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disagree that we’ll hear ‘no growth’ arguments,” said Irwin. He maintained, instead, that the arguments would be for “controlled growth...The idea of allowing the cork to be pulled out of the dam of relatively high density subdivisions is of great concern to me personally,” he stated.
Irwin maintained that the Supervisors weren’t locked into having to approve the rezoning. He argued that the county had the right to insist on controlled growth and in defense of his stand, read at length from a recent Washington Post article on the California community of Petaluma. According to the article, citizens and local government there choose to limit growth in order to maintain a five per cent population increase per year. The “controlled growth” position was opposed by builders, who brought suit—unsuccessfully—against the community.
Very Obvious Growth
“I think the people in Rappahannock would say that growth in the county is already very obvious,” said Irwin. He referred to a survey taken in 1973 by the Extension office that showed 70 per cent of Rappahannock residents want to see no change in the county, preferring instead to maintain an “open space, agricultural kind of environment.”
Werner Krebser read from the Zoning Ordinance’s statement of purpose to illustrate his point that the promotion of health, safety and welfare of county citizens is a legitimate consideration of the Supervisors in action on rezoning. He maintained that county fire, rescue, police and educational services are already strained. “Increased growth from this subdivision will put further demands on those services,” said Krebser.
RCHS Already Overcrowded “You are here to protect the county from overcrowding,” he told the Supervisors. Krebser presented more figures that indicate the county’s high school is already overcrowded with a capacity of 450 and enrollment of 453. The formula whereby subdivision impact on schools is determined allots 2.3 children per house, according the Krebser. Under this formula, Krebser figured that Goode’s subdivision would add 30 more children to county schools. He added that the increase would also bring the elementary school’s enrollment, now at 772, closer to it’s 806 student capacity. “The county’s not
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