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By DAPHNE HITCH ENSON
Rappahannock New** Staff Writer
At a Board of Directors meeting held Monday. October 2, the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection voted to protest to the county the adoption of zoning ordinance amendments four weeks ago to the county Supervisors.
The amendments, approved at the September supervisors meeting, change the county’s former conservation district for slopes over 14 per cent into a district for conservation and recreation. In the new district and in the existing business district, snowless gravity slides as well as skiing, swimming pools and tennis courts become outdoor recreation uses allowed by right. The amendments also stipulate that outdoor recreation uses allowed by right without a special use permit are "not limited to" those four specific categories.
According to a letter from Warrenton environmental attorney Allen Olson on behalf of RLEP, the Supervisors may have committed a procedural error by not allowing the Planning Commission adequate time to make a recommendation on the proposed amendments to the Rappahannock Zoning ordinance.
Acting at the request of the Board, the Planners agreed in mid August to advertise the amendments proposed by Commonwealth Attorney George Davis and Ski Area attorney Douglas Baumgardner for public hearing. Public hearings on the amendments apparently designed to end litigation between the county and the Rappahannock Ski Corporation were scheduled for August 31 for the Planning Commission and September 7 for the Board of Supervisors.
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