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Rappahannock’s comprehensive plan “has to be right down the middle” between state enabling legislation on one side of the table and statutory law on the other, according to planning and zoning expert Rosser Payne.
In remarks made at the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection’s September meeting, Payne said, “If it takes spending money (for a comprehensive plan), don’t hesitate.” However, he did acknowledge that "spending money for planning is distasteful to many people."
Payne, a recognized authority on planning described by RLEP as "middle of the road,” has appeared as an expert witness in more than 160 zoning cases and has testified for the winning side in the last 30 Virginia Supreme Court decisions relating to zoning.
According to Payne, Rappahannock's biggest problem lies in the lack of understanding regarding a locality's police powers in planning and zoning. He maintained that the data are there for everyone to see if they're interested.
"I don’t understand why the information available to me is not disseminated to the general public," he said, calling for Supreme Court decisions to be translated into laymen’s terms.
During his years in planning. Payne said he’d been dismayed and disappointed to see the surge of both “no growth" and "uncontrolled growth" movements.
"No growth,” said Payne, "had no chance from the start...Flat-out growth with no restrictions is also wrong."
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