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local problems and issues than residents, they are likely to be guided by a set of wants or needs for community services that differ from those of the residents. The county offices, boards and commissions that affect land use, taxation and planning are elected by and from residents. Non-resident'owners, who are also nonvoters, will affect land use, not through county government, but through individual decisions. If the share of land held by nonresidents continues to grow, some mechanism may be needed to integrate land use decisions of nonresident owners with those of resident owners.
Landowners can affect land use by their response to various regulations and incentives. Their awareness of and attitude toward land use measures will affect their decisions. The survey questionnaire asked, “Are you acquainted with Rappahannock’s new zoning and subdivision ordinances?” Thirty-nine percent of the resident owners and 64 percent of the non-resident owners answered “No.” At the time of the survey, the ordinances had been freshly debated and widely publicized.
Of the owners who admitted awareness of the two ordinances, 49 percent of the residents and 72 percent of the non-residents said they approved of the new regulations. The new ordinances may be more favored by non-residents who have experience with strong land use regulations in other jurisdictions. Then too, residents may be more concerned about their use options than non-residents who are concerned with preserving current use. The proportion of farmers who favored the ordinances was higher than the proportion of other occupations. Fifty-five per cent of the farmers approved and 33 percent disapproved. The professional managerial occupations who make up a substantial amount of the owners was surprisingly un
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