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meeting, but its provisions were behind their consideration of road standards.
“I think we need to encourage clustering," said Mike Massie, who represents the supervisors on the Planning Commission.
“I’m not sure we should be encouraging clustering,” Jackson District planner David Fannon replied.
“Are we working contrary to the cluster push?” Mr. McCarthy asked.
“I’m not on the cluster push,” Mr. Fannon replied.
“I’m like Dave. I’m not sure cluster is the way to go,” Mr. Miller said. “I’ve been to Federal court, and Federal judges don’t even think perpetuity will be very long. Subdividing is a matter of economics. We have to control it the best we can by not encouraging five-acre lots around the villages on gravel roads. If we don’t require they be built to state specifications so they could be taken into the system, the taxpayers will have to pay to upgrade them.; Under the old ordinance five-acre lots had to be on 50-foot roads connected by 50-foot roads to a major highway."
“My personal contention is that dividing the county into 25-acre lots is only marginally better than dividing it into two-acre lots,” Mr. McCarthy said.
“If you can’t count on a deed restriction, then we’re all in trouble,” Phil Irwin said from the audience. ;
The planners agreed that subdivisions should be on roads with a 50— foot right of way, or have lots of 25acres or more, or have some sort of deed restriction. !
“You have to sustain the ordi-; nance politically in the minds of the; people and in the courts," Mr. Miller said. “You could have every village ringed with subdivisions on gravel' roads ... If you can’t agree on clustering, at least get your road standards,”
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