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BAUMGARDNER ticked off some of these changes, having to do with:
Special use permits, the number of lots allowed on a cui de sac (two), new business districts, methods of designating flood - plains (by soil types, historical records and drainageways; definition of auto graveyards, inclusion of state erosion controls, rules covering tree clearing, conversions of barns and similar buildings to living quarters, fees, etc., etc.
Supervisor Luke had some questions about the floodplain designations, wondering if contour maps would be better than soil types. Baumgarnder said the contour maps were not sufficiently detailed, and that seven types of soils in Rappahannock had been found to be prevalent in floodplains. The soil type designation would be more accurate, he thought.
In answer to questions from George Davis, Baumgardner said the soil types were “alluvial,” and identified only in floodplains. Nevertheless, Davis thought this was too vauge.
Baumgardner also explained that it had been necessary to define “family” for application to regulations covering “onefamily residences,” etc. The definition arrived at was “a group of people related by blood, marriage or law.” This, said Baumgardner, would prevent situations “where we have multi-family occupation of single family structures.”
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