[Status of City and County Planning in the United States]
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NATIONAL RESOURCES CONMITTEN
Interior Building Washington
May 15, 1937
CIRCULAR X
(Supersedes National Planning Board's Eleventh Circular Letter dated May 15, 1934.)
STATUS OF CITY AND COUNTY
PLANNING IN THE UNITED STATES
The National Resources Committee, in cooperation with State Plan" ning Boards in 47 States, has sought to stimulate city, county, district, and regional planning, in the belief that effective interstate and national planning must depend in no small part upon local planning activity. In connection with its study of the "Role of the Urban Com-munity in the National Economy1’ the Committee has endeavored to bring up to date the record of planning agencies and their work which was compiled in 193-1 by the National Planning Board, predecessor of the Committee.
The status of town, city, metropolitan, county and district planning work is recorded in detail in the following pages, and that of state and regional planning merely sketched, since planning for these larger areas is more fully covered in other reports.
Charles W. Eliot 2nd, Executive Officer
For the Chairman
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TABLE 0F CONTENTS
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A.	Introduction, federal Assistance to Planning
B* Status of Planning.
1.	City and town planning
2,	Metropolitcan and county planning
3.	District planning
4.	State planning
5.	Interstate regional areas and chairmen
C • Appendices
A.	U. S. map showing distribution of city planning commissions
B.	Summary by states — city planning commissions and status of city planning
C.	Tabulation of city planning boards and status of city planning and zoning
D.	U. S. map showing distribution of county and metropolitan planning agencies
E.	Summary by states — metropolitan, county and district planning agencies, and status of planning
P. U. S. map showing intercounty planning agencies
G.	Tabulation of metropolitan, county and district planning agencies and status of planning
H.	U. S. map showing state planning boards
I.	List of state planning boards and the legal status of each
J.	U. S. map showing interstate planning regions
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A- INTRODUCTION
Federal Assistance to Planning
City and regional planning progress was recorded for many years by the Division of Building and Housing of the Department of Commerce which aided local planning and zoning by means of its publications and records of planning progress. The Federal Employment Stabilize- , tion Board also, as one of its major functions, stimulated long range programming of public works by municipalities. During the last four years, the National Resources Committee, acting with the cooperation of the State Planning Boards, has continued these activities and now has the largest collection in Washington of data regarding local planning and zoning.
The Public Works Administration emphasized the importance of sound planning from the beginning of its work. In its Circular No. 1, issued July 31, 1933, the first of five tests to determine the eligibility of public works projects was stated as the ’’relation of the particular projects to coordinated planning, and its social desirability”. In the same circular first preference is given to those projects ’’integrated with and consistent with a state plan”. The Instructions To State Engineers, issued as P.W.A. Bulletin No. 1, also recognized the importance I of planning and laid down a series of planning considerations for every project, including conformity with city or regional plans.
The Federal Civil Works Administration assisted planning studies and surveys, rating them as favored state and local projects. It also sponsored several Federal projects of great value to state and local planning work, notably the Real Property Inventory, Urban and Rural Tax Delinquency Surveys, Farm Housing Survey, Farm Land Use Survey, Subsistence Homestead Study, and the Census of American Business. The Federal agencies in charge of these projects were put in touch with city, county, state and regional planning agencies, may of which cooperated in the organization and conduct of the projects. The Civil Works Administration also sponsored a national survey of the status of local planning, which was conducted in 1934 by the National Planning Board, predecessor of the National Resources Committee.
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration, and latterly the Works Progress Administration, have also aided local and State Planning Boards by the assignment of staffs. Indeed, the assistance given by each of the successive work relief agencies made possible new and continued planning work in a number of communities where city planning boards world have otherwise ceased to exist during the depression years.
The Federal Housing Administration has issued Bulletins in an effort W to establish high standards of community planning as a major consideration in approving mortgage loans.
