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M M M Director Davis pointed out that we have been mandated to adopt a Land Use Plan and we also are mandated to have a Thoroughfare Plan. If we allow people to build to encroach on our Thoroughfare Plan, we are in violation of our Land Use Plan, but because of legislation, it is difficult to implement this. Chairman Scurlock believed the direction of the Commission is to develop a game plan to present to our legislative delegation. Commissioner Lyons had trouble with the phrase "cul-de-sac segments" in Section 7 and wished to know how "segment" is defined. After some discussion, Director Keating believed if we added wording saying "it begins at the cross street and goes to the termination of the cul-de-sac;" that would be specifying the exact termination and beginning point. Commissioner Lyons wished to know if a cul-de-sac is three blocks long, for instance, whether the whole three blocks would be exempted. Planner Boling explained that cul-de-sac segments themselves are- I imfited--by the Subdivision Ordinance. Commissioner Lyons noted out that the word "cord" is misspelled throughout the ordinance and should be corrected to "chord." He continued that he also had trouble in Section 8 with measuring perpendicular to the back lot line because that can be on the bias too. He is trying to understand the midpoint in these lots and how you find the two midpoints -to connect. Director Keating agreed the term "midpoint" should be further defined. Commissioner Lyons felt if the front is going to be the chord line, you can take the center of that and then the center of the back lot line, even if it is on the bias, because if you run it perpendicular, you could miss the front lot altogether. Planner Boling agreed that would be correct because the line OCT 2 8 1986 33 �00r. 66 F,�n 222