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(Continued from Page l) bring chapters in periodically, one at a time, for their review. Once all the chapters are completed, he said, the Commission could go over the comprehensive plan as a whole, change it as desired, and then begin the public hearing process.
Future Land Uae "Probably the hardest thing to accomplish, the hardest thing to agree on, will be future land use," Capelle continued. That chapter will be concerned with “what we want the county to look like in the future,” he said. He added that any proposals for future land use should correspond to the zoning map. “That’s the linkage (between the two documents)," Capelle stated.
Miller suggested that Capelle tie in the survey done by VPI Extension Agent Rap Owings somewhere in the plan. According to Miller, Owings' survey indicated what Rappahannock citizens wanted for their county in the years to come.
However, he pointed out, "what the majority of county people want the county to look like may not be legally possible...How do we comply with Virginia law?” Miller asked.
He maintained the most significant point made by the survey was that the majority of county citizens wanted little change in the character of Rappahannock. (See separate story.)
Arguing against basing future land use primarily on what citizens want instead of what Virginia enabling legislation allows, Luke maintained that the worst thing that could happen would be for the comprehensive plan to be tested immediately in court.
“We might as well recognize that we’re going to go to court," countered Planner Walter Masterson. “That’s all there is to it.”
Referring again to Wunderlich’s 1974 land study, Masterson agreed that much of the data it contained was inaccurate but maintained that some of the
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