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(8) Community of interest or community of common interest shall be respected and be kept <br />together in the plan, if practicable. <br />(9) Council districts shall be drawn to be as compact as practicable while maintaining the <br />community or communities of interest. <br />(10) The County shall use to the extent possible a reasonably current computer mapping <br />program and shall make the program accessible to the public. <br />(11) All parts of each council district shall be contiguous to the council district and be <br />reachable by roads internal to the council district. <br />(12) There shall be no gerrymandering for any reason. <br />(13) The drawing of bizarre council district shapes shall be avoided even if a previous plan <br />was designed using a bizarre shape. <br />(14) There shall be no fracturing, packing, or cracking of council districts, if practicable. <br />(15) The one person, one vote principle shall be used. <br />(16) If the commission establishes criteria in addition to those enumerated in the Charter and <br />this chapter, the commission shall use impartial criteria that meet standard of fairness <br />principles. <br />(17) If practicable, socio- economic criteria used in developing the plan, not specifically set <br />forth in this chapter, shall be identified, documented, and approved by majority vote of <br />the commission, before drawing proposed council district boundaries. If practicable, <br />socio- economic groups shall be kept together. <br />Article 4. Plan Deviations. <br />Section Total Deviation. <br />(a) The total deviation for the entire plan shall be less than ten percent. <br />(b) If a population of permanent residents must be assigned to a different council district to <br />ensure that the total deviation is less than ten percent and such equalization involves <br />reassigning any portion of a subdivision, the entire subdivision shall be moved as a unit, <br />if practicable. <br />Section Maximum Council District Deviation. <br />(a) The maximum council district deviation for a proposed council district shall not exceed <br />plus or minus 4.99% of an ideal council district's population. <br />(b) If practicable, documented, high - growth areas shall be drawn to receive the most negative <br />council district deviation percentage in the final plan so that as a high growth area or <br />district continues to increase in population between census years, the council district's <br />deviations may be equalized. <br />4 <br /> <br />