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CHAPTER 6

THE DRAWINGS

The Master Plan includes as many drawings as are necessary to adequately portray all existing conditions and to convey a comprehensive conception of the ultimate development proposed for the area.  Each drawing, supplemented with its related development outline, is intended to emphasize in its delineation and contents, a specified area or subject.  Separation into specialized sheets is adopted as a means of avoiding the congestion and illegibility that usually results when an attempt is made to place on one drawing the great quantity and different kinds of information that normally enter into the design of the larger areas.  However, this does not prohibit the combining of sheets in cases where it will not result in illegibility.

Specific instructions for the delineation of the various subject drawings are contained in Part Two of this manual.

General Instructions.

The following instructions apply to all drawings included in the Master Plan:

Use of Symbols.

Standard symbols as contained in this Manual should be used in the delineation of all Master Plan drawings prepared at such a scale as to require their use for legibility.  The various basic and general drawings particularly require the use of abstract symbols to avoid confusion.  Where the scale of the drawing permits, however, a much clearer conception of conditions can often be had if certain elements such as roads, intersections, parking facilities, building layouts, etc., are presented in their actual plan arrangement rather than to rely on the use of symbols.  The value of using progressive indication, whether by abstract symbol or otherwise, cannot be overemphasized as a means of differentiating between existing and proposed conditions.  It is important that each drawing include an explanatory legend of the symbols used on that drawing.

Materials.

Use waterproof black ink on a good grade of linen tracing cloth.  

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