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By COL. E.P. LUKE
norlr N«wa Guest Columnist
Editor’s note: Col. Luke is the former chairman of the Rappahannock Board of Supervisors and its representative on the county’8 Planning Commission. He is one of two local representatives to the Rappahannock - Rapidan Planning District Commission.)
From time to time, based on articles and letters in the News, there seems to be some misunderstanding about the nature of the flood plain in Rappahannock County. Using the 1961 Soil Survey of Rappahannock County as my principal source, I have tried to review some of the thinking that went into formulating the current zoning ordinance with regard to the flood plain, and I hope the same line of reasoning will be continued in the revised ordinance.
In general the flooding of streams and rivers is a source of great damage to property. Not only are floods destructive of crops and property but they often endanger human lives. The more buildings that are constructed on bottom
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