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By DAPHNE McCULLOUGH
Rappahannock New* Staff Writer
Rappahannock County is not under what Fauquier Planning Director Dick McNear describes as “urban growth pressures.” Instead, Rappahannock faces “piece of the rock pressure,” said McNear. “Everyone wants a little piece of this most scenic, unspoiled countryside. The county's biggest problem is how to control this pressure. If it is not controlled, then the scenic, rural values will be lost.”
McNear and State Delegate George Beard were the featured speakers at a June 2 town meeting on land use issues sponsored by the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection. Although McNear criticized the Virginia Code’s vagueness on land use law, he stressed that localities weren’t using some of the control options already available. Repeating that what worked in one county wasn't always right for another, McNear reported on land use and planning measures adopted in Fauquier.
Fauquier County, in revising its ordinances and comprehensive plan, instigated a mandatory cluster requirement in areas deemed to have a natural resource worth protecting, including prime farmland, environmentally sensitive steep slopes and scenic areas.
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