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used car lot," Estes commented.
At Least 6 Months
Krebser continued that it will take probably an additional six months before zoning ordinance revisions are completed.
"Then we’ll have to draw the map," added Konick, pointing out that new zoning districts added in the revisions will have to be designated as well.
He predicted that it will take at least a whole week of nights just to complete the maps, and that it will require much longer than six months to complete the revision process unless the commission schedules extra meetings.
"We'll just have to do it," Krebser maintained.
Konick agreed that the commission should meet weekly if necessary to get the job done. “Every week that goes by 1 just say a little prayer of thanks that no one has come in (to the zoning office) from Sperryville," he added.
"Do you plan to do anything in the interim?" asked commonwealth’s attorney Douglas Baumgardner.
“My preference is to speed the process up,” Konick replied.
Bird asked how long it will take to have a hydrological survey completed.
The actual surveying won’t require many hours, Walters replied. He noted, however, that then the information will have to be transferred to maps, a much more tirheconsuming process.
“We won’t be wasting time to start that now if we’re going in that direction with the revisions (using flood level rather than soil type to designate flood plain boundary),” Bird added.
It was noted that information on flood levels in Sperryville may be available already from information compiled in engineering studies for the village’s proposed sewage disposal system.
Konick agreed to check with the Water and Sewer Authority on what data they have and Walters volunteered to investigate possibilities for having the engineering surveys done through his office. The zoning administrator noted that restrictions against building in flood plain are designed to protect against structures being carried off by high waters and then lodged downstream at a bridge where the pile-up can create an even greater flooding hazard.
“I don’t think the flood plain restrictions should be changed—just the flood plain designation,” he said.
In one final word, Joe Atkins, Sr., ticked off the names of people in Sperryville who have recently built in the flood plain and run septic lines into the Thornton River. If they are allowed to get away with violating the zoning ordinance; he asked why can't his son get approval for parking used cars in the flood plain?
Erosion Regulations
Earlier in the meeting, the planning commissioners met with Walters and Scott Crafton from the Soil and Water Conservation L. ,.i id’s Richmond office to discuss changes in the county's
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