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issuance of a conditional use permit. These steps are necessary, Davis continued, to “save and protect agricultural land.’’ Saving ag land is the policy of the state and federal government and “should be Rappahannock County’s policy also . . . Agricultural and forestry land should be used only for agricultural and forestry uses unless it’s rezoned,” he contended.
He also suggested that setback and frontage regulations currently applying in agricultural districts be eliminated. "I can’t see why we need those in an agricultural district... If the land is rezoned to business, then we’ll need them.”
Planning Commission Chairman Herbert Barksdale disagreed. “We’ve got to have a setback,” he maintained and stressed that the existing ordinances should be enforced, particularly regarding setback regulations.
“The village concept keeps cropping up,” commented Planner Newbill Miller. As a landowner in the town of Washington, Miller noted that he had as much to gain as anybody if the town grew but he questioned how it could expand.
“Maybe Washington doesn’t want to expand,” Planner Pete Luke responded, “but Woodville might.” Luke suggested that village boundaries ought to be more specifically defined.
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