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“This has not taken away any rights of right-of-way anyone had under the old ordinance," Mr. Wickens said. “It cuts the right-of-way to 40 feet and the pavement width to 18 feet - it makes it easier.”
As to the requirement that all streets be paved, rather than allow gravel, Mr. Wickens explained that “people get older and are not able to maintain them. Then we are taxed for a few older people."
“I can remember," Mr. Smoot retorted, "when there were a w'hole lot more gravel streets than there are now — and the older people helped keep them up and everybody lived happily ever after."
Mr. Morehouse suggested that the issue of private streets be reexamined. “They can be tastefully done, with far less impact than you think.” As for > maintenance agreements, owners can be made aware of that requirement when they buy a lot. "Private streets do serve a purpose, particularly in a small town, particularly with narrower rights-of-way.”
Mr. Morehouse also suggested specification ranges for height, candlepower and separation distances for streetlights, which the planners adopted.
With questions still remaining, the four commissioners present decided to defer a vote of the subdivision ordinance until their Aug. 22 meeting.
In suggesting additional study. Mayor Morehouse told them, “What the town is about is trying to assure that any subdivision is a good one. The town is about trying to protect the town." He predicted that the council would suggest additional revisions to the proposed ordinance after reviewing the commission’s draft.
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