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Dick McNear left the Rappahannock planning commission's work session on Monday night with ideas to be worked into a rough draft of the county’s revised zoning ordinance.
The document that Fauquier's professional planner expects to bring back to the commissioners in two to three months will give the county’s governing bodies “something to start from...We’re not setting anything in concrete,” McNear emphasized.
Going over his list of ^questions. the commissioners "igreeed on changes to propose for Rappahannock's zoning ordinance. But even though they okayed inclusions of McNear’s suggestions in the draft, they emphasized that approval wasn't anywhere near final. “You’ve convinced us to take a look at them—that’s all," said Newbill Miller, chairman of the planning commission’s zoning ordinance revision committee.
The draft that will come back to the planners and then to the board of supervisors for public hearing and adoption will include changes in the county's zoning districts. Steeply sloped hillsides with grades over 16 or 17 per cent will be delineated in a separate zone. “I strongly believe that your mountains have a different use suitability.” said McNear. He indicated that density and lot size could be the same as in flatter agricultural zones—one dwelling unit per 25 acres—but for different
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