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In Flood Plain
The Rappahannock County Zoning Ordinance prohibits sewage disposal systems in a flood plain or within 50 feet of a flood plain boundary. According to Kramer, this prohibition will not affect his plans for sewage disposal at the old mill. Kramer said he proposed to pump wastes up to tanks and septic field behind the snack bar—well over 50 feet from the flood plain boundary.
He added that he’d checked with Maury Biddle, chairman of the county’s Water and Sewer Authority, for an opinion on what constitutes a sewage disposal system. According to Kramer, Biddle said that lines carrying waste from the mill to the tanks and field would not be included in the definition of sewage disposal system.
Kramer explained that he is in a “Catch 22” situation with his sewage plans as far as the Health Department is concerned. He said he’d been informed by Health Department personnel that they couldn’t give him an opinion on approval or disapproval unless first provided with a specific proposal for a sewage disposal system. In addition, they require that the property be rezoned to commercial before considering any plans, according to Kramer.
If his sewage disposal plans aren’t approved after the property is rezoned commercial, Kramer said he would use the mill for retail sales—a use that wouldn’t require bathroom facilities and sewage system.
In conclusion, Kramer stated that the deterioration of the mill needed to be stopped before the building falls to the ground. “I don’t
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