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According to testimony given at last Thursday’s public hearing on the ski area’s application for a special use permit, the commercial zoning granted James Moore’s 300 acres slipped by the Supervisors by mistake.
The assertion would be easier to discount if it hadn’t come from Newbill Miller. Miller was chairman of the Rappahannock Board of Supervisors in 1973 when the new Zoning map—with Moore’s 300 acres colored commercial—was approved. Further, Miller was the representative from Hampton Magisterial District where the ski area is located.
Records of Supervisor meetings during adoption of the county’s new zoning ordinance and map show no discussion of commercial zoning for the ski area. Miller also remembers none.
It s hard to believe that a rezoning of such proportion could have occurred deliberately in Miller’s district without his being aware of it. Over the years, he’s served the county and the town of Washington with dedication as Chairman of the Supervisors, Mhyor of Washington and member of the county's Planning Commission. He demonstrated attention and interest in the county’s welfare time and again.
It’s also hard to believe that ANY Rappahannock County Board would approve a commercial rezoning—with no comment—on 300 acres of conservation land. Under our ordinances.
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