By DAPHNE McCULLOUGH

By DAPHNE McCULLOUGH

Arundel Newspaper Writer

The Rappahannock Planners began a state mandated review of the county’s zoning and subdivision ordinance; at Tuesday’s Commission meeting. Sections on family graveyards and seasonal roadside stands received the most attention, each evoking about a half, hour of discussion.

Planner Newbill Miller defended the Commission’s attention to seemingly minor issues. “These are the things we’d better be clear on because these are the things that are going to be controversial,” he maintained.

Before the Commission |began the paragraph by paragraph review of the zoning ordinance, Planner Pete Luke suggested that consideration of parts of the ordinance be delayed until after work progresses on the county’s Comprehensive Plan, required by 1980.

"There are certain things that can be revised whether we have or don’t have a Plan...Some things need a Plan as a framework...Otherwise, we’re going to be out of step,” Luke said.

Chairman Herbert Barksdale noted that he’d appointed Miller to head a committee of Luke and Planners George Muth and Walter Masterson charged with studying Comprehensive Plans prepared by other localities and bringing recommendations back to the Commission. This committee, interjected Miller, wouldn’t be able to devote full attention to the job until after January. There are questions that can’t be answered without a Plan, said Luke, “Are we dividing too much of the county into 25 acre lots?” he asked, as an example. “We’ll make the Plan as we go along” In the review of the county ordinances, Barksdale responded.

Public Input Necessary “That’s where I think we’re going to come a cropper,” countered Luke. He maintained that Rap“1Fall

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