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B.	STATUS OF CITY AND COUNTY PLANNING
1.	City and Town Planning
The data assembled by the National Resources Committee shows that as of January 1937, there are 1,073 town or city planning boards in the United States, 933 of which are official, 84 are ■unofficial# In addition there are 128 zoning boards and 515 cities without planning or zoning boards which have adopted some kind of zoning ordinance— bringing the total number of cities with a record of planning or zoning progress to 1,716.
As might be expected, the percentage of the large cities having planning agencies is much higher than that of the smaller cities. For
example, in 1934, it was found that each of the five largest cities,
and 79 of the 88 cities between 100,000 and 1,000,000 population, had
planning agencies. This proportion declines with each group of smaller cities. At the bottom of the list, only 154 of the 14,765 incorporated places of less than 5,000 had such agencies.
There are now city planning boards in 46 states and the District of Columbia, with the greatest concentration in the following states;
New York Massachusetts California Ohio Pennsylvania New Jersey	142	Illinois	45 124	C o nn e c t i cut	35 107	Wisconsin	31 89	Michigan	25 71	Indiana	23 47
The number recorded for each state appears in the summary Appendix F. A Massachusetts law makes the appointment of planning boards manda-tory upon all cities and towns having a population of 10,000 or more.
Growth of City Flanning
Some idea of the rapid and constant growth in city planning and zoning is indicated by the figures for the years 1922 to 1937. In 1922 there were 185;	1923	-	213; 1925 - 218;	1928 - 450; 1929 - 691 official, 41 unofficial;	1930	-	786 official, 38	unofficial; 1931 — 828 official, 51 unofficial;	1932	-	806 official and	35 unofficial Planning Boards. Even in
1932 when there was recorded a loss of 67 official municipal planning agencies, 45 hitherto unreported agencies were added to the list, reducing the net loss to 22. At the end of 1936, there were 1,201 cities reporting planning or zoning agencies with 933.official Boards, 84 unofficial, and 56 whose status was not known.
These figures are not precise owing to the fact that up to the survey of 1934 records were based entirely upon mail inquiries. The field investigation made at that time revealed that for the nation previous errors tended to cancel each other out.
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The large number of planning agencies apparently functioning and. the comparatively small percentage of loss during depression years demonstrate the vitality of the planning principle. But the actual worth of planning agencies, their influence on development in accordance with a sound physical, social and economic program can he appraised only hy an acquaintance with the local situation and a careful examination of data which it is not
practicable to tabulate.
Budgets for City Planning
In the current 1936 survey, 659 planning or zoning boards did not answer this question; 245 cities answered that they had no planning appropriation; 158 cities reported appropriations less than $500; 37 cities reported appropriations from $500 to $1000; 40 cities reported appropriations from $1000 to $5000; 39 cities reported appropriations over $5000, 9 of which were over $20,000; 4 cities reported that their appropriations were indefinite. Many city planning commissions have technical or clerical employees on the payrolls of other departments and get their materials and supplies through other departments, or occupy office space which is donated.
Despite the growing interest in planning, only a small number of commissions have budgets which may be considered even reasonably adequate in view of the importance of their functions. Adequate financial support will be secured only when it is more widely recognized that planning com-
missions are not spending agencies but instead are agencies to save money as well as to secure the maximum benefits from public expenditures.
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2. Metropolitan and County Planning
County and ’’regional’1 planning activities have increased so rapidly £ in recent years as a result of encouragement by State planning Boards that a redefinition of the term has gradually developed» Formerly, a planning ’’region” generally meant a metropolitan area which exceeded municipal boundary lines. Now it is more commonly used to describe large interstate areas, such as the Tennessee Valley, New England, and the Pacific Northwest. In this Circular, therefore, ’’region” is used only for interstate areas, and ’’district” indicates inter-county areas.
