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pervisors allow the Lozanos to subdivide into smaller than 25-acre lots on a right-of-way less than 50 feet, then that same approval must be accorded to other county landowners, Mr. Konick said. “There’s nothing remarkable, unusual or exceptional about this lot’s topography to justify an exception to one of the key provisions of Rappahannock’s subdivision ordinance,” he said, calling the 50-foot right-of-way requirement “the cornerstone of our subdivision ordinance.” That ordinance has protected the county from unwarranted and haphazard growth, Mr. Konick continued. “If you undermine that 50-foot road requirement, I don’t think you’ll have much subdivision ordinance left,” he warned.
Should the supervisors okay the exception requests, it will be “the same old Rappahannock story” as perceived by the general public, Mr. Konick said. “Do whatever you want and if you get caught,-then apply for permission . . . That’s exactly the message that this board will be sending,” he maintained, calling on the supervisors to either enforce the ordinance or change it.
Lorraine Robson reminded the supervisors that when she purchased land in the county in 1984, she had been required to buy an additional five acres to meet the 25acre minimum for lots on less than a 50-foot right-of-way. She recalled that she’d pleaded financial hardship but had been denied an exception by the board. “I needed that five acres like a hole in the head. I’ve never seen it. I can’t even reach it.” Should the Lozanos’ request for that same hardship exception be approved, “I will come back before you for an exception so I can give back these five acres I don’t need and don’t want,” Mrs. Robson said.
The supervisors offered no comments and asked no questions, either before or after their two-hour
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