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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The Rappahannock Planning Commission wasted a public hearing on Wednesday. After listentening to almost two hours of testimony at the June 13 session on Peter Kramer’s request for rezoning the old Washington mill property, the Planners were forced to delay action due to errors in the public notice advertising the hearing.
“What the Planning Commission voted to advertise is not what was advertised and not what you’re asking for,” Planner E. P. Luke told Kramer.
The Planners voted at their May 16 meeting to advertise a rezoning from agriculture to commercial for public hearing. The ad, however, as it appeared in The Rappahannock News, stated the rezoning was from flood plain to commercial.
The Planning Commission’s decision to delay came after a thorough presentation by Kramer that addressed issues of sewage disposal, water supply and parking and attempted to answer questions on what portion of the property lies in flood plain.
Kramer, his wife Joyce and Mr. and Mrs. Joel Fisher are contract buyers, contingent upon commercial rezoning, v<ft>r the 3.9 acre tract at the outskirts of Washington that includes the old mill and abandoned snack bar.
“My principal interest is restoring the old mill,” said Kramer. “I’m not really buying it because of its business potential. I’m buying it because it’s an old building and I have a thing about restoring old buildings. ” He added that he intended to use the restored mill for a combination restaurantstudio-antique shop.
Kramer noted that the advertisement for the June 13 public hearing stated the rezoning was from flood plain to commercial. “That’s not what my application requested,” he said.
According to Kramer, when he first submitted the rezoning request he was told by Zoning Administrator Evan McNear that the tract was zoned agriculture. One week later, McNear informed him that he couldn’t have the rezoning, that McNear couldn’t accept his application, because the old mill building was located in flood plain, Kramer said.
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