At the end of 1936, there were 506 metropolitan and county planning agencies, compared with only 85 in 1933. Of these, 316 are official, 171 unofficial, 6 whose character was not stated, and 13 whose sole function was zoning.
a)	Metropolitan Planning. The kind of planning work previously known as ’’regional” planning involving Metropolitan areas continues around Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, Buffalo, St. Louis, Kansas City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, four Oklahoma cities, Nashville, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Chattanooga, Milwaukee, and Hochester, New York, New efforts are under way between Baltimore and Washington and around Cleveland.
b)	County Planning. By far the larger number of new planning
agencies at the county level have been set up in the Northwestern states
and were originally established in order to participate in planning the Federal public works and relief programs. Later, most of these agencies adopted a long-range and broader conception of their functions. Instead of expanding city planning ideas, as was the case with many of the
earlier county or ’’regional” agencies, the newer county agencies in the
West deal chiefly with the comprehensive problem of rural land use.
Many ’’county agricultural planning commissions” have been created in the last year or two for the purpose of cooperating with the Department of Agriculture*s efforts to adjust crop production to market demands. Due to the similarity of names, these are often confused with county planning committees whose purposes are comprehensive rather than special in nature.
The ultimate purpose of nearly all of the official and unofficial county planning agencies is the development and adoption of comprehensive plans. However, in many instances, they are unable to undertake all phases of comprehensive planning at the start either because of lack of funds, or of authority or for other reasons. Most of the new ones, therefore, are devoting their energies first to one or more
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particular phases of planning such as thoroughfares, zoning, recrear* tion areas, land, subdivision control, preparation of adequate base maps, development of citizen support through education, etc.
The rural zoning of 23 counties in Wisconsin is one of the outstanding accomplishments of recent years in county planning. This is one of the few States which have adopted zoning ordinances of a strictly rural nature. Up to recent years, county zoning legislation was chiefly for the purpose of controlling development of areas around the large cities.
3. District or Inter-County Planning
A new and highly significant group of planning agencies have appeared since the 1934 report of the National Planning Board. Just as. the creation of Metropolitan planning agencies recognized the unity of urban areas, so in the last few years, District Planning Boards recognize the common problems of groups of rural counties, such as schools, water and drainage, highways and land use. These new district boards have large possibilities in relation to the much discussed consolidation or reorganization of county units.
There are now at least 27 of these District or Inter-County Plan-
ning Boards, distributed as follows;
Georgia - 1
Idaho - 5
Montana -12
New Hampshire - 4
Tennessee - 1
Washington — 3
West Virginia - 1
4.	State Planning
The National Resources Committee’s report, nState Planning - Programs and Accomplishments, December, 1936”, describes the growth of this movement, its accomplishments and future programs, and its relationships to city and county planning. Copies are obtainable from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office for 25/ each. The attached map shows the present status of these state planning agencies and a table giving current information on legislation and appropriation is included in the appendix of this circular.
Briefly there are 39 State Planning Boards with legislative status, and 7 Boards serving by authority and request of the Governors. Appropriations have been provided in 22 states for one or two years beginning July 1, 1937, and prospects for funds by either appropriation or allocation from Governor’s contingent funds are favorable in all but a few of the remaining states now having such agencies.
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5.	Int or st ate Regional Areas and. Chairmen
Interstate regional planning agencies continue to grow in number
as well as in importance. The accomplishments of the Tennessee Valley
Authority alone, for example* have done much to increase public interest in planning for similar areas.
Some of the larger regional planning bodies, and the area covered by each, are-as follows:
1.	New England Regional Planning Commission — Center in Boston Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
2.	Pacific Northwest Regional Planning Commission - Center in Portland Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana
•3. Tennessee Valley Authority - Center in Knoxville
SW Kentucky, SW Virginia, Tennessee W North Carolina, NE Mississippi, N Alabama N Georgia
4,	Ohio Valley Regional Planning Commission - Center in Cincinnati Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
5,	Interstate Commission on the Delaware River - Center in
Philadelphia ■ New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware
6.	Upper Rio Grande Joint Investigation - Center in Santa Ee Colorado, New Mexico and Texas
7.	Interstate Committee on the Red River of the North — Center in
St. Paul Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota
The establishment of some 30 Commissions on Interstate Cooperation through the efforts of the Council of State Governments provides new possibilities for interstate planning. The nation-wide Drainage Basin -Study, conducted by the Water Resources Committee of the National Resources Committee, has also stimulated planning activities dealing with interstate water problems.
