NEW IDEALS IN THE PLANNING OF
IV. Financial and Legal Conditions.
A. Financial.
1. Budget items.
2. Costs per capita.
3. Comparison with other cities.
4. Methods and rates of taxation.
B. Legal.
1. Building laws.
2. City planning laws.
3. Building lines.
4. Regulations and restrictions.
5. Unused powers.
6. City planning board.
In the preparation of a civic survey there are four more or less distinct steps, as follows:
- The drafting of a questionnaire.
- The collection of data, maps, surveys, etc.
- The interpretation of the data, maps, surveys, etc.
- The presentation of the results, preferably in graphic form.
(1) The determination of the length and elaborateness of the survey rests largely with the questionnaire. A good illustration of a very thorough questionnaire is given in the "Report of Suggested Plan of Procedure for Jersey City," by George B. Ford and E. P. Goodrich. Another illustration, less lengthy, is that of "City Planning for Pittsburgh, Outline and Procedure," by Bion J. Arnold, John R. Freeman, and Frederick Law Olmsted.
(2) The collection of data is illustrated in the "Preliminary City Planning Report of Bridgeport, Conn.," by John Nolen. The traffic count in connection with the proposed
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