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Comprehensive Plan But whatever route a county follows in establishing land use controls requires adoption of a comprehensive plan, according to McNear. “A locality that doesn't plan and implement that plan through zoning and subdivision ordinances is being planned and zoned by default by each land owner. There’s no public consideration in that process,” he said. Public consideration is a necessary part of the planning process, McNear continued, and “the primary document for public consideration is the comprehensive plan” mandated by the state for adoption by 1980. “I’m aware that it’s a controversial subject here in Rappahannock,” McNear said. He stressed that a comprehensive plan didn't have to be a "give away.” Instead, the plan should reflect the opinion of the majority of the local citizens, their needs and desires regarding land use regulations. Public opinion can be gathered, he noted, in a series of meetings held throughout the county.
During Fauquier’s comprehensive plan revision process, sessions were first held all over that county to gather ideas on how people felt their communities should or shouldn't grow. Subsequently, the county’s planning staff came back to the same communities with a list of alternatives for more public input. Then the staff met with the Planning Commission to adopt an
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