it =s to br cannot be prohibited hy legislation. ""'rl va!=d: that we cannot perm :t a thin(T to he done in one orrlinanc,. ancl Speakers at the meetinf!; presided prohibit it in anothf'r. It is convinced over bv President Edward Zip£, were ~hat the aoplication of intelli~ent Frederick B. Crossley, village attornev thou~rht hy the citizens of the Village . lind Frederick ]. Newey. memher of after an ac(luaintance with all of thr the tBoard of Appeals on Zoning and ord i n;~nces in Question. their purposes memher of the well known law firm and their effect, will make clear that of Wheelock, Newey and Mackenzie. the onlv way to safeguard the Village In emphasizing the fact that erec- as a villa~c of homes, is to follow a tion of apartments cannot he prohibit- policv of reasonable reostriction, as ed by lel{islation. the speakers stated provided in the zoning legislation." that "what can and should be done The last part of Mr. Crossley's ad is what the present board is tryinQ:: to dress was somewhat in the . form of a do, and all that any future board, no le,:ral opinion to sustain the position matter how constituted, can do-re- of the hoard that zoning legislation is strict the erection of aoartment build- valid and that it is the only protection ings to districts in which such build- for developing cities and villages. ings may he erected under the present Aalu Careful Study zoning ordinance." Mr. Newey's address was devoted to Old Code lneffec:tiYe a consideration of the general princiMr. Crossley first sketched the gen- pies involved in the subject of restricual history of zoning legislation ; de- tion or prohibiti.Pn of the erection of scrihed the <"riginalllt inoi s Act of 1919. ~n~-tw~'tH ht·ilclinas . He emphasized and the ~uhseouent amenclmenl~ of ·hi' f ~f't !hat all 1Paisla· io n n·lfard:n " 1921 and 1923. each session of the ler!is- restrictions on the u . . e of prooertv laturc strengthening the Act. He theu must be rea ·onahle if it is to he h~>ld told how, under this Act. after many ,·a lid : I ha t the old \'illav.e huildinl! publ ic hearing~, an ordinance. he- code was not rea~onahl e anrl WCltlfd li~vtd lo I.e r-enerally ,at·,factory. w··~ douhtle s~ he hdd invalid in anv tcs· :~dnpt<·d l,y the Board of Trustees, in case. HP pointed out the datlt~<'r r-i February, 1922. He pointt·d out thai nl;tcing any reliance upon s uch legisin thi, ordinanct·. apartment buildings lation <tnd urger! the people uf th .an· defined. a nd that the ordinance \illa rr<· to acuuaint themselves w = th permih their erection in District s B the situ(lt=on: do their own think = n .. and I, commercial and industrial rl 's· and. in s tead of perm :tting a que~tion trict s. lwr not in lJistrirt A. re~iden - of this character to hecome a political tial, and that doubtless this permission issue. to work it out in a fr ie ndh to erect apartment buildings in these spirit of ne ighborly cooperation. · res tricted areas wa-, p;aced in tiH' At the close of the m ·etinl-{. Pr~si ordinance because the fact wa known dent Zipf spoke hrietly. and a few rt· and recognized, that to deny the right mark s were made hy E. A. Zimmer,o erect apartment buildings some- man. rha irman of pr«>vious citizens' where within the limit s of the munici-jmeeting~ at which the question of pa/ity, would or>eratl' To 1nnd da·c ,, .. apartments was discussed. DISCUSS LEGAL PHASE OF CODE Wilmette Securities n1ake ideal investments for Wil-. 1nette people because by investing in 1st l\1 ortgages on Wilmette real estate the n1oney ts used to i tn prove local property, and as other property is improved, all property benefits. \7\f e ba ve always specialized on tnortgages on local real estate. Invest through us; we have an attractive service to offer. McCH Sessio1 Legally, TheE! Legion. I and Win service 1 moned a held in western afternoo1 test am against pacifist Episcop~ I which. 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