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# PBEM recommends that most of the Service Area be inside City of Portland city limits. | # PBEM recommends that most of the Service Area be inside City of Portland city limits. | ||
# Optimally, a Service Area includes one BEECN and one fire station. | # Optimally, a Service Area includes one BEECN and one fire station. | ||
# PBEM prefers and recommends square/rectangular-shaped Service Areas with four sides (they are easier to process on mapping tools). PBEM will reject [https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/the-most-peculiarly-gerrymandered-districts highly gerrymandered] Service Areas. | # PBEM prefers and recommends square/rectangular-shaped Service Areas with four sides (they are significantly easier to process on mapping tools). PBEM will reject [https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/the-most-peculiarly-gerrymandered-districts highly gerrymandered] Service Areas. |