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Council member Bill Wickens defended the proposed ordinance. “As the pressures of development on thin county mount, and this county starts to slowly sink the way of Prince William County, then we’d have the cost of putting in a water system as many communities have had to do,” Wickens said. “After they have growth and development all of a sudden the piper has to be paid, and you have not only a sewage plant that you have to put in, but you have to put in a water filtration system along with the costs that go with that.”
Wickens indicated that, human waste was not the only concern of the future, but chemical wastes as well. “This protects a fair proportion of our county, protects our town and protects our people,” said Wickens. “On the fee, I’d absolutely agree if we decided to charge everybody a dollar, or do it on an actual cost basis or waive the fee and charge the big developments enough to cover the small homeowner.”
Mayor Kramer appointed Treasurer Brad Fisher and Critier to a committee to study the questions raised. “I guess that it would be helpftil to take a county map and block out what the five mile radius is, and maybe take a look at the zoning map to get some feeling of how many lots are in there that might be affected by the ordinance,” Kramer said.
“I think that if you can take a look at that and see what we’re up against, maybe there is a way to modify it down to the thing that we Vs realty concerned about,” continued Khumt.
Another proposed ordinance dincussed by council during ha meeting was the historic district ordinance.
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