Re “Unpaved driveway? It may cost you” (Thursday, November 23, 2017, p.1)

No town should pass an ordinance unless it meets a two-part test. First, there must be actual evidence in the community of harm to public health and safety (not merely “concerns”). Second, the ordinance must be crafted as narrowly as possible, so as to eliminate the actual harm while otherwise protecting the property rights of homeowners. Based on this article, Dumont has met neither test with regard to its unpaved driveway ordinance.