The activities of the regional planning agencies are described in several publications, of which the major ones are as follows:
1.	Regional Eactors in National Planning and Development December 1935 — Superintendent of Documents, 50 cents
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2.	Regional Planning Part I - Pacific Northwest» 1936 Superintendent of Documents, 50 cents.
3.	Regional Planning Part II - St. Louis Region, June 1936 Superintendent of Documents, 25 cents.
4.	Regional Planning Part III - New England, July 1936 Superintendent of Documents,. 30 cents.
5.	Tennessee Valley Authority — 1933-1937
Tennessee Valley Authority, Washington or Knoxville Offices, no charge.
Por contact with state and regional planning agencies, the National Resources Committee has tentatively divided the country into the following eleven regions, with Chairmen as indicated:
NO. 1: Maine (no Board), New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
Victor M. Cutter, 2100 Federal Building, Boston, Massachusetts NO. 2: New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware (no Board) NO. 3: Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina
Morton L. Wallenstein, Travelers Building, Richmond, Virginia NO. 4: Alabama-, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia
Henry T. McIntosh, Albany, Georgia
NO. 5: Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee
Alfred Bettman, 1514 First National Bank Building, Cincinnati, Ohio
NO. 6: Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana
NO. 7: Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri Charles M. Moderwell, 1206 New Post Office Building, Chicago, Illinois
NO, 8; Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota
NO. 9: Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado
NO. 10: California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico
Dr. Baldwin M. Woods, 412 Mercantile Trust Building, Berkeley, California
NO. 11: Oregon, Idaho, Washington
The work of the Chairmen and these Regional or Interstate Commissions is primarily to bring together planning agencies or officials from several political jurisdictions for consideration and study of common planning problems. The Chairmen are in a position to advise and assist all kinds of planning activities in their respective districts and to serve as contacts between local or state planning boards and representatives of Federal agencies.
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ABBREVIATIONS USED IN APPENDIX C.
Under "Type of Planning Body”
P - Planning Commission or Board
Z - Zoning Commission or Board .
S - Special Commission, explained in footnote
Under "Official or Unofficial”
0 - Official Planning Commission or Board
U - Unofficial Planning Commission or Board
Under "Comprehensive Plan”, "Zoning", etc.
Date indicates year in which plan was prepared, approved or adopted. Under "Zoning” only one date is given. It is the date of adoption or last major amendment.
X - indicates that plan is in a preliminary state only.
Under "Type of Ordinance”
C - Comprehensive, which includes use, height and area regulations. U - Use regulations
H - Height regulations
A - Area regulations
I - Intérim Zoning ordinance
Under "Long Range Financial Plan”
X - Indicates that the city or county has such a plan, either tentative or official, depending upon the column in which the character is placed.
Under "Control of Plats”
X - (In column headed "Advisory”) indicates that the planning commission makes recommendations to the city council or other body which has authority.
(in column headed "Mandatory”) indicates, as a general rule, that approval by the planning commission is necessary before a plot can be recorded.
Under "Transportation”
R - Railroad (including grade crossing elimination and terminals)
W - Water transportation, including ports, harbors, terminals, etc. A — Airports and air navigation
H - Highway transportation
B - Bus
X - Transportation studies, not specified
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Appendix C
a City Planning Commission receives funds from General Revolving Fund
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* Appropriation includes park acquisition and improvements
W Water Transportation - Harbor Development Plan
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a Built according to plan
b Village Improvement Association
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d Report covers toning only
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* Park and Tree Commission
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R Railroad Plan
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a Park Commission
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a Includes planting of trees, shrubbery and flowers in Parks and Highways b Planned by Board of Park Commissioners
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a City-County Planning Commission
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a A "Modal City" laid out in 1870, with wide streets, parkfe, etc
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a Planning, Parks and Recreation Commission
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a Reported by Ranea* County Planning Board
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a Merged with County Planning Board
b Lower Merion Township Planning Board
c Planning activities handled by Department of Public Works d Planning activities handled by Boro Council
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a City Plan Engineer paid by another department b Planning activities handled by Boro Council
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a Deed restrictions control use
b Official Map Plan by TVA
o Town Council acts as planning board d Letter of June 26, 1936
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♦Also 3 Park Commissions, 4 Conservation Committees and 1 Conmittee, kind not stated.
