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By DAPHNE McCULLOUGH
“THIS is the first case (under the new erosion and sedimentation control ordinance) to come up in the county and you’d better get it right!” Planning Commission Chairman Herbert Barksdale told the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors at last Thursday’s meeting. It took them a while, but with the help of Commonwealth’s Attorney George Davis, the Supervisors decided on the legal procedure to follow in a rezoning request from Wade Massie.
Massie requested that 100 acres be rezoned from agricultural to residential. He proposes to divide the land into four 25-acre parcels. Zoning Administrator Evan McNear told the Supervisors that Massie’s proposal and a similar rezoning request by Oscar Lingren do not actually involve subdivisions under county ordinances since the lot sizes are all 25 acres or more. But, he explained, “the regulations state if the development is contiguous with a previous subdivision, it must be approved by the Board.” Both the Lingren and Massie developments fall under this category.
Following on-site inspections and public hearings on both subdivisions, the Rappahannock Planning Commission recommended approval of the Lingren subdivision subject to construction of an acceptable access road and compliance with the new erosion and sedimentation control ordinance. The Planners recommended disapproval of the Massie rezoning request on the grounds that he failed to meet minimal acceptable standards for a subdivision road.
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