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DEC � 11980 -4.5 pAc ►►6 DANA HOWARD OF CARTER ASSOCIATES, WHO REPRESENT THE DEVELOPER OF SYLVAN ESTATES, AGREED THAT ALIGNMENT OF THE ROAD WOULD BE PREFER- ABLE, BUT HE WENT INTO A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY, MOST OF WHICH CONSISTS OF METES AND BOUNDS PARCELS, AND NOTED THAT TO THE NORTH WHERE THEY ARE BEING ASKED TO REALIGN, THERE IS ONLY 1/2 A RIGHT-OF-WAY AND IT BELONGS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE EAST - LONE PALM PARK. HE DOUBTED THE COUNTY EVER WOULD CONDEMN THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A THOROUGHFARE. MR. HOWARD STATED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE ALIGNMENT, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE NOTHING FITS; ALSO, THEY ARE TRYING TO KEEP THE SUBDIVISION SEPARATE TO HAVE A NICER COMMUNITY, AND IN ADDITION, BY REALIGNING, THEY WOULD LOSE TWO OR THREE LOTS. ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR MCCORMICK NOTED THAT, AS STATED, WE HAVE NO BASIS AS THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN TO TURN THIS SUBDIVISION DOWN, BUT HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD JUST ATTENDED THE GOVERNOR'S SYMPOSIUM ON HIGHWAY SAFETY, AT WHICH IT WAS STRESSED THAT EVEN WITH PRIVATE ROADS, THE RESPONSIBILITY MAY VERY WELL IN TIME COME BACK TO THE COUNTY SINCE THEY DID APPROVE THEM. HE FELT THE SWITCHBACK ROAD MAY CREATE A PROBLEM THAT WILL COME BACK TO HAUNT US. CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION FOLLOWED WITH REGARD TO THE NEED TO REDO OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE TO CLARIFY THE GUIDELINES SO THE - DEVELOPER CAN BE SURE WHEN HE HAS FOLLOWED THESE GUIDELINES THAT HE WILL BE APPROVED. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE CHANGES WITHIN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE EFFORT INVOLVED WITH DEVELOPING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAVE COMBINED TO PREVENT US FROM COMING UP WITH THE NEEDED CHANGES. MR. MCCORMICK REPORTED THAT HE WAS PRESENTLY ENGAGED IN RE- WORKING, REWRITING, AND REDEVELOPING OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TO TRY TO UPDATE THEM AND HAVE MORE ADEQUATE DEFINITIONS FOR THE ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS TO WORK WITH, BUT THIS CANNOT BE DONE OVER NIGHT. CHAIRMAN LYONS FELT .THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A DEFINITE NEED TO UPDATE THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, WE CANNOT CHANGE THE RULES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAME AND WE, THEREFORE, MUST WORK WITH THE RULES AS THEY EXIST TODAY. HE ASKED IF THIS SUBDIVISION DOES COMPLY WITH THE EXISTING REGULATIONS.