Unfortunately, the editorial's entire argument was flawed with invalid assumptions. Unfortunately, the editorial's entire argument was flawed with invalid assumptions. Suburban service district lines are not arbitrarily drawn. They are put in place to guide development in a comprehensive and orderly manner.
Sprawl is defined by three distinguished characteristics.
The first is low-density development that is dispersed and uses a lot of land. The second is geographic separation of essential places, such as work, homes, schools and shopping. And the third is dependence on automobiles for travel. Ergo, Deerwood is a textbook example of sprawl. The potential for sprawl in our city is tremendous, especially since the 2010 Comprehensive Plan admits that 88 percent of all new residential development in the city will be less than four dwelling units per acre.