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-2- point . Basically this means providing a feasible outlet to an adjoining property so that at some future date the road can be continued. Schwab further stated that in regards to blacktop, the Subdivision Ordinance provides that gravel roads may be permitted where the lots are four acres or larger in size and have at least 300' frontage. No way can a person afford to put black top streets in ten acre lots, he said. He said that density zoning is sometimes confused with cluster dev- elopment. In Cluster development , in a forty acre tract , 8 or 10 lots may be allowed, by ordinance , with the lot sizes only two or three acres , but the balance of the land is not used for homes but would be dedicated to the development for common use inside the development. Using Jerry Moe 's 95i acres as an example, he explained that with a ten acre minimum, by code, the land can support a given number of lots. The sub-divider can get these lots easily enough, but it might not be in the best interest of the land to have exact same sized lots. Other- wise, if the developer looks at the soil conditions , the topographical features of the land, etc. , and has a different plan that does not exceed the density, he can ask for that approval; that is , he might have two or three lots of fifteen or twenty acres but some may be as small as five acres but through the whole project, it doesn't have more than a given number of lots. Chairman Spitzer stated that these are the three issues to be re- solved at this meeting. The Planning Commission will do as the Council so desires , but wishes to know the Council's policies oto that develop- ment can take pla c* in the city of Hugo. He asked for comments first on treatment of future road development in the agricultural area. Lease commented that he is concerned with problems of driving safety equipment