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exception of Amissville. are now zoned entirely residential business (RB-1). In the rough draft of the zoning ordinance. McNear suggested that the commissioners zone existing commercial uses in and around villages as “village commercial and leave the rest residential. In the village residential zone. McNear said, home occupations could be allowed with a special use permit, giving local government more control.
He proposed a “commercial business” zone for' the Flatwoods area, the only part of the county specified for commercial development in Rappahannock's comprehensive plan. In this district. “larger. freestanding kinds of businesses" like the Farmers Cooperative, chain grocery stores, drug stores, building and supply enterprises and furniture stores as well as typical highway businesses could be allowed by special permits. McNear said.
He suggested a limited industrial zone where “industry of the size and nature to be beneficial to the
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