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By daphne McCullough
Rappahannock !Nrw» Staff Writer
The commercial rezoning of the Rappahannock Ski Area’s 300 acres in Harris Hollow was neither inadvertent or incidental, according to Supervisor E. P. Luke. At last Thursday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, Chairman Luke discounted charges from the county Board of Zoning Appeals that the ski area property was rezoned commercial in 1973 “without benefit of the full knowledge and specific consideration" of the Supervisors.
Luke’s remarks were sparked by a memorandum from the BZA to the Planning Commission which held that the Ski Area's commercial rezoning slipped by when the county zoning ordinance and maps were approved in 1973.
The rezoning was discussed, stated Luke. He described BZA allegations to the contrary as "unjust to the Planning Commission and unjust to the Board.’’ “Being an old engineer type, 1 never throw anything away,’’ said Luke as he rummaged through his briefcase and came up with notes dating back to 1973. According to Luke, a separate zoning designation for recreation was proposed to both the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors. He read a Jefmition for recreational tone that cited skiing as a permitted use. His notes, continued Luke, tarry a notation that a ■ecreational zone was not
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