Progrom

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districts in which designated industrial and commercial uses were prohibited. It was under this early zoning law that several famous zoning court cases were tried and won by the city, including one decision which required the removal of a brickyard from a residential area and another which prohibited the drilling of an oil well in a residential area.

Both the original zoning regulation and a I92l zoning ordinance proved inadequate to prevent abuse through spot zoning and in 1941 Charter amendments were adopted to improve the city's entire zoning and planning procedures. This was followed still later (in 1946) by the adoption of an up-to-date Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. Annual reports of the City Planning Commission indicate progressive strengthening and refinement of the ordinance and effective enforcement of its provisions.

A summary of what Los Angeles has done to meet the requirements of the seven essential elements of a workable program follows:

1. Codes and Ordinances.

Wide publicity given to a vigorous code enforcement program in recent years has created a general community awareness of the problem of blight, and the value of code enforcement in combating blight and protecting the general health, safety and welfare of the citizens.

2. Community Plan.

3. NeighborhoodAnalyses.

The city's area of more than 450 square miles is so ex-