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firm will build the plant, the second will hook up the sewer system); completion of “most” of the right-of-way paperwork, all of which was pending at the beginning of the year.
"It’s certainly been one of the highlights (of the year). It has seemed to all come together for us,” Johnson says.
Number 4: Proposed zoning ordinance. Rappahannock’s Planning Commission during 1984 brought a proposed zoning ordinance to public hearing in August, then worked the remainder of the year to solicit more public comment on the proposed document and zoning maps.
The 220-page proposed zoning ordinance, up from a 60-page 1973 Zoning Ordinance, was criticised for being too long and complex. Rappahannock Public Action Committee (RPAC), a citizens’ group, formed and called for tabling of the proposed zoning ordinance. RPAC garnered more than 1,000 signatures of citizens in two petitions presented to the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors.
Other residents supported the proposed document when “community” meetings, conducted by district between October and mid-December, took place. Proponents called the length and legalese of the proposed zoning ordinance justifiable, and told the Planning Commission they wanted a zoning ordinance that would protect the county from uncontrolled development.
The Planning Commission is scheduled to continue revisions of the proposed zoning ordinance in 1985, when the planning commissioners will consider suggestions made by residents during the five community meetings. The Planning Commission then will forward the proposed zoning ordinance and proposed zoning maps to the Board of Supervisors, which can make other changes and must conduct a public hearing on the document and maps, once finalized.
No one has placed a firm date on completion of the zoning-ordinance project; the supervisors became increasingly involved in the proceedings this year, with many board members attending and participating in the community meetings.
Number 5: County landfill. After appointing a Landfill/Animal Shelter subcommittee in August, the Board of Supervisors continued a longstanding search for a place to locate a county landfill.
The search culminated in November, when the supervisors announced plans to condemn of 138-acre tract located on Route 621 near Peyton Farm Estates.
Opposition to the proposed location was immediate and well-organized; the Concerned Citizens of Rappahannock County (CCRC) formed to convince the supervisors better site locations were available at a more reasonable cost to taxpayers. CCRC also claimed environmental damage would be eminent at the proposed site, and brought documentation before the Board to support its claims.
Hie Board of Supervisors on December 12 interviewed six engineering experts in its search for one to help the Board determine whether or not the proposed site would be suitable. Following that meeting, Board members said they would delay plans to condemn the 138-acre tract in order to pursue fiirther the possiblility of transporting trash outside of Rappahannock County.
Number 6: Animal shelter. Closely related, the Board of Supervisors in 1964 also searched for a solution to longstanding inlmal-ahelter woes. The search began again in earnest when a June 25 inspection of county animal
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