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visor Pete Luke had come to agree with Davis. “We made our compromise when we allowed parents to give as many as five lots to their children.” The other Supervisors agreed.
All except Clarence Baldwin. A few minutes earlier, Baldwin had made a motion to deny the rezoning request but grant the subdivision exception.
George Davis said it was impossible to separate the two motions. The rezoning amendment, from agricultural to residential, would have to be passed first. Tiie purpose of the amendment is to make what would be an illegal subdivision legal, Davis said. Baldwin’s motion died for lack of a second.
At previous hearings the Williams heirs and their supporters had argued that denying them the right to subdivide would be tantamount to denying them their inheritance. Also, the agricultural area of the Tiger valley, in which the Williams family homeplace is located, is already dotted with subdivisions, it was stated, so approval of their request would not mean that the agricultural character of the area would be altered. It’s already non-agricultural, they said. Numerous speakers talked about the contributions members of the Williams family have made to Rappahannock County. Their request was a “human” and “poignant” one and ought to be granted, it was argued.
OPPONENTS of the request argued that the character and reputation of the Williams family wasn’t the issue. No one disagreed that they were fine and deserving people. But, the future of the Rappahannock’s zoning and subdivision ordinance was at stake, it was said. Granting the Williams
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