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ABBREVIATIONS USED IN APPENDIX G.
Under 11 Type of Planning Body"
P - Planning Commission or Board
Z - Zoning Commission or Board
S - Special Commission, explained in footnote
Under "Official or Unofficial"
0 - Official Planning Commission or Board
U - Unofficial Planning Commission or Board
Under "Comprehensive Plan", "Zoning", etc.
Bate indicates year in which plan was prepared, approved or adopted. Under "Zoning" only one date is given. It is the date of adoption or last major amendment.
X - indicates that plan is in a preliminary state only»
Under "Type of Ordinance"
C - Comprehensive, which includes use, height and area regulations. U - Use regulations
H - Height regulations
A - Area regulations
I - Interim Zoning ordinance
Under "Long Range financial Plan"
X - Indicates that the city or county has such a plan, either tentative or official, depending upon the column in which the character is placed.
Under "Control of Plats"
X - (In column headed "Advisory") indicates that the planning commission makes recommendations to the city council or other body which has authority.
(In column headed "Mandatory’-') indicates, as a general rule, that approval by the planning commission is necessary before a plot can be recorded.
Under "Transportation"
R - Railroad (including grade crossing elimination and terminals) W - Water transportation, including ports, harbors, terminals, etc. A - Airports and air navigation
H - Highway transportation
B - Bus
X - Transportation studies, not specified
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a Zoning ordinance covers parts cf county only» b Interim Zoning Ordinance covers entire county*
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a Not completely organized b No chairman designated
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a N.R.C*, State Planning Board, W.P.A., Resettlement Administration, etc. b City Planning Commission, Springfield, Missouri*
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a N.R.C., State Planning Board, W.P.A., Resettlement Administration, etc,
b Planning Boards returning questionnaires. Others reported by C.A. McClure, Associate Consultant, Pacific Northwest Regional Planning Coamission.
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a State Water Conservation Board, State Relief Adm., State PWA and WPA, Resettlement Administration.
b Planning Boards returning questionnaires« Others reported by C.A. McClure, Associate Consultant, Pacific Northwest Regional Planning Commission«
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a This toning ordinance includes agriculture, forestry, recreation, industry and residence« Not adopted by county»
b The county seems to administer the local toning ordinances of villages.
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a Includes Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Randolph, Taylor, Tucker and Upshur Counties« b For Wisconsin, A is Agricultural Committee and C is Conservation Committee«
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Note: PAL it Planning and Land Canada«ion« Kewaunee County ha* a "Rural Planning Committee". Oneida and Washburn Counties have "Colonisation Committee«" •
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Appendix I
I. LIST of state planning boards and the legal status of each
ALABAMA STATE PLANNING COMMISSION
First Board, appointed January, 1934.
Law (Act 401) creating statutory Board, enacted. September 9, 1935.
Statutory Board, appointed September 9, 1935.
Headquarters: Alabama State Planning Commission, ^2 North Perry Street, Corner of Dexter, Montgomery, Alabama.
ARIZONA STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board appointed January 23, 1934.
S.B. 196 introduced March 3, 1937, to create Statutory Board.
Not voted on before adjournment of Legislature.
Headquarters: 422 Professional Building, Phoenix, Arizona.
ARKANSAS STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board appointed January 22, 1934.
Law (Act 9) creating statutory Board, enacted February 4, 1935.
Statutory Board appointed April 26, 1935.
Headquarters: State Capitol, Little Rock, Arkansas.
CALIFORNIA STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board appointed January 17, 1934.
New Board appointed January 22, 1936.
Law (Ch. 331) creating stautbry Board enacted June 14, 1935.
Headquarters: Department of Finance, Sacramento, California.
COLORADO STATE PLAINING COMMISSION
Law (Joint Resolution) creating statutory Board enacted 1933.
