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Col. Luke wondered if proposed downzoning had been reviewed with property owners who would be affected.
“The value of an estate is either increasing or decreasing,” he said, depending on upzoning or downzoning.
• Minimum lot size. Residents expressed concern that young people would not be able to afford to build homes in Rappahannock. Bobby Carter of Amissville asked the minimum lot size required under the proposed zoning ordinance.
McNear said it would depend on which district and the use regulations. He referred Carter to section 3.4-2 of the proposed ordinance, which shows minimum lot size ranges.
Carter called for the planners to “take out” minimum lot-size restrictions. “It’s like citizens are craning under a dictatorship. Eighty percent of us have to leave Rappahannock to make a living. We don’t need five acres of upkeep. It’s better with one acre, and keep it well, than five not maintained,” he said.
•Authority. Two residents, Forrest Wharton and Robert W. Eastham, said they believed the proposed zoning ordinance would give too much authority to the zoning administrator, thus “removing power from the supervisors,” Whorton said.
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