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(Continued from Page 1) plain boundaries) is something the commission should deal with."
"Are you asking for an immediate solution?'' questioned Dave Fannon.
“1 would like to have an immediate solution." Atkins answered.
Planning commission chairman A. Y. Stokes noted that the commission already has been asked to designate clearly the current flood plain boundary for the village.
"But it hasn't been done yet." interjected Charles Estes, Piedmont District supervisor who represents the board on the planning district.
Estes maintained that the community’s businesses existed prior to adoption of the zoning ordinance and thus were permitted under the "grandfather” clause.
All Not Grandfathered
"There have been new businesses put in the flood plain." Atkins countered. "Everything there is not grandfather."
"DeMent (P.E. DeMent's addition to his Sperryville antique business) is a classic example." remarked commissioner Werner Krebser. “He just went ahead and built it.”
Joe Atkins. Sr., added that he’d been granted a drainfield permit for the proposed used car lot property by the health department in 1974 but hadn't installed the septic system.
"Personally, 1 think it works a hardship on anyone in the Sperryville area," maintained Estes in reference to restrictions against flood plain development under the villages current flood plain boundaries.
“If you own property there, you can't do anything with it.” Atkins agreed.
District conservationist Lue Walters noted that landowners from Sperryville have been directed frequently to his office by the local health department for a determination of the soil type on their property. He can make that determination, Walters said, but can’t set an exact distance from flood plain boundary (critical for installation of a septic drainfield since zoning regulations require that sewage disposal systems be set back at least 50 feet from a flood plain). He suggested that the commission consider using the 50-year flood mark as criterium for the flood plain boundary and hire an engineer to conduct studies to show exactly how far over the bank of the Thornton water can be expected to rise.
In addition, Walters said, if an area floods less frequently than every five years, soil type won't give an accurate determination of flood plain.
Estes asked for a time frame on completion of the on-going zoning ordinance revisions.
Stokes replied that planning commissioner Newbill Miller (absent from Wednesday’s meeting) is proceeding with work to get the flood plain boundary defined.
"Bui we're going by soils—not by 50-year storm," interjected Krebser.
“Soils play a big part in putting in a drain field but it's a different matter with a
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