I agree with you that compromise is key. However when one side won’t budge and abuses its authority, compromise will not happen. Many compromises have been put forth, only to be rebuffed by Franklin County officials.

In your example that you cited, you stated that the commission cited traffic safety as a reason for not allowing the development. However if you re-read the story that you linked to, you will find that the commission did not cite traffic safety as a reason.

“A large number of property owners along Holtgrewe Road and in Parmentier Estates addressed the board and objected to the planned subdivision.

Safety was the main concern cited, due to the narrow road which features sharp, 90-degree turns and a “blind” intersection at Pottery Road”

Property owners along Holtgrewe are the ones that raised the issue of safety. As our road assessment showed, the road is more then adequate to handle the additional traffic.

“A traffic study was prepared by the consulting firm of Crawford, Bunte, Brammeier (CBB), which determined that the 22-foot-wide road could handle up to 2,000 cars per day. With the new development, its projected there would be between 1,776 and 1,920 vehicles per day on the road.”

Further research conducted showed that there was only 1 accident on this road over a 10 1/2 year time span, that was caused due to the design of the road, or 1 accident for every 3,500,000 million vehicles.

I also believe that your argument about the shooting range is extreme. More then likely, the residence that you write about in your mythical subdivision is located in a subdivision that has covenants in place to prevent this from occurring, or that residence is already located in a municipality, or within 2 miles of an existing municipality and could not be incorporated by law.