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“I have a little bit of expertise in planning and zoning and a whole lot more in how not to use a chain saw!" joked planner Dick McNear. his arm in a cast from a chain saw cut, as he presented the Rappahannock planning commissioners with five copies of the first few chapters of the county's revised zoning ordinance.

“All these are my ideas. They should end up being your ideas and the board’s ideas,” McNear told the planning commissioners.

A professional planner for Fauquier County who lives in Rappahannock, he was given the job of revising the zoning regulations some months ago and at the same time was made an ex-officio member of the planning commission.

He emphasized that the sections he brought in last Wednesday evening—index, statement of intent, definitions of different districts and district regulations—were in “very rough draft” form.

Special Exceptions

In the draft ordinance, the names attached to the county’s different zoning districts are altered slightly — to resource preservation, residential, commercial and industrial—but the most significant changes come in

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