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• Kuusisto said that besides having a g o od road, and even if the cul <br /> de sac is temporary, we should also be concerned with the ability to <br /> maintain these roads. <br /> Spitzer said that if -we had a road plan, we could then demand cer- <br /> tain easements. <br /> Kuuisisto felt more easements should be asked for on boundary lines. <br /> He said they can alwayp be given back, but if they are not asked for at <br /> the time of development, they cannot be asked for later; they then have <br /> to be purchased. <br /> Lease said that if these mai de sac roads are to, at a future date, <br /> be connected, thus carryingmore traffic, it would be necessaryto improve <br /> p <br /> our road standards. He asked bac fast do we want to develop these rural <br /> areas? <br /> Spitzer asked if .mei refused. a subdivision request because it appears <br /> that further development adjoining the property would not take place for <br /> say, fifty years, would we be liable for a lawsuit. Johnson said that as <br /> soon as you start treating different areas that arezoned the same , diff- <br /> erently, there will be problems . <br /> As a general rule, stated Dale, a road should loop in and back out <br /> if possible. In Rome instances , because of the physical characteristics <br /> of the land this is not possible. In some of these cases, even two lots <br /> would require a long cul de sac road to use the land reasonably, and in <br /> these cases , there is no alternative but to use a cul de sac road. <br /> Kuuisisto asked if we should consider a better road then. Dale <br /> fitiiiteddtitat in many rural situations, the loop road is possible. Owner- <br /> ship A <br /> and the physical chars,cteristics would have to be taken into con- <br /> sideration. <br /> Johnson said it is imperative to treat people as equally as possible. <br /> If there are no guidelines set up, it is particularity hard to do. these <br />