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DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Ftnppahannork V*w» Staff Writer t At last Thursday’s Board ^meeting, The Rappahannock
^Supervisors referred the •recently adopted zoning (^ordinance amendments back yto the Planning Commission Jwith the request that the IjPlanners come up with Vevisions that will require a "public hearing before approval of commercial "recreational facilities on slopes over 14 per cent.
Critics of the ski area Amendments adopted in ./September have charged that .the changes in Rappahannock's zoning ordinance open up the county's steep slopes to commercial exploitation. The amendments allow ‘‘outdoor recreation, including, but not limited to skiing, swimming pools, tennis courts and gravity slides” as a use permitted by right in all areas of the county where slopes are greater than 14 per cent and in all areas zoned general business or commercial.
Supervisor chairman E. P. Luke recalled on Thursday that the Board had held a public hearing and followed all the required procedure in amending the zoning ordinance to create a conservation-recreation district. “Comes the question of whether or not we made a prudent judgement” in allowing commercial
Orfila
Graduates
Martin Luis Orfila of Washington, formerly a deputy with the Rappahannock Sheriff’s Department, graduated from the 65th session of the State Police Academy in ceremonies held at Virginia State Police Headquarters in Richmond on December 1.
In addition to a minimum of 30 days of field training with an experienced trooper, Orfila completed 20 weeks of basic training which included field and classroom work totalling 1,010 hours, exclusive of study periods, and covered 142 subjects.
Orfila reported to his new duty station in Springfield on December 4, joining 845 troopers assigned throughout the state.
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