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    Fire access to a new subdivision

    A proposed 50 house subdivision is situated in an area that will connect to cul-de-sacs, but a debate exists on it's connection to a main state route. The debate primarily is due to the fact that this access would have to cross a wetland piece 60' X 40', and the question raise is if there were...
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    Sidewalks In or Out

    In preparing a subdivision proposal, I exclude sidewalks and leave it up to the P & Z or Eng. Dept. to tell me to put them in, that is because I cannot get a handle on the logic for using them or not? I've submitted Cul-De-Sacs and they have added them, I have thru road subdivision between...
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    Cul-de-sac Design

    Our city regulation require the lenght of a cul-de-sac to be no more then 1200 ft., this I find is a standard in the country. Many residents prefer to live on cul-de-sacs so this creates a conflict, a balance that is tough to manage!!! I would have thought there was a sound engineering or...

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