Statutory Board, appointed. January 15, 1934.
New Law (Ch. 212) enacted by legislature February 8, 1935.
New Board appointed June 17, 1935.
Headquarters: 130 State Office Building, Denver, Colorado.
CONNECTICUT STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board appointed December 1933.
Law (Ch. 122a) creating statutory Board enacted April 18, 1935.
S.B. 102 & 163, to extend life of Board, are pending in Legislature.
Headquarters: Room 432, State Office Building, Hartford, Connecticut.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION
Law (44 Stat. 374) creating Commission enacted April 30, 1926.
(Succeeded National Park Commission created by Act (43 Stat. 463)
June 6, 1924.)
Headquarters: 7133 New Interior Building, Washington, D. C.
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FLORIDA STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board appointed December 2, 1933*
Second Board Appointed April, 1934.
Law (Ch. 17275) creating statutory Board enacted June 8, 1935*
Statutory Board appointed July 18, 1935.
S#B* 306, introduced April 15, 1937, to change and reduce membership of Board, pending in Legislature*
Headquarters: Peninsular Life Building, 117-I- South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida.
GEORGIA STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board appointed January 26, 1934*
Second Board appointed April 8, 1935.
S. B. 74, creating statutory Board, enacted March 8, 1937*
Third Board appointed March 10, 1937.
Headquarters: Office of the Governor,‘c/o Henry T* McIntosh, Atlanta, Georgia.
IDAHO STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board appointed December 22, 1933.
Law creating statutory Board enacted April 1, 1935.
Statutory Board appointed June 12, 1935*
Headquarters: Box 1779, Boise, Idaho*
ILLINOIS STATE PLANNING COMMISSION
New law (Ch. 129A) creating Statutory Board enacted July 2, 1935*
Replaces 1933 Resolution.
Statutory Board appointed December 3, 1933.
Headquarters: 343 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois.
INDIANA STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board appointed February 10, 1934.
Law (Ch* 74) creating statutory Board enacted February 22, 1935*
Headquarters: 308 W* Ohio Street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
IOWA STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board appointed February 17, 1934*
Present Board appointed June 5, 1935*
Law creating statutory Board enacted April 9, 1937.
Headquarters: Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa.
KANSAS STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board appointed January 19, 1934*
S.B* 414 & H.B. 518, to create statutory Board not voted on before adjournment of Legislature.
Headquarters: 208 National Reserve Building, Topeka, Kansas#
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KENTUCKY STATE PLANNING BOARD
Functions of the State Planning Board transferred, to Governor1 s
Cabinet under reorganization of the State Government, provided for in Section 4618-147 of the Kentucky Statutes, 1936 edition.
Headquarters: Office of the Governor, Prankfort, Kentucky.
LOUISIANA STATE PLANNING COMMISSION
First Commission appointed by the Governor in December 1936.
Law (Act 38) creating Statutory Board enacted June 26, 1936.
Headquarters: Capitol Building, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
MAINE STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board appointed January 9, 1934.
Law (Ch.191) creating Statutory Board enacted April 6, 1935.
Board discontinued by Legislative Document 722 as of March 1 (circa), 1937.
For information regarding Maine, address Mr. Victor M. Cutter,
District Chairman, National Resources Committee, 2100 Federal Building, Boston» Massachusetts.
MARYLAND STATE PLANNING BOARD
Law (Ch.39) creating statutory Board enacted December 15, 1933.
First statutory Board appointed December 15, 1933.
Present statutory Board appointed June 1, 1935.
Headquarters: 1106 Court Square Building, Baltimore, Maryland.
Staff address: Civil Engineering Building, Johns Hopkins University, Homewood, Baltimore.
MASSACHUSETTS STATE PLANNING, BOARD
Law (Ch.475) creating statutory Board enacted August 9, 1935.
Statutory Board appointed September 9, 1935.
Headquarters: 24 State House, Boston, Massachusetts;
MICHIGAN STATE PLANNING COMMISSION
First Board appointed January 16, 1934.
Second Board appointed January 1935.
