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The 1980’s will be a decade of change in Rappahannock.
Unless the price of gas soars to $4 or $5 a gallon, it will continue ito be cheaper to live and pay taxes her^ and commute to high paying jobs in the metropolitan area.
Unless state enabling legislation changes, local government must continue to operate with its hands tied in efforts to guide, control and manage—not stop—growth.
In combating the pressures of urban sprawl in the 80’s, our supervisors will be armed with local zoning and subdivision ordinances and, for the first time, a comprehensive plan.
We realize that comprehensive plans aren’t worth much more now than the paper they’re printed on when push comes to shove with developers. Plans can set down high sounding phrases on goals and objectives for the county. They can state that agricultural land, orchards, open spaces and environmentally sensitive steep slopes should bS preserved but they can’t do much more than state tl&t end as a desirable goal. Comprehensive plans don’t seem very important now and so local folks may be tempted to skip the long and involved public hearing process for developing Rappahannock’s first plan. When meetings begin in our communities, residents might decide to stay where its cozy and warm to catch what’s on television ratbw: than driving to the local fire hall Intake part in deciding goals for the comity’s future.
But the chance to have a hand in determining the county’s path through
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