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but, said the mayor, Atter listening to the changes you mentioned, it occurs to me that the subdivision ordinance is one of the tools the town uses to manage growth. From the amendments I just heard, it sounds like you are trying to limit growth — and maybe even take some property rights away.”
Claybert Smoot, the only other resident at the meeting, added, “It looks to me like wye have had enough taken away from Us in this town.” Referring to the provision for clustering houses, Mr. Smoot said he feels that if he has enough land to build on, he should be able to put the house wherever he wants.
Mr. Wickens explained that the provision is optional, and that no one will be required to cluster homes within-any subdivision.
“If anybody in this town,” Mr. Smoot continued, “had been treated like us on that (north) end of town, they would think a lot before they let something like this through.”
To the mayor’s question about cul-de-sacs, Mr. Wickens explained that they “look suburban and out of character with this town.”
And the proposed maximum of two houses on a dead-end street, the mayor continued, “Do you think that’s enough?”
“Yes,” Mr. Wickens replied.
“I don’t,” added planner Stuart Willis.
Asked about the prohibition of private streets, Mr. Wickens explained that homeowners’ agreements break down, "and they we are left with tw'o little old ladies living on the street and no one to do maintenance ... if they are building streets they should meet the state standards and let the state maintain them. That way the town does not have to come in and bail it out.”
Speaking to the requirement for a 40-foot right-of-way, Mr. Smoot pointed to the “paper street” be
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