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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON Rappahannock 'News Staff Writer At their July 18 meeting, the Rappahannock Planners reviewed a rough draft of the comprehensive plan’s chapter on natural environment. Besides praising the work done by the RappahannockRapidan Planning District staff on the document, the planners had few comments on sections dealing with geology, topography, slope, soils, water resources, forests and climate. The draft plan notes that "most all of Rappahannock County can be classified as steep slope. Development in the county, the plan says, centers around moderate or gently sloped areas near Flint Hill between Sperryville and Washington and in the F.T. Valley near Madison County along Route 231.
The plan states that “low density or spot development is typically more appropriate" for Rappahannock and can be located in the small zones of relatively flat land that occur with steep slopes. The plan also notes that extensive use of steeply sloped land for plow farming or development ‘‘will be difficult or impossible.”
Planner Alan Stokes remarked that spot development, although appropriate under the county's current ordinances, may not continue to be
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