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on 1 October 1920, recognising the need for the 'regulation of development on modern scientific lines'. The Local
Government Act in 1921 allowed municipalities to introduce by-laws to define residential areas where new 'trade, industry or commercial issues' could be prohibited – a form of land use
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It also proposed a city square over the railway yard between
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Commission was empowered to 'report upon the present conditions and tendencies of urban development' and to 'set out general plans and recommendations with respect to the better guidance and control of such development'.
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were preserved and maintained, at a time when other planning experts were calling for them to be removed and to promote development which incorporated
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their approaches to surveying and planning. His primary authorities were
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