H.B. 55, introduced January 15, 1937, to make permanent Board, now pending in Legislature.
Headquarters: c/o State Tax Commission, State Office Building, Lansing, Michigan.
MINNESOTA STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board appointed February 17, 1934.
H.F. 1534 and S.F. 1276, introduced March 24, 1937, to create statutory Board, not voted on before close of Legislature. Special session called for May 20.
Headquarters: 207 Old Federal Building, 5th & Wabasha, St. Paul, ■ Minnesota.
MISSISSIPPI STATE PLANNING COMMISSION
First Board appointed January 23, 1935.
Law (S.B. 551) creating statutory Board enacted March 26, 1936.
Headquarters: 426 Yazoo Street, Jackson, Mississippi.
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MISSOURI STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board, appointed December 29, 1933.
Law (Page 373) creating statutory Board enacted June 3, 1935.
New Board appointed October 7, 1935.
S.B. 104, to strengthen Board, pending in Committee.
Headquarters: 223A Madison Street, Jefferson City, Missouri.
MONTANA STATE PLANNING BOARD
Law (Ch. 39) creating statutory Board enacted November 1934.
First statutory Board appointed November 1934.
New law (Ch. 176) creating statutory Board enacted March 1935.
Statutory Board appointed March 1935; new Board April 19, 1937.
Headquarters: Capitol Building, Helena, Montana.
Montana State Water Conservation Board designated as State Planning Board.
NEBRASKA STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board ’appointed February 17, 1934.
Second Board appointed January 1935.
Bill 531, creating statutory Board, enacted April 13, 1937.
Headquarters: State House Station, Lincoln, Nebraska. (Box 66)
NEVADA STATE PLANNING BOARD
First.Board appointed January 12, 1934.
Second Board appointed February 5, 1935.
S.B. 218, creating statutory Board, enacted March 22, 1937.
Headquarters: State Highway Building, Carson City, Nevada.
NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
First Board appointed December 3, 1933.
Law (Ch. 6, Laws of 1935) creating statutory Board enacted February
20, 1935.
Statutory Board appointed February 20, 1935.
Headquarters: 17 Capitol Street, Concord, New Hampshire.
NEW JERSEY STATS PLANNING BOARD
First Board appointed February 1934.
Law (Ch. 178) creating statutory Board enacted May 7, 1934.
Statutory Board appointed March 1935.
Headquarters: 186 W. State Street, Trenton, New Jersey.
NEW MEXICO STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board appointed July 1, 1934.
Law (Ch. 137) creating statutory Board enacted February 28, 1935.
Statutory Board appointed 1935.
Headquarters: Capitol Building, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
NEW YORK STATE PLANNING COUNCIL
First Board appointed March 9, 1934.
Law (Ch. 304) creating statutory Board enacted April 5, 1935.
. New Board appointed November 1935.
Headquarters: 353 Broadway, Albany, New York.
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NORTH CAROLINA STATE PLANNING- BOARD
First Board, appointed. January 1935.
Law (Ch. 488) creating statutory Board, enacted. May 11, 1935.
H.B. 164, placing Board, on a more permanent basis, enacted. March 22, 1937.
Headquarters: Raleigh, North Carolina, c/o Theodore S. Johnson, P.O. Box 5187, State College Station.
NORTH DAKOTA STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board appointed February 27, 1934.
Law (Ch. 217) creating statutory Board enacted March 7, 1935.
Statutory Board appointed March 15, 1935.
Headquarters: Capitol Building, Bismarck, North Dakota.
OHIO STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board appointed February 5, 1934.
H.B. 341, to create statutory Boards, pending in Legislature.
Headquarters: 205 Wyandotte Building, Columbus, Ohio.
OKLAHOMA PLANKING AND RESOURCES BOARD
First Board appointed January 17, 1934.
Law (Article 23) creating statutory Board enacted April 30, 1935.
Statutory Board appointed May 4, 1935.
S. 107, consolidating Planning Board with other agencies, enacted April 15, 1937.
Headquarters: State Capitol Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
OREGON STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board appointed December 23, 1933.
