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By JON HEDDLESTON
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
For about four months, Ronald Frazier of Amissville has spent every hour he can muster in the county clerk’s office poring over Rappahannock’s proposed zoning ordinance. If he had his way, every property owner in the county would be doing the same.
“This zoning ordinance could be in place the next 10 years,” Frazier says. “I’d like to be involved in the planning of my future.”
The county’s future zoning ordinance has been in the planning stages nearly four years. Several drafts have been written and revised; Rappahannock’s Planning Commission now is ready for public comment on the document.
A public hearing on the proposed zoning ordinance has been scheduled for August 15 during the Planning Commission’s regular meeting.
Frazier says he’s concerned residents won’t be able to grasp the meaning of the 210-page document in a “twoto-three-hour session,” the length of time Frazier predicts the August 15 public hearing will be.
‘This is a large document to even hope to go through,” Frazier says. “It’s complex; it affects the whole county. This is more important than the Harris Hollow thing.
“There’s quite a few people who
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