Law (Ch. 5) creating statutory Board enacted February 1, 1935.
New Board appointed as statutory Board, February 1, 1935.
Headquarters: 811 Spalding Building, Portland, Oregon.
PENNSYLVANIA STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board appointed July 23, 1934.
Second Board appointed March 9, 1935.
Law (Act 32, 1936) creating statutory Board enacted and approved July 30, 1936.
Headquarters: 928 North Third Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
RHODE ISLAND STATE PLANNING BOARD <
First Board appointed December 7, 1934.
Law (Ch. 2198) creating statutory Board enacted March 21, 1935.
Statutory Board appointed April 24, 1935.
Headquarters: 520 Potters Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island.
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board appointed September 1933.
Second Board appointed February 11, 1935.
S.B. 810, creating statutory Board, passed Senate and on April 26 was awaiting action in House.
Headquarters: c/o L. A. linerson,. 1327J Main St., Columbia, South Carolina.
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SOUTH DAKOTA STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board, appointed. February 1934.
Law (Gii. 191) creating statutory Board, enacted. March 1, 1935.
Headquarters: Brookings, South Dakota.
TENNESSEE STATE BLAMING COMMISSION
First Board appointed. April 11, 1934.
Law (Ch. 43), creating statutory Board, enacted. February 19, 1935.
Headquarters: 720 Nashville Trust Building, Nashville, Tennessee.
TEXAS STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board appointed May 1934.
Lavr (Oh. 33) creating statutory Board enacted March 16, 1935.
Statutory Board appointed April 3, 1935.
S.B. 215 & H.B. 840, to extend Board to September 1, 1939, now pending in Legislature.
Headquarters: 818 Scarbrough Building, Austin, Texas.
UTAH STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board appointed December 12, 1933.
Present Board appointed May 21, 1935.
Law (Ch. 71) creating statutory Board enacted March 26, 1935.
Headquarters: State Captiol, Salt Lake City, Utah.
VERMONT STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board appointed May 10, 1934.
Second Board appointed January 1935.
Law (No. 18) creating statutory Board enacted April 11, 1935.
Statutory Board appointed May 1, 1935«
Same Chairman and members reappointed April 5, 1937.
Headquarters: State Capitol, Montpelier, Vermont.
VIRGINIA STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board appointed September 2, 1933.
Resolution sanctioning Governor's Board passed January 1934.
New Statute contemplated for 1938.
Headquarters: 1200 Travelers Building, Richmond, Virginia.
WASHINGTON STATE PLANNING COUNCIL
First Board was appointed under statutory authority January 17, 1934.
Law (Ch. 54) creating statutory Board enacted January 17, 1934.
Headquarters: 107 Old Capitol Building, Olympia, Washington.
TEST VIRGINIA STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board appointed February 21, 1935.
H.B. 442, to create statutory Board, passed House in March 1937, but was not voted on in Senate before adjournment.
Headquarters: Room 352, State Capitol, Charleston, West Virginia.
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WISCONSIN STATE PLANNING COMMITTEE
First Board was appointed 1931.
Law (Ch. 165) creating statutory Board enacted June 17, 1935.
Headquarters: Oxford Building, 14 E.* Dayton Street, Madison, Wisconsin.
WYOMING STATE PLANNING BOARD
First Board appointed March 2, 1934.
Law (Ch. 42) creating statutory Board enacted February 7, 1935.
Statutory Board appointed May 1, 1935.
Headquarters: c/o Dan W, Greenburg, Sec’y., P.O. Box 498, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
ALASKA TERRITORIAL PLANNING BOARD
Law (Ch. 88) enacted March 14, 1935, but Board was not appointed.
Superseded by Ch. 39 enacted March 10, 1937, and appropriation made.
Appointments will be announced in the near future.
NEY ENGLAND REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION Headquarters: 2100 Federal Building, Boston, Massachusetts.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION Headquarters: 220 Federal Courthouse, Portland, Oregon.
OHIO VALLEY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION
Headquarters: 1125 Carew Tower, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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